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Aromatherapy Consortium revealed. - From Essentially Oils Newsletter - Nov 2003.
The Aromatherapy Consortium, which is the emerging aromatherapy regulatory body in the United Kingdom, has come together from different parts of the aromatherapy world and is working together for the benefit of the whole profession.* Up to this recent change of name the group had been known as the Aromatherapy Regulation Working Group (ARWG), but this new name change reflects the progression of the group and the formation of its official Terms of Reference and Constitution. It will set the criteria for the eventual regulatory body, which will be called the Aromatherapy Council, and it is envisaged that this work can be done and the Council formed very quickly.
The members of this new body at present are:
*Aromatherapy & Allied Practitioners Association (AAPA)
*Association of Medical Practitioners (AMA)
*Association of Natural Medicine (ANM)
*Association of Physical & Natural Therapists (APNT)
*English Societe de l’Institute Pierre Franchomme (ESIPF)
*Institute of Complementary Medicine (ICM)
*Guild of Complementary Practitioners (GCP)
*International Federation of Aromatherapists (IFA)
*International Holistic Aromatherapy Foundation (IHAF)
*ITEC Professionals
*Professional Association for Clinical Therapists (PACT/FHT)
*Renbardou Institute (RI)
The group also has the assistance of three distinguished lay members - Sandra Goodman, editor of Positive Health magazine; Liz Earle, the popular television presenter and author; and Peter Fenwick, a consultant neuropsychiatrist.
There are also several observers who are invited to meetings - Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT); City & Guilds Affinity; The Hairdressing And Beauty Industry Authority (HABIA); and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is represented by Angela Avis, who has been co-opted for her expertise.
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What has happened to the Aromatherapy Organisations Council (AOC)?
According to the Press Release, this former industry body for the profession will now merge* into the newly named Consortium.* One of the main functions of the AOC has been to facilitate regulation. The development of a register, the production of a Business Plan for Regulation and the setting up of the Aromatherapy Regulation Working Group (ARWG) have all been achieved by the AOC and now at last the majority of the profession has come together to carry on the work.
The AOC considers that it has accomplished what it set out to do and has realised its goal.* From a small group of like-minded professional organisations coming together in 1991, the concept of regulation has been developed and nurtured. Regulation is now ready to move forward in its own right and it is time for the AOC to evolve. The greatest gift that the AOC could make to the regulatory process is to acknowledge that its experience and resources would be best assimilated into the Aromatherapy Consortium/Council.*
Therefore the AOC will meet on the 20th November to decide whether or not the conditions attached to the proposals agreed at an EGM in August have been satisfied and to dissolve and hand over its Terms of Reference, functions and resources to the Aromatherapy Consortium.
There will be a holding account set up to ensure that the AOC’s register money is only used for the purpose for which it was meant by the registered aromatherapist; regulation.* All its member Associations are full members of the Aromatherapy Consortium and will now be able to focus their efforts on one organisation responsible for regulating the whole profession.
Where from now?
The Consortium has agreed Terms of Reference, Constitution and to become a Company Limited by Guarantee.* It will keep in close contact with the Department of Health (DoH), the Prince of Wales’s Foundation for Integrated Health (PoWFIH), the Department of Education & Skills, The Qualifications and Curriculum
Candie
this is really useful, thank you for taking the time to keep us all up to date.
Hi Candie
Thanks for posting that, I did know about it but somehow it now seems final having seen it in print. Lets hope that this new organisation can work together as one for the good of aromatherapy and that all the power struggles come to an end.
Love and light
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This doesn't seem very final to me - these discussions, changes in constitution, red tape, etc. have been going on for years. The wheels of progress move, oh so slow!
Lesley
Hi all, :D
Aromababe, I read Essence's post in a different way. I think she means that it is the end of the AOC, right Sharon? Not that anything else is final as we know.;)
The AOC actually denied it on their website, but that guy at Essentially Oils sure does know what is going on and there is no way he would publish that if it wasn't true.
So, I think definately, the end of the AOC, yes.
Another badge.[:'(]
Hi Candie
Yes you are quite right that is was I meant, but I don't see it really as the end of the AOC (sad as that is, seeing it in print as I have been there from the start) but hopefullly the beggining of something that should be exciting, forward thinking and above all united. As for the new badge - wait and see!!
love and light
[sm=1kis.gif]
Aromatherapy Consortium revealed. - From Essentially Oils Newsletter - Nov 2003.
The Aromatherapy Consortium, which is the emerging aromatherapy regulatory body in the United Kingdom, has come together from different parts of the aromatherapy world and is working together for the benefit of the whole profession.* Up to this recent change of name the group had been known as the Aromatherapy Regulation Working Group (ARWG), but this new name change reflects the progression of the group and the formation of its official Terms of Reference and Constitution. It will set the criteria for the eventual regulatory body, which will be called the Aromatherapy Council, and it is envisaged that this work can be done and the Council formed very quickly.
The members of this new body at present are:
*Aromatherapy & Allied Practitioners Association (AAPA)
*Association of Medical Practitioners (AMA)
*Association of Natural Medicine (ANM)
*Association of Physical & Natural Therapists (APNT)
*English Societe de l’Institute Pierre Franchomme (ESIPF)
*Institute of Complementary Medicine (ICM)
*Guild of Complementary Practitioners (GCP)
*International Federation of Aromatherapists (IFA)
*International Holistic Aromatherapy Foundation (IHAF)
*ITEC Professionals
*Professional Association for Clinical Therapists (PACT/FHT)
*Renbardou Institute (RI)
The group also has the assistance of three distinguished lay members - Sandra Goodman, editor of Positive Health magazine; Liz Earle, the popular television presenter and author; and Peter Fenwick, a consultant neuropsychiatrist.
There are also several observers who are invited to meetings - Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT); City & Guilds Affinity; The Hairdressing And Beauty Industry Authority (HABIA); and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is represented by Angela Avis, who has been co-opted for her expertise.
**
What has happened to the Aromatherapy Organisations Council (AOC)?
According to the Press Release, this former industry body for the profession will now merge* into the newly named Consortium.* One of the main functions of the AOC has been to facilitate regulation. The development of a register, the production of a Business Plan for Regulation and the setting up of the Aromatherapy Regulation Working Group (ARWG) have all been achieved by the AOC and now at last the majority of the profession has come together to carry on the work.
The AOC considers that it has accomplished what it set out to do and has realised its goal.* From a small group of like-minded professional organisations coming together in 1991, the concept of regulation has been developed and nurtured. Regulation is now ready to move forward in its own right and it is time for the AOC to evolve. The greatest gift that the AOC could make to the regulatory process is to acknowledge that its experience and resources would be best assimilated into the Aromatherapy Consortium/Council.*
Therefore the AOC will meet on the 20th November to decide whether or not the conditions attached to the proposals agreed at an EGM in August have been satisfied and to dissolve and hand over its Terms of Reference, functions and resources to the Aromatherapy Consortium.
There will be a holding account set up to ensure that the AOC’s register money is only used for the purpose for which it was meant by the registered aromatherapist; regulation.* All its member Associations are full members of the Aromatherapy Consortium and will now be able to focus their efforts on one organisation responsible for regulating the whole profession.
Where from now?
The Consortium has agreed Terms of Reference, Constitution and to become a Company Limited by Guarantee.* It will keep in close contact with the Department of Health (DoH), the Prince of Wales’s Foundation for Integrated Health (PoWFIH), the Department of Education & Skills, The Qualifications and Curriculum
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Candie
this is really useful, thank you for taking the time to keep us all up to date.
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Hi Candie
Thanks for posting that, I did know about it but somehow it now seems final having seen it in print. Lets hope that this new organisation can work together as one for the good of aromatherapy and that all the power struggles come to an end.
Love and light
[sm=1kis.gif]
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This doesn't seem very final to me - these discussions, changes in constitution, red tape, etc. have been going on for years. The wheels of progress move, oh so slow!
Lesley
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Hi all, :D
Aromababe, I read Essence's post in a different way. I think she means that it is the end of the AOC, right Sharon? Not that anything else is final as we know.;)
The AOC actually denied it on their website, but that guy at Essentially Oils sure does know what is going on and there is no way he would publish that if it wasn't true.
So, I think definately, the end of the AOC, yes.
Another badge.[:'(]
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Hi Candie
Yes you are quite right that is was I meant, but I don't see it really as the end of the AOC (sad as that is, seeing it in print as I have been there from the start) but hopefullly the beggining of something that should be exciting, forward thinking and above all united. As for the new badge - wait and see!!
love and light
[sm=1kis.gif]
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