Complete and submit the SWW Fellow Grade application form (about you and your business) at the bottom of this page.

• Be sure you are familiar with the process and rules of the Fellowship Grade application and the SWW Code of Practice.
• If your initial application for Fellowship is accepted, you will be able to complete the Fellow Grade submission form. This will be sent to you by the SWW Membership Team for completion ahead of the interview stage. The submission form is an online fillable form, however, if you wish to submit an offline written submission that is acceptable.
• Write your papers using all relevant guidance information.
• Submit your papers including your actual CPD record for the last 3 years to SWW by the closing date on the timetable of events.

There will be two interview panels each year.

A fee of £150 will be charged to cover the expense of the application.

• The panel will be made up of 3 members or if the Director General of the SWW attends there will be four members.
• Each member of the panel is allowed to ask a maximum of three substantial questions of the applicant.
• The panel will scrutinise the details of your application to confirm your written answers with regard to your terms of business, your PII, your annual audit including CPD submissions and your ongoing technical development.
• The panel will want to understand how you will develop your business, your contribution to the SWW and the will writing profession over the next 3 years and how you will gain the knowledge and experience to move into any niche markets you are looking at.
• The panel will want to discuss in detail any judgements during the last year that you feel have influenced how you have changed your approach to your clients and which cases in your opinion have influenced the thinking within the industry.