Everyone has a part to play in helping keep our borough safe. Here you can find simple guidance, awareness training and practical steps you can take to help protect yourself and others.
Access free Counter Terrorism e learning, learn what to look out for, and understand what to do if you’re ever worried.
Understanding the National Approach
What is CONTEST?
CONTEST is the UK’s national strategy for reducing the risk of terrorism. It has four parts:
- Prevent – helping stop people being drawn into terrorism
- Pursue – detecting and stopping terrorist activity
- Protect – strengthening the safety of public places
- Prepare – reducing harm if an attack happens
While we can’t remove the threat completely, knowing what to look out for and understanding how to respond helps keep our community safer.
Protect and Prepare (Martyn’s Law)
The Government is introducing the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill – also known as Martyn’s Law. It will require venues and organisations to have basic security measures in place, such as:
- simple plans for keeping people safe
- basic awareness training
- steps to reduce the impact if an incident occurs
This supports the 'Protect' and 'Prepare' areas of the CONTEST strategy.
You can check the current UK threat level on the MI5 website.