Nigel Johnstone retains two security licences and is employed by an Accredited Security Company in Gloucester. By these licences, he is authorised to "preserve and protect life and property and to prevent crime". The licences may be viewed on the website of the SIA, The Security Industry Authority, which reports to the Home Secretary : Manned Guarding Licence . . . . . 1031 9899 1713 5704. . . . . (valid until sep 2020). Surveillance Licence (CCTV) . . . 1092 0942 7233 3842 . . . . . (valid until dec 2020). For two years, Nigel was the Security Supervisor at Gloucester Business Park with responsibility for five officers. Currently (2017) he looks after three Homeless Hostels - a project run on behalf of Gloucester City Council - which give temporary accommodation to families and single individuals. ........................................................................................................................................... Nigel has a Certificate from Age Concern in Buckinghamshire thanking him for his voluntary work as an Advocate acting on behalf of the elderly. He has worked for Reach Organisation in Gloucestershire, voluntarily, setting up beehives at Prinknash Abbey with probationers on Community Service encouraging offenders to broaden their skills and their outlook as they learn to integrate themselves more into society. Nigel was a Qualified Observer of the Institute of Advanced Motorists for some years and assisted drivers, voluntarily, in both Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire, to pass their Advanced Driving Certificate. His youngest candidate, at 18, was presented with his certificate by the local Member of Parliament in order to publicise the need for safe driving in the Forest of Dean where there had been tragic and unnecessary loss of life among young drivers. ............................................................................................................................................... For a number of years, Nigel was a Precentor, leading congregational singing in Tyler's Green, without musical instrumentation. He has a strong tenor voice. From 1984 to 1994 Nigel voluntarily, during his annual leave, assisted The John Metcalfe Publishing Trust, by personal request of Mr John Metcalfe, travelling to many towns in England and Wales, taking Trust publications to retail outlets, using his own vehicle and at his own expense. ............................................................................................................................................ Nigel became a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry in 1979. This is now called the Royal Society of Chemistry. Nigel also has a City and Guilds plumbing certificate and a City and Guilds electronics certificate. For eight years Nigel worked in the Nuclear Industry, in both Production and Development. During that time he was a voluntary member of the "Emergency Squad" and was trained in breathing apparatus; search and rescue techniques; and decontamination procedures. During that time he was also trained by the Atomic Energy Authority's own Fire Brigade, at their facility at Harwell, in the so-called 'firehouse' where full-size dummies are 'rescued' under actual fire conditions, when breathing apparatus is used and where visibility reduces to zero. ............................................................................................................................................. Nigel was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow from 1961 to 1970, leaving school at eighteen with six Scottish "Highers". From the age of ten, Nigel's education was funded by a benefactor who was cared for by his mother in Brora, Sutherland, where he was born and brought up. Nigel was offered a place at Reading University on leaving school but chose, instead, employment which offered part-time, day-release further education. Nigel's natural father was a clergyman in the Church of Scotland, as was his grandfather and great grandfather. Nigel left the Church of Scotland in 1966 at the age of fifteen and was baptised as an adult at the age of sixteen. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |