Who can become a Fellow?
You must be a member of the PSA for 12 months including at Professional level for 6 months, your subscriptions must be paid up to date, and you should have no PSA or GSF sanctions against you. Also, you must have had at least 5 paid speaking/training clients in the past 2 years.
What are the quality criteria?
Two Fellows (your sponsors) should observe you speaking/training live or on video for at least 20 minutes. You also need to submit at least 5 testimonials from the past 4 years where you’ve spoken to an audience of 3 people or more, and prove you’ve done at least 20 hours’ CPD over the past 2 years.
What are the financial criteria?
You need to earn at least £50,000 net from speaking or speaking-related activities in 2 of the last 4 years and accrue 20 points, or £25,000 net and accrue 40 points.
How do I get points?
You earn points from attending PSA regional, virtual and national and meetings, mentoring PSA members (unpaid), growing the membership, and serving at regional or national level.
Is there a cost?
It costs £100 to apply (non-refundable). Fellow-level membership is £325 per year.
Is there a deadline?
Applications can be submitted anytime, ready for review. New Fellows will be welcomed on stage in April and October each year.
What are the next steps?
Review the Applicant Guide
If you prefer, you can download the Applicant Guide:
Download the application workbook
Please use the application workbook to help you gather the evidence we need to assess your application.
Find your sponsors
You also need to find two Fellows who’ll sponsor you. We’ll help with that. Please email [email protected] for assistance.
Ready to upgrade?
To start your upgrade application, please login to your PSA Sport:80 account, view your profile, and follow the instructions.
Any questions?
Contact [email protected].
Asked to be a Sponsor?
Thank you for agreeing to sponsor someone to upgrade to Fellow level. Please download the Sponsor guide for all the information you need or you can review this flip book:
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