EARN WHILE YOU LEARN AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

Become a police officer in London’s Met.

With a starting salary of c.£33.5k.

Ready for a new challenge? Looking for a career that offers a competitive salary from day one, whilst supporting you to build skills for life and make a positive difference? A career in policing could be the answer.

Whether it’s working with local communities, keeping the peace at major events, or patrolling the Thames, being a police officer in the Met means discovering a satisfying career with roles and opportunities as diverse as our Capital.

We’ll help you build on your skills and discover new strengths, while providing the support and training you need to prepare you for policing in London through one of our entry routes, including the opportunity to gain a fully funded degree through our Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship programme.

Meet your local officers at one of our upcoming recruitment events to learn more about the Met, the role, and even get some help with your application.

2-5 March 10am-2pm

Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Prince Charles Drive, Brent Cross, NW4 3FP

16-19 March 12pm-4pm

Ades Cash & Carry, 132 Nathan Way, Thamesmead, SE28 0AU

For more recruitment events, or to speak to a member of the outreach team visit www.met.police.uk/meet-our-recruitment-teams or scan the QR code.

Proportion of the world’s lands and oceans countries have an ambition to conserve by 2030 30%

Getting Greener

by Sophie Goddard

In recent years it’s become more and more obvious that the benefits of access to nature are massive, both for our wellbeing and for combating the climate crisis. We are increasingly seeing research that demonstrates these positive influences, with one study finding trips into nature at least three or four times a week improved wellbeing and cut the chances of developing health problems.

But how to fit this into an already busy life and what is happening globally to protect nature? For some time now, we have been committed to prioritising green and blue spaces at Canary Wharf.

With great access to parks, boardwalks and the water, I recently started to have the odd meeting outside – a pleasant way to break up the day.

We also have related targets for our projects and are even focusing on our public realm with construction starting on our Middle Dock transformation scheme next month.

But to truly address how we can pursue these aims takes a “bigger-picture” approach. In December, global leaders convened in Montreal for COP15 – the UN Biodiversity Conference. While not as widely publicised as the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), COP15 was just as crucial.

Activists and researchers have long been pushing for a global nature conservation target – a way to ensure that we are protecting wildlife and the natural world.

In the final hours of COP15, leaders agreed on a highly ambitious target known as 30x30 – an aim to conserve 30% of the world’s lands and oceans by 2030, while respecting indigenous lands.

This is a big commitment, and it will not come easily. It should mean unprecedented