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  • FHT announces 2018 Excellence Awards Finalists

    We are delighted to announce the finalists for our prestigious 2018 FHT Excellence Awards, which showcase how professional therapy practitioners and trainers are making a difference to those living and working in their local community. This year’s FHT Excellence Awards finalists are: FHT Complementary Therapist of the Year Robert Sylvester Coleman Julie Crossman Kelly De…

  • Influential GP to speak at 2018 FHT Conference

    We are pleased that Dr Michael Dixon will be a speaker at the 2018 FHT Conference in November. An influential figure in healthcare, Dr Dixon is a GP, Chairman of the College of Medicine, a visiting professor at University College London and the University of Westminster, and an appointed government adviser on GP commissioning. Dr…

  • Awards recognise the contribution of therapists working in pain management and palliative care

    Sponsored by the FHT, the Complementary Therapy Awards aim to acknowledge the success, innovation and best practice of complementary therapists. Whether you help clients manage a chronic condition, illness, or support general wellbeing, award organisers Chamberlain Dunn would like to hear from you. In this blog post we take a look at two of this…

  • FHT’s International Therapist magazine shortlisted for excellence award

    The FHT is thrilled at today’s announcement that International Therapist has been shortlisted for the Best Association Magazine category of the Association Excellence Awards 2018. The awards, organised by GCN Events, aim to ‘recognise and reward the hard-won achievements of UK trade bodies, professional membership organisations and associations [and] highlight excellence in how these operate…

  • Radio interview – massage for people with dementia

    As the headline sponsor of Chamberlain Dunn’s Complementary Therapy Awards, the FHT has been invited to put forward industry experts to promote the health benefits of complementary therapy on UK Health Radio. This week, FHT member and accredited course provider, Nicolle Mitchell, talked to Duncan Ellison about how massage and positive touch can benefit those…

  • Radio interview – reflexology and pain management

    As the headline sponsor of Chamberlain Dunn’s Complementary Therapy Awards, the FHT has been invited to put forward industry experts to promote the health benefits of complementary therapy on UK Health Radio. This week, tune in and hear FHT Excellence Award Winner (2014), Dr Carol Samuel, FFHT, talk to Dr Vijay Murthy about the potential…

  • Excellence in education

    Have you helped a student therapist reach their full potential? Perhaps, you taught a student lacking in confidence, who didn’t feel very capable in a classroom, but was transformed into a high achiever when they discovered their passion for therapies? Are you a student therapist who has overcome seemingly impossible odds to excel in education?…

  • Helping clients from injury to recovery

    Have you helped an athlete transition from a debilitating injury to full recovery? Has an inspirational colleague really raised the bar in sports therapy excellence? Do you work as part of a team that works with professional athletes, providing cutting-edge pitch-side support? Perhaps you have given an athlete the tools to overcome mental and physical…

  • Making a difference to client wellbeing

    Have you helped a client get their life back on track? Has an inspirational colleague really raised the bar in therapy excellence? Do you work as part of a team that works with terminally ill clients, providing life-changing support to them, their families and carers? Perhaps you set up an innovative and sustainable healthcare model…

  • Wellness Live special offer for FHT members

    This year the FHT is sponsoring The Wellness Seminars and Wellness Live at Olympia Beauty. In celebration of this, FHT members are being offered 15% off all Wellness Seminars booked from now until the end of June, whether this is a single session booking for £15 or a day pass for £48. To redeem the…

  • Six top tips for entering an award

    Now in its eighth year, the 2018 FHT Excellence Awards is open for entries and will again recognise those setting the bar in therapy education and practice. We appreciate that putting together an awards entry can seem daunting, so we have put together six top tips to make the process as easy as possible: Save the…

  • Six good reasons to enter professional awards

    If you haven’t put yourself forward an FHT Excellence Award before, here are six good reasons why you should give it a try… Promoting the therapies you love With awards comes publicity, which is a great way to show potential clients, employers and healthcare commissioners the amazing benefits different therapies offer. If you are uncomfortable…