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ALT UK DClinPsy Mutual Aid 2023 Entry Application Season What is mutual aid? Mutual aid aims to provide direct, immediate support to people as and when they need it. It aims to dismantle the barriers people face in accessing their needs and operates on principles of communal efforts of solidarity and not charity. The DClinPsy App We know there are many barriers people face on their journey to the UK DClinPsy. For some, the application fee will be one. This limits who can apply and ultimately diminishes the strength of the profession. Our hope is to de-stigmatise concerns around the fee and provide mutual aid to those who need it so they can apply, with the ultimate aim to remove the application fee altogether. How does mutual aid work? No burden of proof: no need to prove need for support No hierarchy of deservingness: support given to those who say they need it No conditions on accessing aid Open and transparent decision making Tackling systemic issues

ALT How will it work for the 2023 entry application season? We had hoped to create a centralised, accessible communal fund that people could contribute to, which could then be used to support applicants as needed. Due to time sensitivity and transparency, we have decided to continue with direct mutual aid giving this year to ensure that applicants receive support in time for application season. We will continue to use the Twitter page @DClinMutualAid Those with capacity to donate can tweet the account as such: Those who would benefit from the support can contact the person directly. Privacy settings should be checked to ensure direct messages from the public are permitted. Money can be transferred via the preferred method. Messaging directly allows anonymity. Once someone has distributed all the mutual aid they have capacity for, they can delete their tweet in order not to be messaged any further. We know this model has limitations and is only accessible to those with internet access