Introduction
As one of the key priorities for the Community Safety Partnerships of both Cardiff and the Vale, the aim of the Cardiff & Vale CONTEST Board is to provide a strategic lead in threat, risks, and vulnerabilities in relation to counter-terrorism.
The board looks across the UK Government’s CONTEST strategy, encompassing:
- Prevent: To stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism
- Pursue: To stop terrorist attacks
- Protect: To strengthen our protection against a terrorist attack
- Prepare: To mitigate the impact of a terrorist attack
Governance Structure
Nationally, the Cardiff & Vale CONTEST Board feeds into the:
- All Wales CONTEST Board
- All Wales Protect/ Prepare Group
- All Wales Prevent Board
Locally, the Board feeds into the Community Safety Partnerships of both Cardiff and the Vale. Additionally, the following Boards and Groups feed into Cardiff & Vale CONTEST Board:
- Cardiff Prevent Partnership Board, which plans, monitors, and evaluates the Cardiff Prevent Programme.
- Cardiff Protective Security Preparedness Group, which brings together lead officers from across Cardiff’s Protect and Prepare work strands.
- Vale Protective Security Preparedness Group, which brings together lead officers from across the Vale’s Protect and Prepare work strands.
- Vale Prevent Partnership Board*, which plans, monitors, and evaluates the Vale Prevent Programme. (*Please note: the Safer Vale Operational Group takes on the role of the Vale Prevent Partnership Board).
Board Membership
Membership of the Cardiff & Vale CONTEST Board is as follows. Each member acts as a CONTEST Ambassador for their organisation.
| Core Membership | Organisation |
| Gareth Newell (Chair) | Cardiff Council |
| Stephanie Kendrick-Doyle | Cardiff Council |
| Gavin Macho | Cardiff Council |
| Isabelle Bignall | Cardiff Council |
| Sian Sanders | Cardiff Council |
| Deborah Gibbs | Vale of Glamorgan Council |
| Debbie Spargo | Vale of Glamorgan Council |
| Benedicte Lepine | Vale of Glamorgan Council |
| Michelle Conquer | South Wales Police |
| Paul Ramsay | South Wales Police |
| Katherine Morris (Deputy Chair) | CTP Wales |
| Dave Thomas | CTP Wales |
| Damien McKeon | CTP Wales |
| Jane Carter | CTP Wales |
| Mark Davies | CTP Wales |
| Simon Rees | CTP Wales |
| Gareth Evans | South Wales Fire Service |
| John Treherne | South Wales Fire Service |
| Angela Stephenson | Cardiff and Vale University Health Board |
| Simon Dring | Cardiff and Vale University Health Board |
| Simon Wright | Cardiff University |
| Julie Walkling | Cardiff University |
| Jason Fenard | Welsh Ambulance Service |
| Scott Walker | Welsh Ambulance Service |
| Martin Hessic | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Sandra Garmson | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Benjamin Evans | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Victoria Case | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Dane Marsh | Welsh Government |
| David Bannister | Home Office |
| Achille Versaevel | Home Office |
