Martyn's Law and Counter Terrorism Awareness
Martyn's Law and Counter Terrorism Awareness is an online course of approximately 30-45 minutes for staff, supervisors and managers at public premises and events, such as venues, shops, hospitality, leisure, places of worship, schools, offices with public areas and event sites, and anyone who may be the responsible person. It covers the threat and the Act, suspicious behaviour and items, Run Hide Tell, public protection procedures, and the tiers, responsible person and reporting. Scored assessment, 0.75 CPD hours.
Description
Martyn's Law and Counter Terrorism Awareness is an online course of approximately 30-45 minutes for staff, supervisors and managers at public premises and events, such as venues, shops, hospitality, leisure, places of worship, schools, offices with public areas and event sites, and anyone who may be the responsible person.
The course has five short lessons:
- The threat and Martyn's Law: The terrorism threat, threat levels, why Martyn's Law exists, and its current status.
- Suspicious behaviour and suspicious items: Hostile reconnaissance, the HOT principle, and reporting concerns.
- Run, Hide, Tell: Responding to a weapons attack, and reporting.
- Public protection procedures: Evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication.
- The tiers, the responsible person and reporting: Standard and enhanced tiers, the responsible person, the SIA, and how to report concerns.
Every teaching page is narrated with captions and includes an interaction. Each lesson before the last ends with a knowledge check, and the last lesson closes with a 12-question assessment drawn from all five lessons (70% to pass, unlimited retakes, results by lesson) and a set of personal commitments recorded with the result.
This course is counter terrorism awareness aligned with the Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) principles published by Counter Terrorism Policing and ProtectUK, with an introduction to the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. It is not official ACT training, and your premises' own procedures always apply.
Main sources: Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025; ProtectUK; Counter Terrorism Policing ACT Awareness; MI5, Threat levels; Action Counters Terrorism (gov.uk/ACT); hotline 0800 789 321.
Qualification Breakdown
By the end of this course the learner will be able to:
- Explain the terrorism threat and what Martyn's Law requires.
- Recognise suspicious behaviour and suspicious items, and report them.
- Respond to a weapons attack using Run, Hide, Tell.
- Carry out evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication procedures.
- Explain the tiers, the responsible person and the regulator.
Certificate validity
1 year