Membership Options

To become a Facilitator Member, we ask for the following criteria to be met:

• 50+ days of NVC learning (unless you are a CNVC Certification Candidate - see below)
• 30+ hours experience of leading NVC sessions
• Agreeing to our code of ethics (you can find this on the footer of the website)
• Agreement to pay our fee (we will consider requests for a discount if you are unable to afford our fee)
• You have an address in Great Britain or Ireland and you reside there full time. Do ask if you are not sure if your circumstances qualify.

I am a CNVC Certification Candidate, do I still need to fulfil the above criteria?

• Yes. Please see the 2nd FAQ for more details

How many hours count as one day?

• 6-8 hours of training counts as one day.

What counts towards the 50 days (300-400 hours) NVC learning

• With whom - You need to have completed training with at least 3 different CNVC certified trainers. The rest can be with independently-trained Facilitators
• In-person - A minimum of 4/5ths of the days need to be in person - so 40 days (or 28 days if you are a Certification Candidate) 
•  Online - Up to the equivalent of 15 days (90-120 hours) can be online as long as they are interactive and participatory. 
• Residential At least one 5-day-long in-person residential (or several in-person weekend residentials) need to be included.

What counts towards the 30 hours of sharing NVC?

Up to 8 of these hours could be offering one-to-one sessions or mediations.

The rest need to be a mix of

• Leading practice groups
• Offering NVC trainings

From 2025 membership, in consultation with the UK CNVC assessor team, we have agreed to make an exception for CNVC Certification Candidates knowing that you are being monitored and overseen by an assessor. 

If you have been an actively participating candidate for at least 6 months, instead of the usual criteria, we ask the following:

• 35+ days of NVC learning 
• 30+ hours experience of leading NVC sessions
• Agreeing to our code of ethics (you can find this on the footer of the website)
• Agreement to pay our fee (we will consider requests for a discount if you are not yet receiving income or unable to afford our fee)
• If you stop being a CNVC Certification Candidate and do not fulfil the 50+ days of our usual Facilitator membership requirements, your membership will cease until you have completed 50 or more days.

How many hours count as one day?

• 6-8 hours of training counts as one day.

What counts towards the 35 days (210-280 hours) NVC learning?

• With whom - You need to have completed training with at least 3 different CNVC certified trainers. The rest can be with independently-trained trainers/facilitators.
• In-person - A minimum of 28 of the days need to be in person.
• Online - Up to the equivalent of 12 days (72-96 hours) can be online as long as they are interactive and participatory. 
• Residential At least one 5-day-long in-person residential (or several in-person weekend residentials) need to be included.

What counts towards the 30 hours of sharing NVC?

Up to 8 of these hours could be offering one-to-one sessions or mediations.

The rest need to be a mix of

• Leading practice groups
• Offering NVC trainings

Following completion of registration which includes completing the registering form and making your payment, you will receive confirmation that your application has been received. 

Assuming you fulfil our requirements for membership, your application will be accepted and you will receive a final confirmation and will have access to the relevant areas of the site where you can add your profile etc, upload your events etc.

If for some reason we are unable to accept your membership, any payment you make will be refunded in full.

The fees are there to support the continued running and improvement of this website.

Whilst we hope that most Facilitator members will have the willingness and capacity to pay our full annual rate, and find it excellent value for money, we recognise that this won't be the case for everyone. If you only offer a few events per year where you typically offer them at low cost and/or for free or paying our annual rate is unaffordable to you, please do email us to request a discount code, our membership administrator can discuss this with you. 

Following registration, and payment of the membership fee you will receive confirmation that your membership has been received and accepted.

Whether joining as a facilitator or supporter member or simply donating to our cause, if you want to pay directly into our bank account, here are the details:

Account Name: NVC Matters UK CIC
Account number: 65974126
Sort Code: 08-92-99

International Bank Account Number

IBAN: GB89 CPBK 0892 9965 974126 

Bank Identification Code

BIC: CPBK GB22

You can join at any time of the year. Renewal of membership is 31st March yearly. If you join mid-year, you pay pro rata.