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RCOT commercial activities - how we do business

To help ensure that the RCOT can provide high quality membership benefits, services and content to members, we seek to generate revenue from a number of commercial sources. These include advertising, sponsorship and other partnerships.

In addition to the funding these activities provide, partners and commercial activities can help us to provide rich, relevant content, amplify our voice and support member engagement. Whenever we engage in commercial relationships we make sure that the organisations we work with, and the products and services they seek to promote, will be of interest to members, and relevant to their roles and working environment. However any such transaction, relationship and partnership is not an endorsement or recommendation of any products, services or point of view.

We don’t work with organisations that could compromise RCOT’s goals and objectives. We also won’t work with any organisation whose products and services could cause conflict with RCOT’s ethical investment policy.

All income from commercial sources is used to support the delivery of member services and benefits and any partnerships or transactions we enter into are always considered against our charitable and professional responsibilities as a membership association.

If you have any views on this policy please let us know – contact commercial@rcot.co.uk.

Policy

When evaluating commercial activities and partners we consider the following:

Our members’ best interest

  • Partners, sponsors and advertisers must not promote products, services that could cause our members to contravene our Professional standards for occupational therapy practice, conduct and ethics.
  • Adverts must not make unsubstantiated claims about their products and services.

RCOT’s reputation

  • Commercial relationships must not represent a risk, or possible risk, to the reputation of RCOT.

Competition with existing RCOT’s  products and services, such as

  • Member services and benefits
  • Events
  • Training
  • Publications

Compliance with relevant laws and regulations

  • Partners, sponsors and advertisers must meet all applicable legal requirements
  • Advertisements and other promotions must comply with ASA Advertising Codes (asa.org.uk)

Find out more about our Commercial advertising and sponsorship opportunities