CII CPD event accreditation

CPD event accreditation is a formal quality kite-mark and evidence of achieving a set standard. The accreditation can be awarded where we find that your event's content is of a sufficiently high standard to contribute to CII members' CPD. Events must be free of product bias.

CII accreditation is not a requirement for participants to claim CPD hours under the CII CPD scheme. However, it does provide formal recognition, valuable external benchmarking, tangible business benefits and allows providers to advertise their event as attracting CII CPD hours for attendees.

Benefits of CII CPD event accreditation

CPD event accreditation will:

Allow you to use the 'CII accredited event' logo for event branding and literature
Assist in demonstrating the value of attending your event to potential delegates
Add gravitas from formal endorsement of the event by the CII with the wording 'This event has been accredited by the CII and can be included as part of your CII/Personal Finance Society CPD requirement should you consider it relevant to your professional development needs'
Give you the option of adding the event details to the CII website

You will need to be able to confirm that your event(s) meet the CII CPD accreditation standards (PDF).

Quality assurance

Our quality assurance process requires that you provide a copy of delegate feedback and copies of any documentation provided to delegates. This can be provided after the event has taken place.

Please note that we may occasionally send an assessor to an event – we will give you prior notification.

Events for advisers/brokers

CPD accredited events for advisers/brokers are structured conferences, seminars, presentations which are delivered by experts and offered to a target audience by invitation
CPD event accreditation for advisers/brokers must be applied for 6-8 weeks prior to the event.
The fee range for intermediate/advanced level events for advisers/brokers will be a bespoke annual fee ranging from £1,750-£7,500 and will include all events automatically during the agreed accreditation period

Events open to the public

CPD accredited events are conferences or seminars which are delivered by experts and open to the public. These are not related to specific qualifications and do not normally include a formal assessment of the learning
CPD event accreditation for events open to the public must be applied for 2-4 weeks prior to to the event

There are two accreditation options available for your events open to the public:

Annual accreditation licence – this gives holders the flexibility to apply accreditation to all the appropriate courses they provide in a year - £1,500
Single event accreditation – accreditation for a one-off event - £750

How to apply

For any queries or an application form please contact Accreditation Services on +44 (0)20 7417 3575 or accreditation@cii.co.uk

Guidance for event organisers

To assist event organisers we have created some guidance document (PDF).

View some of the event organisers that have been awarded CII CPD event accreditation