News from our Verifying Organisations and other stakeholders
UK Reiki Federation Annual Conference 2025
The UK Reiki Federation is holding its Annual Conference on the weekend of 5-6 July 2025. Saturday 5 July will be an in-person event held at Coulsdon Manor Hotel in Surrey. Speakers include CNHC’s Chief Executive Margaret Coats who will be talking about regulation and standards at 10.45 and taking part in the panel discussion at 12.15 on Saturday 5 July. Sunday 6 July will be an online event. Find out more here.
CSTA Conference Day: From the Heart
The Craniosacral Therapy Association (CSTA) Conference Day takes place on Saturday 20 September 2025 at Colet House in Hammersmith, London. The day is open to both members and non-members and will feature talks by principals of CSTA’s accredited training schools, offering rich perspectives drawn from years of embodied experience in the field of craniosacral therapy. Find out more here.
Kinesiology Federation 2025 One Day Conference
The Kinesiology Federation is holding its One Day Conference on Friday 11 July 2025 at the Winchester Hotel & Spa in Hampshire. Find out more about the day and book your place here.
Professor George Lewith Award 2025 open for submissions
The Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM) Professor George Lewith Award is open for submissions until October 2025. This is an annual award for the best early career project that addresses RCCM’s aim to “promote research that will widen the availability of and access to safe and effective complementary medicine for patients within the National Health Service in the UK.”
The eligibility criteria are:
- Paying RCCM members are eligible to enter, as well as two from each RCCM corporate member (CNHC are corporate members so our registrants can apply).
- Students or early career researcher (up to 6 years post-PhD).
- Your project needs to have results. Protocols or plans are not eligible.
To submit your project for consideration, send an abstract to [email protected] by 31 October 2025.
Latest updates from the ASA on advertising
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have published two useful articles on their website that will be of interest to our registrants:
- A quick guide to changes to the misleading advertising rules
- Write a useful article helping marketers with tips for using AI
CNHC guidance for registrants
We take this opportunity to remind all our registrants that they must comply with the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Non-Broadcast Code. To help our registrants with compliance we have produced guidance on advertising. Please read it in full and use it as a resource to check the content of your website and other forms of marketing.
CNHC Workshop at IPM 25: The regulation of complementary healthcare in the UK
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