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  • Natural remedies for travel sickness

    FHT Expert Adviser, Christine Fisk has contributed to a Q&A section in the October edition of consumer magazine Your Healthy Living. Q: “I’ve been offered a really exciting job but it involves a lot of travelling and I suffer from travel sickness. Are there any natural approaches that could help?” A: “Travel sickness is a common problem…

  • FHT shortlisted for 2016 UK Association Awards!

    The FHT is thrilled to be shortlisted in the category of Best Association E-Newsletter for the 2016 UK Association Awards. The FHT’s e-newsletter strives to deliver quality content, industry news and association updates to it’s 17,000 members through a monthly email. Representing and recognising excellence in the professional associations industry, the UK Association Awards raises…

  • FHT Excellence Awards winner gives presentation in Parliament

    Member and FHT Excellence Award winner, Angela Green, and her colleague, Dr Anne Johnson, were recently invited to give a presentation about the complementary therapy service at Velindre Cancer Centre at an All-Party Parliamentary Group (PGIH) meeting.   Held on 18 October at the House of Commons and chaired by David Tredinnick MP, the meeting…

  • FHT 2016 Excellence Awards winners announced

    Best in therapy practice and education recognised with 2016 FHT Excellence Awards We’d like to say a very big ‘Thank you!’ to all those members and other special guests who joined us today as we celebrated the achievements of our 2016 FHT Excellence Award winners and finalists.   Now in its sixth year, the FHT’s…

  • Give the gift of relaxation promotion

    The FHT has produced the above social media advert for you to promote your therapy practice this Christmas. Simply share it on Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn, along with your contact details. Adverts can also be printed at postcard size – just click to full size, then print. Looking for other social media adverts to…

  • How to spend less time marketing (and still get clients)

    It’s so frustrating when you have all this passion and not enough of the right people seem to notice. After all (and let’s be honest here) you are actually trying to help them! You got into this work so you could help people. And you didn’t invest in your training so you could spend your…

  • Great fun at camexpo

    We had great fun at camexpo last weekend. Held at Olympia exhibition centre, and attracting around 5,000 attendees, there was a diverse mixture of people both attending and exhibiting over the two day show. The FHT was the official sponsor of the Keynote Theatre, helping to promote our organisation and members, while providing the latest research, trends and…

  • FHT Member shortlisted for Women in Business Award

    Tracy McMahon, FHT Member and owner of Buddha Therapies, has been shortlisted in The Forward Ladies’ Women in Business Awards in the Not for Profit / Social Enterprise of the Year category – one of just four selected as worthy finalists. Sponsored by HSBC, The Forward Ladies’ Women in Business Awards recognise the achievements of professional business…

  • Blind therapist is a finalist for FHT Sports Therapist of the Year

    FHT Member and blind therapist Nicholas Mulryan has been featured in the Buxton Advertiser, celebrating his sports therapy success… While training at Stockport College, Nick developed an interest in healing sports injuries, which led to orthopaedics in Manchester, then to Nick being the first blind person to take a medical science degree at Teeside University.…

  • New research on how to stay cool during heatwaves

    Brighton University is researching ways the elderly can stay cool during heatwaves. Visits to hospital emergency rooms for the treatment of heatstroke have been increasing in recent years due to fluctuations in the weather, resulting in mini-heatwaves. Brighton University is conducting research to understand the risk of developing heatstroke in the elderly, one of the population’s…

  • Banish that headache!

    FHT President Paul Battersby, has contributed to a feature in the September issue of Natural Health magazine, entitled ‘Banish that Headache’. Working to raise the profile of the FHT and it’s members, Paul’s expert insight highlights the benefits of complementary therapies in managing tension-type headaches, while emphasising the importance of the FHT Accredited Register. ‘”Most of…

  • New campaign launched highlighting FHT members with real clients

    It’s our mission to make the public more aware of our members and the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register, accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, a body accountable to Parliament. We know that complementary therapies can provide much-needed support to people affected by long-term health conditions, every step of their journey.…