A warm, sunny day greeted those who were attending the NKF’s annual KPA Day at the Arden Hotel in Birmingham on Saturday 5th April. This was another fantastic opportunity for KPA members to meet up, network, share and learn.

A word of welcome was given to all those in attendance by David Coyle (Chair, NKF) followed by a minutes silence to remember family, friends and colleagues lost over the past year. A special mention was given to Keith Pennington, previous Chair of Hope KPA, who was a regular attendee at KPA day and was usually the designated photographer for the event.

In a bit of a shake up to previous years, the morning sessions tended to the business side of the day. The AGM was held first, which included the introduction to the current and new members of the Executive Committee, which will run at full capacity with 16 members. It was announced that Kirit Modi MBE had accepted the invitation to continue in his role as the NKF’s Honorary President. The Council Meeting followed after a short refreshment break, with key strategy updates given by David Coyle and a reflection on what the NKF had been doing in the previous year by Pete Revell (Head of Marketing and Fundraising, NKF)

After lunch, Chris Talbot (Membership Development Lead, NKF) gave an explanation of how the afternoon session would be run, followed by a fun game of KPA Bingo, where different facts were given about KPA’s from around the UK. 

The breakout groups looked at the topics chosen by the KPAs, which this year were: 
Membership – Hosted by Chris Talbot (Membership Development Lead, NKF) and Fiona Broomhead (Senior Office Administrator, NKF)
Marketing and Social Media – Sharney Warren (Communications and Marketing Officer, NKF) and Alex Saul (Policy and Public Affairs Manager, NKF)
Joint Fundraising – Pete Revell (Head of Marketing and Fundraising, NKF) and his scriber Mike Sinfield from Six Counties KPA

All sessions were very engaging, allowing for many interesting discussions, ideas and points to be raised by everyone. All points were summarised and fed back following another short refreshment break, after which David Coyle closed the day by thanking everyone for their attendance and contributions to the day.