KCIL Conference Photo Album 2022 – Speakers

An overview of the conference room, with attendees sitting at round tables

We had a fantastic time at this year’s annual KCIL Conference and AGM. In this post we’ll be looking back at our amazing speakers.

Ashley Whittaker speaking at the conference podium

Ashley Whittaker – Programme Director – Achieving for Children

Ashley was our AGM keynote speaker. He spoke about the work that Achieving for Children does, and the importance of outdoor activities for SEND children.

Keynote speaker Meg Zeenat Wamithi talking at the podium

Meg Zeenat Wamithi – global mental health campaigner and CEO of MindMapper UK

Meg was our Conference keynote speaker. We’ve written about Meg’s inspiring presentation here.

Sue Ansari at the podium

Councillor Sue Ansari – Royal Borough of Kingston’s Disability Champion

It was fantastic to meet Kingston’s new Disability Champion at the KCIL Conference. Sue spoke about what she would like to bring to the role.

Eleanor Cocks at the podium

Eleanor Cocks – Kew Garden’s Community and Access Learning Manager

Eleanor spoke about accessibility at Kew Gardens; one of KCIL’s favourite places to visit! Find out more about accessibility at Kew Gardens here. And look out for KCIL’s next trip to Kew Gardens, here.

Julian from Kingston Tour Guides at the podium

Julian McCarthy – Kingston Tour Guides

Julian entertained the conference with tales of smelly Kingston, we’ll never think of Canbury Gardens in the same way again! Find out more about Kingston Tour Guides here.

A volunteer from Conquest Art is holding up the finished poster with examples of everyone's work

Workshops

We were also visited by two wonderful workshops.

Conquest Art – who we wrote about here.

Lorna from Atira Yoga  who did chair yoga with us – unfortunately no photos, we were too busy being extremely relaxed!

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