Memberships
Full Association Membership
This membership is for associations and member organisations that wish to use all of the benefits, discounts and services or ARA. This allows one representative from your organisation to join the ARA board and your practitioners or members to become full ARA registrants. This has some very low cost fees but offers high savings and benefits to your group. If you do not need these benefits you can join as an associate member – see below.
To start your application please click below.
Associate Organisation Membership
This type of membership is for organisations that do not require our partner discounts but want to be represented on the board. This allows you to be fully involved and have your say as a stakeholder in the group, helping improve acupuncture standards, education and opportunities for our members. This is a FREE associate membership.
To start your application please complete this form.
College Memberships
College membership is for related healthcare, acupuncture and TCM colleges. This allows a college representative to join the ARA board and allow your students and graduates to directly become full ARA registrants without the need for you to run an association. ARA act as an association for your college providing all the regulatory and professional support, legal advice and practitioner guidance for your students. This allows you to concentrate on your college and students.
This is offered by your own customisable college page on the ARA website at no cost to the college – Examples here.
To start your application please click below.
Why This Matters for Your College
- Alignment with a nationally established regulatory authority founded in 2005
- Enhanced institutional credibility and graduate confidence
- A bespoke, co-branded online registration portal for your students
- A seamless transition from education into recognised professional practice
- Increased graduate employability through clear regulatory affiliation
- Opportunities for joint professional development initiatives and updates
- Recognition as an official ARA Partner College
- Offers graduates the support and benefits of an association without the need for your organisation to run one
In today’s environment, students are increasingly asking:
“Who regulates me and where can I get support?”
“How do I demonstrate credibility?”
“How do I differentiate myself in practice?”
By partnering with ARA, your college provides a clear answer.
Benefits for Your Students and Graduates
- Direct access to professional registration with the UK’s largest independent acupuncture stakeholder group
- A recognised standards framework and code of professional conduct
- Regulatory guidance on scope of practice, advertising, and compliance
- Support with professional positioning and credibility
- Ongoing CPD access and professional updates
- Dedicated member support during their transition into practice
- Over 20 partner discounts
- 46% off Balens insurance for practitioners
- London Boroughs Licensing Exemption for clinics in London
- Legal support from our legal advisory team with 5 specialist lawyers
- Access to over 85 customisable practitioner practice legal documents
- Access to payments from over 16 Healthcare insurance companies
- Publish their clinic on our clinic locator
- Registered and listed on our members register
Direct Benefits for Organisation
- Use our business Zoom account for free
- Access to legal documents for your organisation and websites
- Access to legal advice
- Use our policies, codes of safety and other legal frameworks
- Use our logos and name on your website
- Help with complaints and appeals
- Ratify your courses under an Ofqual certification for Level 5 or 6 – (Currently being finalised)
- Have a representative of your college
- invited to the ARA meetings and have a seat on the ARA board
- Advertise your courses on the ARA Course Shop – About to go live
- Free website and email hosting for your organisation
Practitioner Membership
If you are a practitioner there are a number of ways you can be registered with ARA.
Option 1. You can join any of our growing large number of member organisations which will register you on ARA for free and so there is nothing for you to do click here for our list . If you are a member or one of these organisations but you are not listed on our Register please contact your association.
Option 2. You can join directly as a graduate and qualified practitioner of any of our listed colleges click here.
Option 3. If you are not listed under an ARA association or college then you can join ARA directly by clicking here. ARA will act as your association providing you with discounts on insurance and other partners, providing professional and regulatory support, legal advice and practitioner guidance.