Building Partnerships to Save Lives: Highlights from the 2025 Natalie Kate Moss Trust Panel Discussion
- The Natalie Kate Moss Trust
- Nov 11, 2025
- 4 min read
Discover how partnerships are saving lives.
At our 2025 Breakfast Panel Discussion in Manchester, the Natalie Kate Moss Trust brought together corporate partners, researchers, and supporters to share breakthroughs in brain haemorrhage research, prevention campaigns, and employee wellbeing initiatives. Read about the impact NKMT is having and see how collaboration makes a real difference.
Last week, The Natalie Kate Moss Trust hosted our second annual Breakfast Panel Discussion at the offices of Slater and Gordon Solicitors in Manchester. The event brought together our corporate partners, supporters, and collaborators, all of whom play a vital role in driving forward our mission to prevent brain haemorrhages and support world-leading research to improve outcomes for brain haemorrhage patients.
We are especially grateful to Slater and Gordon for hosting the event for the second year running. Their support, and the support of all our partners, reminds us that meaningful collaboration can create real change and save lives.
The Power of Partnership
Our Director, Fiona Moss, opened the event by reflecting on NKMT’s achievements over the past year and the road ahead. Attendees were inspired to see the Trust’s impact firsthand, including highlights from the year, which you can watch in our impact video. From expanding research programmes to growing prevention campaigns and reaching more people with life saving information about the importance of better blood pressure management, the video showcased the real difference made possible through partnership and collaboration.
She emphasised the importance of genuine partnerships, built on shared values rather than transactions. Fiona said:
“By working together, we can truly overcome this huge issue of brain haemorrhages.”
Expanding Brain Haemorrhage Prevention
Preventing brain haemorrhages is at the heart of the Trust’s mission. High blood pressure is a leading cause of brain haemorrhage, yet a third of the population has high blood pressure, and half of those affected are undiagnosed.
Fiona shared exciting plans for the year ahead about how NKMT aims to create more impact, by reaching more people with life saving information to help them better manage their blood pressure, including:
Hosting more Lunch and Learn sessions for workplaces across the UK
Increasing the number of community awareness days, reaching more people with life-saving information about high blood pressure
Expanding the NKMT podcast series to drive greater understanding of brain haemorrhage and the risks posed by high blood pressure
Developing a new school programme for the PSHE curriculum, educating children from a younger age about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and managing blood pressure
These initiatives aim to raise awareness, empower people to take action early, and help prevent brain haemorrhages before they occur. Learn more about why managing blood pressure is crucial.
Driving Forward Life-Saving Research
The Natalie Kate Moss Trust currently supports two pioneering research projects at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, and the audience were fortunate to hear directly from the researchers leading these groundbreaking studies.
Professor Adrian Parry-Jones presented the ABC Bundle, an evidence-based treatment protocol that has already demonstrated a 30% reduction in mortality within one month for patients after a brain haemorrhage. With this protocol now being rolled out across NHS England, it marks a major advance in life-saving care.
We also heard from Olivia Murray, who is exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve prognosis after brain haemorrhage. Her innovative work has the potential to transform how clinicians predict recovery and personalise treatment, turning data-driven insights into practical, life-saving interventions.
The Role of Employers in Employee Wellbeing
Deborah Sleightholme from Hugh James Solicitors, spoke about the power of working in partnership with NKMT and the impact that can have on better preventing and treating brain haemorrhages. Hugh James supports the Trust through a services page, sponsoring the Prevent the Preventable podcast, and working with NKMT on ‘Make a Will’ Month, helping to make a long-term impact.
Deborah also spoke about the responsibility employers have to support the health and wellbeing of their teams. Her message was brought to life by Vickiy Griffin’s story. After attending a NKMT Lunch and Learn, Vicki discovered she had dangerously high blood pressure. Days later, she suffered a TIA (a stroke) caused by a previously undiagnosed heart condition. Her experience highlights why regular blood pressure checks and awareness can be life-saving, even for healthy, relatively young people.
A Call to Action: Join Us in 2026
The panel reinforced a simple but powerful truth: awareness saves lives.
Every company that hosts a Lunch and Learn, supports the prevention campaign, or partners with the Trust helps reduce the risk of brain haemorrhage across the UK.
We are deeply grateful to all our partners, and in particular Slater and Gordon, and Hugh James Solicitors for their support on the day, and every individual and business who stands with us.
Looking ahead to 2026, we are inviting more companies to work with us to create real impact and change the landscape of brain haemorrhages. Whether by hosting a Lunch and Learn, supporting research, or partnering on prevention campaigns, together we can turn awareness into action and action into lives saved.
