The primary benefit of a community of practice is the opportunity for like-minded colleagues with a shared interest to learn and develop together. Additionally:

    • for up to 3 named members to actively participate in community activities and 1 of these three will have voting right re management decisions

    • have access to a global person-centred network

    • participate in and attend an annual virtual symposium (2 free places per organisation in addition to the 3 named members)

    • profile organisational work through free open seminars

    • actively support the dissemination of knowledge including “co-authorship’ of 1 influencing publication annually

    • engage in research & development collaborations

    • profile of members on the PCP-ICoP Website

    • for PhD students engaged in person-centred research to potentially become members of a Student ICOP (SICoP)

    • for Post-Doctoral staff who have completed doctoral level studies embedded in person-centredness to potentially become members of a Post-Doctoral ICoP (PDICoP)

    • possibility of application for the Angie Titchen Award (Read more)

    • to actively participate in community activities and have 1 voting right re management decisions

    • participate in and/or attend all PCP-ICoP events for free

    • be part of a global network

    • profile self on the PCP-ICoP Website

    • engage in research & development collaborations

    • actively support the dissemination of knowledge including “co-authorship’ of 1 influencing publication annually

    • potentially become a member of the SICoP (for doctoral candidates) or a member of the PDICoP (for those having completed doctoral level studies embedded in person-centredness)

    • be assisted with working towards organisational membership (if desired)

    • possibility of application for the Angie Titchen Award (Read more)

Departmental Membership

£ 220

Every year

For up to 3 named members to actively participate in community activities and for 1 of these members to have voting rights.

Individual Membership

£ 50

Every year

To actively participate in community activities and to have 1 voting right.

Open Resources


In addition, following list of resources are also available to ICoP members. Click on individual images to download them.

Resources for members