Active involvement with your Institute as a volunteer presents a great opportunity for all Chartered Accountants. This member organisation is built upon Chartered Accountants volunteering their time and expertise. 
 
The Institute recognises the diversity of its membership base and offers a wide range of opportunities for you to make your contribution to the profession. Member involvement is not likely to involve hours of monotonous meetings, but to be fast moving and stimulating with a finite time commitment. 
 
 
Why become involved with Institute activities?  

• Broaden your experience through working with other skilled professionals
 

• Reinforce new skills - research, communication, working in a project team
 

• Display leadership
 

• Develop leading edge contacts or knowledge in specialist or other areas
 

• Network with other professionals outside your own organisation
 

• Build your own profile

• Leadership training for your employees/ staff
 

• Establishing new skills in group work, project management and research tasks
 

• Broadening the expertise of your staff in ways which may not be established by in-house training
 

• Greater profile for employer organisations can emerge from some activities
 

• Social and professional networking outside your own organisation

• Focus Session - Leaders for Chartered Accountants Program modules
 

• Discussion groups - as a participant or leader
 

• Regional Council or National Board - it is seen as advisable for you to gain experience in task forces and working groups before moving on to stand for election.