Kevin Keegan captivates audience at Best of British Events’ lunch

The generosity of local business people sees tens of thousands of pounds raised for local charity, Chailey Heritage Foundation.

On Friday, June 2, 500 local business people attended Brighton’s annual Best of British lunch at The Grand Hotel.

The event, from beginning to end, was absolutely incredible and the team at Best of British, as always, really did deliver. This year, the legend himself Kevin Keegan was the guest speaker – and what a speaker, but also a real gentleman. 

A former English footballer, playing professionally from 1968 to 1984, Kevin is often regarded as one of the best players of all time. During his career, he played for Scunthorpe United, Liverpool, Hamburger SV, Southampton, Newcastle, and Blacktown City as well as England. 

Kevin was a great, engaging speaker with good humour and kept the attention of every single person in the room from start to finish, whether they were football fans or not.

Tens of thousands of pounds were raised for this year’s beneficiary, Chailey Heritage Foundation. The foundation provides education and care services and is one of the UK’s leading centres for children and young people with complex neurodisabilities.

Most of the young people accessing its services have severe cerebral palsy, and many have visual and/or other sensory impairments. All are wheelchair users and very few have verbal communication.

The charity’s expertise is in maximising independence and choice, developing effective communication and providing powered mobility opportunities. A very worthy cause.

A big thank you to the sponsors for helping to make these events happen – Rubix VT, Brighton i360, Extech Cloud, Creative Pod, Foster & Co, Devassist, TSS Facilities and Handelsbanken

Managing director and founder of Best of British Events, Ryan Heal said: “What a great day! With such generosity on display from the regional business community, and with donations still coming in, we will be donating tens of thousands of pounds to Chailey Heritage in the coming days. A huge thanks to all our guests for their support.”

The next event will be ‘Best of British London’ with guest speaker Gareth Chilcott at The Waldorf Hotel.

To find out more about Best of British Events or to purchase tickets, visit their page https://bestofbritish.org.uk/