Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP) extends support of trauma packs in livery halls

Community Resilience can be defined as encouraging and developing communities where people live and work to withstand, adapt to and recover from challenging incidents. London, Manchester, Birmingham, and other cities have been exposed to many such challenges, be they terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or extremes.

In 2017, the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP) arranged for trauma packs to be placed in a number of livery halls, with the funding provided by the WCoSP Charitable Trust. Those packs had a lifespan of five years. In early 2022, the Chair of the Charitable Trust, Claire Palmer, confirmed that the Trust would support and fund the review of these packs and to update or replace them as necessary.

As a consequence, Don Randall MBE, on behalf of WCOSP, asked me to carry out a First Aid review at Livery Halls and Worshipful Companies within the City of London. Following this, the WCoSP Charitable Trust funded the replacement and provision of an Enhanced Medical Kit for these venues.

This endeavour created a momentum that has brought together members of staff from the Worshipful Companies, Halls and Liveries from all over London, by providing a first aid workshop for the staff. This training in the use of the new medical equipment has enhanced the capabilities of these venues in line with the Protect Duty programme campaigned for by  Figen Murray OBE.

Having trained Figen and some of the bereaved families of the Manchester arena attack, I asked for her view of this project: “Societal and community resilience are important as they enable us to look out for each other. A resilient community will cope much better in times of crisis, be that through terrorism, floods, fires, and other unprecedented events. Empowering people with skills such as bleed control and first aid training, increased security awareness around the threat of terror or what to do during a flood or in a fire can literally make the difference between life or death. A knowledgeable community is a resilient community who can support each other when it really matters!”

This project, supported by Don Randall MBE, Claire Palmer, Stephen Emmins and David Ward from WCoSP and its Charitable Trust will help build the community resilience and develop working practices of these great venues ahead of time. Providing first aid training supports a resilient community capable of responding in times of crisis.

Simon Rogers Msyl

Turret Training Ltd.