Martyn's Law: What the counter terrorism act means for education settings
Thursday 1st October at 10.30am
This webinar prepares education leaders, governors, and operations teams for the upcoming Martyn's Law (Terrorism Protection of Premises legislation), named in honour of Manchester Arena victim Martyn Hett.
Participants will learn how to integrate these new counter-terrorism security requirements seamlessly into their current education establishment's safety policies. A dedicated, free-to-attend webinar, this session welcomes Prepare and Protect experts and governance leads as well as host Nathan Emmerich, personal advisor to Figen Murray, mother of Martyn Hett who campaigned tirelessly for better protection in publicly accessible places.
- Understand capacity tiers
- The DfE special rule
- Who is responsible? Legal accountability insight
- Low-stress actionable plans for lockdowns, evacuations and communication
- Access to official resources
The session concludes with a live platform-based Q&A to answer your specific compliance questions.
Agenda
| 10.30 | Welcome & Event Overview Nathan Emmerich, Personal Advisor to Figen Murray OBE & Communications Lead for Martyn’s Law campaign |
| 10.35 | Scope of the Act & Tiers Laura Gibb, Executive Director for Martyn's Law, Security Industry Authority |
| 10.45 | Panel Session Nathan talks with Laura Gibb, SIA Executive Director for Martyn's Law. |
| 11.00 | Martyn's Law in Education: Is Lockdown the best solution? Chris Wimshurst, UK Sales Director, AddSecure |
| 11.10 | Preparedness, Proportion & Practicality Catherine Loake, Director of Business Services, HFL Education |
| 11.25 | Creating Safer Learning Environments in a Martyn's Law Future, Protecting Students, Staff and Visitors Without Creating Barriers Zak Khachik, Stadiums, Venues and Events Lead, CEIA |
| 11.35 | Protecting your school against terrorism and threat: what those governing need to know Fariha Choudhury, Policy Expert, National Governance Association (NGA) |
| 11.45 | Lockdown Alert Systems: Voice-Enhanced Alerts for Education Settings Matthew Bramham, Product Manager, Vimpex |
| 11.55 | Keeping People & Places Safer, Together James Chennells, Director of Risk, Compliance & Governance, United Outcomes |
| 12.05 | Panel Discussion / Q and A session Nathan is joined by today's speakers plus Alan Baldwin, CEO of United Outcomes and Michael Barton, Head of Policy and Impact, NGA. |
| 12.35 | Event Close - Event timings and speakers may be subject to change |
Speakers
Communications expert
Nathan Emmerich is a strategic communications expert with more than 10 years’ experience advising CEOs, politicians and senior leaders to embed communication functions across their organisations.
Executive Director for Martyn's Law
Security Industry Authority
Prior to joining the SIA, Laura held the office of Secretary to the Angiolini Inquiry, an independent public inquiry established following the murder of Sarah Everard by an off-duty police officer.
Senior Policy and Impact Officer
National Governance Association
Fariha Choudhury is a Senior Policy and Impact Officer at NGA. She supports the development of thought leadership at the organisation, produces a number of our policy insight papers.
Director of Business Services
HFL Education
Catherine Loake leads a broad portfolio of services supporting schools, trusts and local authorities, including finance, HR, technology, governance and strategic risk management.
Head of Policy and Impact
National Governance Association
Michael spearheads the National Governance Association's policy work, through which NGA champions governance, and advocates for change through engagement with external partners.
Stadiums, Venues and Events Lead
CEIA-UK
Zak Khachik is the Stadium, Venue and Events Lead for CEIA UK, supporting major sports grounds, entertainment venues and large-scale event operators in strengthening their security posture through proportionate, high performance screening solutions
Product Manager
Vimpex
Matthew Bramham is Product Manager at Vimpex, where he heads up the product management team. He has worked in the fire industry since 2016 and joined Vimpex in 2020.
UK Sales Director
AddSecure
Chris Wimshurst is the UK Sales Director at AddSecure. Chris brings a unique blend of operational and commercial experience, having served for 12 years as a police officer before moving into the fire and security sector.
CEO
United Outcomes
Alan, with over a decade of board-level experience including roles as CEO and COO, is a distinguished leader specialising in strategic planning, operational execution and governance.
Director of Risk Compliance & Governance
United Outcomes
James Chennells coordinates United Outcomes’ regulatory strategy, helping organisations understand Martyn’s Law and navigate their new statutory dutie
