Prospective new members of the CCB are welcome.

The text below outlines how an organisation can become a new member .

Eligibility

Any organisation based in the UK, which collects and distributes biosamples for cancer research (not necessarily in the UK), may apply to join. The NCRI also encourages new banks that are planning to collect and distribute materials, to join at an early stage of setting up.

The application form asks you to share information on the types of sample you collect and how you operate – for sharing with other members. We also ask you to agree to the contents of the Guiding Principles and Memorandum of Understanding which the Confederation has adopted. You may already be fully compliant or you may just be setting up and aspiring to compliance. In addition we ask that you complete an on-line survey to provide information on your sample collection that will be published in the NCRI’s new on-line Cancer Biosample Directory.

Benefits of membership

CCB Members receive:

• access to the Members Area of the web site containing shared resources
• inclusion in email discussion fora with other members
• networking opportunities with other members
• inclusion in a collective voice to research funders, policy makers, legislators and others
• inclusion in the NCRI’s new on-line sample directory
• one free registration for each CCB workshop
• a future opportunity to pursue accreditation/quality endorsement for the bank
• a future opportunity for your donors to join a donor forum, which provides patients/sample donors with a mechanism of keeping in touch with research biobanking activities.