Civil Unrest – protecting your organisation
The UK has recently witnessed widespread civil unrest, with mass gatherings of protestors, that has in some instances resulted in criminal damage and business disruption.
It's important to understand the risks churches face and how best to make them safe for the future.
Ecclesiastical is here to provide guidance and support to your church.
Every place of worship and its location is unique, presenting different challenges - so a tailored review and response, reflecting the individual risks faced needs to be undertaken.
Security plans should be developed to address the risks you identify and should be regularly reviewed to ensure they remain current and reflect location/site changes. The plan should be compatible with any other plans for the property, such as evacuation and fire strategy plans. You should also develop incident response and business continuity plans to help deal with the aftermath of any attack.
These special buildings are places of worship so a balanced and proportionate approach to planning is required.