In this blog, National Emergencies trustee and 7/7 London bombing survivor Thelma Stober shares her views on the importance of learning lessons from past disaster survivors and how the UKRA is another step forward towards whole-society resilience.

In the presence of broad representation from across the resilience community, the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) was officially launched on 28^th April by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden, and Minister Abena Oppong-Asare.

Preparing Scotland is a set of national guidance documents to assist Scotland in planning, responding and recovering from emergencies. The purpose of this guidance is to provide a practical tool to assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of exercises.

JESIP’s (the Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Programme) Testing & Exercising page provides a range of resources including an Exercise Assurance Framework, an Umpire Evaluation Sheet and a Multi-Agency Debrief Template.

Exercise in a Box is a free resource which helps organisations find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and practise their response.

The National Cyber Security Centre’s website provides advice and guidance, including on planning cyber exercises.