The Occupational Therapy Service Supporting WFOT Congress 2026

The 9^th February marks the start of WFOT Congress 2026 and it’s no secret that this particular event has more relevance to The Occupational Therapy Service than others have done in the past, for two reasons.

The Congress is our Director Samantha Shann’s last event as WFOT President and we could not be prouder of what she has achieved.  Her passion, care, compassion and drive has ensured that despite one of the most challenging tenures due to geopolitics in modern history, she has driven and inspired change across the globe.

The theme for WFOT Congress 2026 is ‘Inspiring Change, Innovating Futures’ and this strongly resonates with The Occupational Therapy Service (TOTS).

In his WFOT Congress welcome, Ritchard Ledgerd states that the theme “signifies our (WFOT) commitment to embracing new opportunities in our profession and exploring innovative strategies that lead us forward.”

TOTS values directly align with this commitment, with a focus on ensuring our interventions are robustly evidence informed, innovative, person – led, ultimately enabling interdependence.   Indeed, our tag line is ‘inspiring meaningful change’, further highlighting the synergy.

It is for this reason that TOTS made the decision to provide sponsorship to WFOT Congress 2026 for the first time, and therefore all delegates will be wearing a collaborative WFOT and TOTS lanyard during the event.  Selecting the lanyards as sponsorship ensures that not only is the brand visible, but poignant in that all delegates will wear the logos of the two organisations into which Samantha has invested so much of her time.

In addition, TOTS chose to provide lanyards made from recycled materials proving their commitment to sustainability in line with WFOT values

We are proud to be associated with WFOT and it’s values, wishing all a successful and safe congress.