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Corporate Social Responsibility

& Sadia) Secure Futures Manchester became a
2022 #NextGen Secure reality. Our members offered venues, interview
opportunities and their time. Paul followed up
with every offer and worked tirelessly to set it in
stone. Gaining support from Figen Murray OBE
who wants to be part of making a difference
and improving things for many others within
Futures Programme kicks off security. This also allows us the opportunity to
start to offer opportunities across the UK to
young people who can’t reach the capital. The
Security Institute is a national organisation and
we want to be able to offer this nationally.
Corporate Security Talent Pipeline
2022 saw the full lifting of COVID restrictions and Reaching the younger Generation
an ability to finally meet in person. In March the We are already working to introduce a strategic
Security Institute were honoured to have partnered vision, a ten-year plan to engage parents,
with a wide range of influential stakeholders on teachers and primary school children through
HMS Belfast to promote the subject of diversity in the power of media. This will require funding,
corporate security futures. Some of our graduates but we are confident, with the right strategy for
from the 2021 Secure Futures program were on the the sector, this is achievable. We are in dialogue
panel, demonstrating how invested and engaging with an organisation that has a multitude of
young people are about security. Supported by EY resources which are vibrant, modern and
mentors and partners they presented about the accessible for all and are aimed at primary
benefits of the secure futures program and the school children and young teenagers. We aim
opportunities that would not have been available to to work in partnership and raise awareness and
them without the initiative. interest in what the security profession has to
Paul Barnard CSyP MSyI offer in terms of careers.
Secure Futures – London 2022
April 2022 saw the second intake of delegates Strategic Partnerships with Young Members
for the Secure Futures program, a social mobility Groups
programme designed by the Security Institute with The Counter Terrorism Youth Advisory Group
the EY Foundation. This cohort were selected via interviews conducted by the EY Foundation, from and the Security Institute are exploring a
schools and colleges across London. The Programme, drew on leaders and inspirational figures from strategic relationship and Paul presented
across the security sector, both public and private sectors. The cohort learnt so much, were full of at their recent meeting on 28th June. The
energy and questions about security careers, how we keep people safe and even wowed the judges intention is to seek ways of collaborating,
with their Dragons Den inputs, forcing a few days’ timeout because selecting a winner was positively looking at Security Institute membership,
challenging. careers, mentoring and study, as some
examples. The CTYAG work with the police to
The AGM saw a Q&A session by 2 members of the 2021 cohort. They articulated their experiences to provide insight on what young people think
a room packed with members and VIP’s, including our Royal Patron, demonstrating how much benefit about extremism and terrorism and articulate
they gained by being included and listen to as a young people. Both have now chosen security related the particular risks facing young people that
degrees and our industry will benefit in the future, they are the future! might otherwise be missed. The Security
Institute are invested in supporting the voice
As a result of these inspiring young people, members came forward to offer their time and support to of young people. Many of the members of the
grow secure futures. We are now arranging podcasts to promote secure futures and the interest has CTYAG have been the victim of terror attacks or
grown so much we are taking EY secure futures to Manchester. have personal experiences of extremism and its
impacts, quite simply they are experts, because
Secure Futures Manchester 2022 they are young. This directly feeds into the work
This is another amazing opportunity to grow the involvement of young people and try to pique the that the Security Institute, next generation, are
interest of the next generation of security professionals. As a direct result of the presentation by trying to achieve in giving young people a seat
NextGen lead, Paul Barnard CSyP MSYI, and the Q&A session with our amazing youth cohort (Ebenezer round the table and letting them shape the
future of security.

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