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  • We’re looking for inspirational sports therapists to enter the 2019 FHT Excellence Awards

    Have you or a sports therapist you know helped an athlete transition from a debilitating injury to full recovery? Given an athlete the tools to overcome mental and physical challenges that resulted from injury? Worked as part of a team providing vital pre- and post-event treatment or injury prevention strategies ensuring athletes perform at the…

  • Could you or a therapist you know be our 2019 Beauty Therapist of the Year?

    Have you or a beauty therapist you know supported a client to overcome low self-esteem? Helped a client with a condition affecting their body image and witnessed profound changes in their confidence? Raised the bar in beauty therapy excellence? For this year’s FHT Excellence Awards, we’re keen to hear about inspirational beauty therapists that have…

  • School for thought

    FHT’s Editor and Communications Manager, Karen Young, visits the NHS Natural Health School team in North Yorkshire From left to right: Karen Young, Gwyn Featonby, Beverley Harrison, Sarah Grant, and NHS Natural Health School student, Lorraine Cole One cold morning in January, I travelled from Southampton to Harrogate to meet with Gwyn Featonby, Sarah Grant…

  • Celebrating the winners

    To celebrate the success of our 2018 FHT Excellence Awards winners who were announced at our 2018 FHT Conference in November, we’ve produced a special brochure where you can learn more about their work and why our judges thought they were deserving of their award.  Click here to read our special winners guide . And for those that…

  • 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…

  • 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?…

  • FHT member wins award for best healthcare provider

    FHT member Jackie Grimley has won the Best Healthcare Provider award at the Families First Awards, held earlier this month in Belfast. Jackie was put forward for the award by clients of her therapy business, Serenity Holistics, where she specialises in reflexology. Delighted with the win, Jackie told the FHT, ‘I am really blown away…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Radio interview and short video promote the FHT and new Complementary Therapy Awards

    As well as running our own 2018 FHT Excellence Awards, this year we are delighted to be supporting the new Complementary Therapy Awards, organised by Chamberlain Dunn. As platinum sponsor of these awards, the FHT is working closely with their media partner, UK Health Radio, to provide expert guests to talk about the many benefits…