Membership & networking
Member groups
The CIPR is represented throughout the UK via our network of fourteen regional groups. Each group runs a programme of events, seminars and networking opportunities and acts as a source of information for what is happening in the profession and the Institute. CIPR members are automatically linked to their local group on joining and are actively encouraged to participate in their region's activities.
Membership fees
Membership of the CIPR is by annual subscription. You can save £20 on the annual subscription if you pay by direct debit (discount available to UK-based Affiliates, Associates, Members and Fellows only.)A full year's membership subscription is also payable on joining. The membership subscription is an annual fee and is non-refundable once membership has been activated.
How to join
How to join - three easy steps: 1. Select your membership grade. 2. Complete your application form. 3. Send your completed form to the CIPR.
Membership grades
Membership of the CIPR is open to anyone working, studying or just interested in public relations. There are a number of grades of membership spanning the different levels of experience and qualifications in public relations.
Membership wizard
The membership wizard helps you choose which grade of CIPR membership to apply for. It asks you questions about yourself and your PR background before providing detailed information about the suggested grade and a link to download an application form. If you have any queries, please email the Membership department.
How to make a complaint against a member
Who may make a Complaint? Anyone, whether an organisation or an individual. You do not have to have suffered loss or damage in order to complain: you only have to believe that a Member of the Institute may have breached the Code of Conduct. Sometimes the Chartered Institute of Public Relations itself will initiate a Complaint or take over the role of Complainant, for instance if the Complaint raises a matter of general principle.
