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Know your Institute
Know your Institute
Chair’s Update:
The Institute’s Growing
Influence
Peter Lavery FSyI
2021 continues to move at a pace for us all
as many businesses start to get to whatever
‘New normal’ will be for them and slowly we
see some returning to the office but clearly a
long way to go. In June and hot on the heels
of receiving our royal patronage from The
Princess Royal, both Baroness Ruth Henig
and I were invited to St James Palace for our
first face to face meeting with The Princess
Royal.
Whilst very much on my best behaviour for
fear of being carted off to the tower, we
all had a lengthy discussion on numerous
security related matters and outlining what
we are doing to progress the profession both
now and in the future. Unsurprisingly there
are several areas of mutual interest and we
hope over time to engage on several of these,
but most especially our ‘Next Generation
in Security’ programme and more youth
engagement to highlight the opportunities
there are in the multi-disciplined nature that
is security.
We are working with the Royal Household
and looking forward to our first royal visit in
the fullness of time where The Princes Royal
is keen to meet our members and see first-
hand what we are doing.
July presented the first opportunity to get the
Board of Directors together for our strategy
day, which included an opportunity to visit
the Head Office team in Nuneaton and
for us to show our appreciation for all the
work they have done over the pandemic to
support the membership. That support has
been critical given our considerable growth in
membership and the adaptive approach to
events and online content.