Dear Siobhain,

Thank you for your letter of 15 June in which you ask about the possibility of there being some kind of accreditation route for coaching psychologists within the Society.

As you know the Board of Trustees and the Representative Council have agreed that the Society should not encourage the development of additional subsystems at this time but I understand that the request for the development of an accreditation route does not mean that the SGCP is effectively seeking divisional status.

I understand that you have now been able to have some exploratory discussion with Tim Cornford and Helen Barnett and that two or three potential options for accreditation have been identified. It would seem sensible to explore these options in more detail before attempting to float any of them within the governance structure. I would, therefore, ask you and your colleagues in SGCP to engage further with relevant staff in the office and let me know

in due course whether any of these options would meet the Group’s aspirations.

Yours sincerely,