GCMT (General Council For Massage Therapy)

The GCMT is the emerging organisation for the self-regulation of massage therapy
in the UK. It is a non-profit making body comprising the major professional associations in massage therapy.  Its objectives are to promote the adoption of high standards
of practice in massage therapy; to establish a nationwide standard of training and to
act as a unifying body by bringing together organisations engaged in representing or teaching massage therapy For more information click here





Complementary Health Trust

The CHT offer complementary therapies to clients with HIV and Cancer. They have a CPD programme for their
practitioners, which is open to everyone. For more information, or if you would like to volunteer for the trust,
please click here.

The Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council

The CNHC was set up in 2008 to develop a federal structure for the voluntary self-regulation of complementary healthcare professions, ie a single point of contact for the public for a wide range of complementary therapies rather than a series of regulators for each profession.

The CNHC has four main functions:

1. To establish and maintain a voluntary register of complementary healthcare practitioners in the UK who meet their standards of competence and practice.
2. To make the Register of practitioners available to the general public and to educate them about the CNHC quality mark as a quality standard.
3. To operate a robust process for handling complaints about registered practitioners.
4. To work with professional bodies in the complementary healthcare field to further develop and improve standards of professional practice.