Please note: Bookings will close at midday on Monday 9 December 2024.
Bromley and Beckenham Section - Christmas event
My life as the Bodyguard to HM the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with Richard Griffin
IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Bromley and Beckenham Section
What to expect
Join the Bromley and Beckenham Section for their Christmas event! The evening will begin with a prosecco reception and welcome from Richard Graham, BDA President. Followed by a lovely three course meal and lecture from Richard Griffin and how his career as a Royal Personal Protection Officer developed from a constable and sergeant in the Metropolitan Police force to being Personal Protection Officer to HM the Queen. The evening will end with a raffle to fundraise for the BDA Benevolent Fund.
Timings
18:45 Prosecco reception
19:00 Welcome - Richard Graham, BDA President
19:30 Christmas three course meal
21.00 My life as the Bodyguard to HM the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - Richard Griffin
22:00 BDA Benevolent Fund raffle
22:30 Close
Learning objectives
- Explore the similarity between the standards and values expected within the security services and those of the dental profession to their patients
- Recognise the importance of clear and appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication between a protection officer and their client
- Manage unusual, unplanned and unexpected situations effectively.
Development outcomes
A, B, and D
Booking more than one place?
Please download the group booking form (pdf) or group booking form (word doc) and email it to [email protected] or call us on 020 7563 4590 (Monday-Thursday 09:00-17:00).
Meet the speaker
Richard served in the Metropolitan Police from 1970 to 2013 when retired at the rank of Superintendent. From 1983 to 1986 he was the Personal Protection Officer to The Prince Edward, from 1986 to 1999 he was PPO to The Duke of Edinburgh and then from 1999 to 2013 he was PPO to Her Majesty the Queen, a position known as The Queens Police Officer.
Her Majesty the Queen invested him with the honour of LVO, Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, on his retirement.
More information
BDA Benevolent Fund
The BDA Benevolent Fund is a charity supporting all undergraduate dental students, dentists and their dependents, living in the UK who are in financial need.
View and download the Bromley and Beckenham Section Chairman's letter from Patrick Donohoe.
Please email [email protected] if you have any dietary requirements.
If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.
If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.
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Good food and great company!
Great food, and a wonderful opportunity to meet up with old friends and colleagues, and to make some new ones
Great evening, good knowledge aggregated, amazing organisation, very good network