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 potential 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.

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The CCB welcomes new members. 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.



How to Join

There are two categories of membership, Member and Provisional Member to reflect the different stages of development of a biobank.

The criteria for Member are defined as follows:

Provisional members will be those biobanks who are working towards full membership status but do not yet fulfil all criteria (this would be reviewed after 2 years).


As part of the on-line application process we also ask you to agree to the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding which the Confederation has adopted and share details of your Access Policy.

View the on-line CCB Membership application form.

In addition we ask that you complete an on-line survey to include information on your sample collection in the NCRI Cancer Biosample Directory.

For more information on joining CCB contact us at ccb@ncri.org.uk.