The Bowen Forum is the umbrella organisation that has been established jointly by the professional associations representing Bowen therapists in the UK. The current members are the Bowen Therapists’ European Register (BTER), and the Bowen Association UK (BAUK). The aims of the Forum are:
- to set up a system of voluntary self-regulation of Bowen therapists in the UK, for the better protection of the public, possibly as part of a federal structure;
- to enable the main Practitioner Associations in the UK to work together;
- to work to produce common standards in practice and education;
- to provide a forum for open communication links to develop the practice of Bowen in the future.
The Forum is facilitated by The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health (PFIH), which supports the complementary healthcare professions in developing robust systems of voluntary self-regulation.
Any Bowen therapist may ask to be on the mailing list of the Bowen Forum, in order to keep up to date with developments. However, please note that the Forum is not a membership association of therapists, and being on the Forum mailing list does not mean that you are a regulated Bowen therapist.
Once self-regulation is in place, the only way to be a regulated Bowen therapist will be to be on the register of therapists held by the regulatory body, and meet the necessary standards for the protection of the public, as determined by the regulatory body.
LATEST NEWS
5th Bowen Forum AGM
The latest Annual General Meeting of the Bowen Forum was held on Saturday 16th January 2010.
Please click on one of the following links to view the pre-AGM documents:
A Bowen Profession Specific Board (PSB) of the CNHC has been set up, comprising Alastair Rattray, Angela Cannon, Sarena Baxter-Armstrong and Gillie La Haye.
Core Curriculum for Bowen - updated December 2009
Please follow this link to the latest Core Curriculum for Bowen including NOS.
Requirements for application to join the CNHC Bowen Technique
Register
Please follow this link to see the final requirements set by the CNHC to join the Register.
Regulation of complementary healthcare is almost in place. A Federal Regulatory body, the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) has been launched. Bowen will be ready for regulation by early 2010.
The Bowen Forum was represented on the working group that was established by the Prince’s Foundation to explore the possible models for regulation, and so has been fully involved in the design of the regulatory structure. This group included representatives from 12 major therapies, and it met throughout 2007 to agree the structure of the CNHC.
4th Bowen Forum AGM
The 4th AGM was held on Saturday 8th November 2008, at Central Club, 44 Portland Place, London, and was followed by presentations by Maggy Wallace, co-chair of the CNHC and Ian Cambray-Smith of the Prince's Foundation. Click here to read Maggy's presentation on the CNHC.
Bowen Technique
For more information on the Bowen Technique in the UK , please visit the site of one of our Member Associations.
