SPTI: The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute, Nottingham

Are you currently working towards a Transactional Analysis qualification with a Registered Training Establishment (RTE)?

The UKATA Training Bursary offers grants of up to £500 for UKATA members (excluding subscribers) to support formal training, workshops, supervision, exam preparation groups, and other relevant professional development activities. Applications are open until 30 June 2026.

UKCP student and trainee members can also apply for the UKCP Trainee Bursary Scheme, which supports those experiencing financial hardship and trainees from under-represented groups. Applications are open until 2 July 2026.

For eligibility criteria, application details, and information about all available bursaries, visit: www.ukata.org/bursaries

Questions? Contact [email protected].

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There’s a damaging pay inequity affecting therapists across NHS England. It doesn’t just impact individual practitioners, it affects the future of the profession.

Over the past year, we've supported members across 40 NHS Talking Therapies services to challenge inequitable pay. This has included developing practical resources, working alongside members, and engaging with services, unions, NHS Trusts and care boards to make the case for change.

That work has already led to positive outcomes for members and is helping drive wider change across the profession.

Find out what we've achieved, what we've learned, and why this work matters in our 2025 to 2026 Year of Impact review 👉 https://orlo.uk/Cvmzr

Supporting a students’ application?

We need your details online before the deadline to help make sure their student finance is ready on time.

Continuing student deadline: Friday 19 June

Give them the best start - don’t leave it late.

🔗 https://www.gov.uk/support-child-or-partners-student-finance-application

Public policy | UKCP We exist to promote the value of psychotherapy within society. Our public policy work is driven by a profound commitment to promoting greater access to high-quality psychotherapies for all members of the public, regardless of background or status. 

Speaker spotlight: Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, author and co-founder of the Women's Therapy Centre.

In this in-conversation session, Susie revisits her seminal work, Fat Is a Feminist Issue, forty years since its publication. She will explore how body image pressures appear in the therapy room and what they reveal about gender, identity and cultural life.

Bookings close this Sunday – don't miss your last chance to join us on Friday, 19 – Saturday, 20 June 2026 at Mary Ward House, London.

Book your place: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/events/ukcp-conference-2026-threads-across-the-divide-weaving-connections-in-a-fragmented-world/

📢 Remember to submit your application 📢

The continuing student deadline is approaching on Friday 19 June. You need to make sure you’ve completed and submitted your application, or you might not get all your money on time.

Log in now and make sure your application is complete!

💻: https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login

The applications window for Placement Therapists looking to start in September closes on Sunday 7th June! If you're a Level 5 (or above) psychotherapy or counselling student looking for a placement, apply now!

More details at: https://sharepsychotherapy.org/placements

Today, we’re sharing some difficult news.

Nottinghamshire Mind has made the very difficult decision to close some of our community services and groups in Nottinghamshire.

Like many charities, we are navigating ongoing changes in funding. Support from fundraising, grants and council funding has helped sustain these services, but increasing financial pressures across the sector, alongside reduced public spending and greater competition for funding, mean decisions like this are sometimes unavoidable.

We want to be clear that this decision is not a reflection of the value, impact or need for these services. We know they have made a meaningful difference to the people who use them and to the wider community.

While some services and groups will continue, this is a difficult moment for everyone affected. We would like to thank our service users, staff, volunteers, partners, funders and supporters who have helped make these services possible.

While this news is hard to share, it also gives us an opportunity to listen, learn and refocus on what our communities need most. We remain committed to providing mental health support across Nottinghamshire and to shaping future services with care, learning and hope 💙

www.nottinghamshiremind.org.uk