IPR Regional GroupsIPR Special Interest & Vocational Groups

Home Counties South

(Kent, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex)

The CIPR Homes Counties South Group covers Kent, Sussex and Surrey and currently has more than 600 members, making it one of the largest of the CIPR regional groups outside London. About half the members live in Surrey, with the balance evenly shared by Kent and Sussex. A number of members work in London but prefer their membership to be based on their home address. The membership is a cross section of in-house, public sector, consultancies and independent consultants.

The Group welcomes new members, please contact the chairman for details of how to join.

Help make Home Counties South the type of organisation you want it to be.

The CIPR is your professional institution and relies very largely on volunteers to make it the type of organisation which will be of support and use to its members. We invite everybody who has thoughts for activities or other ideas to contribute them. We need new members to bring fresh ideas to the committee and we needs representatives from all areas, in-house, consultancy, public and private sectors, the voluntary sector and both young and not so young.

Those interested should contact the chairman, John de Mierre at john@i-dmc.co.uk

Chair:

John de Mierre FCIPR
The de Mierre Partnership
Maxwelton House
Boltro Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex RH16 1BJ

Email: john@i-dmc.co.uk Tel: 01444 453399

Overall Objectives

  • To provide a programme of educational and informative events
  • To provide opportunities for members to network among other PR professionals in the region
  • To develop our profession’s standing and our Group’s influence in the three counties
  • To extend the understanding of professional public relations best practice
  • To increase membership and members involvement in the region’s affairs
  • To contribute to the CIPR’s role as the leading European voice in professional public relations
     
Activities

The Group runs a series of regular evening events of an educational and informative nature and networking and social events. An AGM is held every January. Highlights of the year include the annual Ric Foot memorial lecture, named after our distinguished first chairman and the annual Pride awards. For more details, see the events calendar