Sylvie Silver is the Executive Director of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), where she is responsible for all aspects of the charity’s work. NAPA is recognised as the thought leader around Activity Provision and Sylvie is the key influencer in achieving this. Sylvie‘s hands on experience was gained working in a nursing home for older people and prior to that with adults with learning disabilities. Since then she has worked with, and trained, hundreds of care staff from senior management to grassroots workers to raise the profile of meaningful engagement and a life full of love and laughter. In 2016, Sylvie became a Churchill Fellow on completion of a research project into the training of activity staff in Australia and the USA.