The NCH

“The Hypnotherapy Register” was formed in 1973 to create a national membership organisation for the professional practice of hypnotherapy, and was later renamed the National Council for Hypnotherapy. The NCH has been a members’ co-operative since August 1999.

The NCH is one of the largest societies of independent hypnotherapists in the UK and strives to maintain the highest standards among its members.

In order to join the NCH, therapists must have formal training in hypnotherapy, and prove their competence, either by completion of an accredited course or by successful completion of the independently verified HPD.  Therapists operating outside the UK can join as International members provided that their National Body's membership criteria, complaints procedure and code of ethics meets standards approved by the NCH

The NCH has a comprehensive Code of Ethics and Practice, and operates a highly effective complaints procedure.

The NCH is committed to providing a professional and unequalled service to its members, the public, the media and affiliates. We have a strong financial base and are committed to using our income for the benefit of our members and the profession as a whole.

As a co-operative, the NCH is owned by its members: the executive work on their behalf.

For further information see www.hypnotherapists.org.uk

NCFE

NCFE is an awarding body operating throughout the UK offering qualifications from pre-entry level up to and including level 4.

NCFE qualifications, schemes and awards are offered by colleges, private training providers, adult education centres, community groups, schools and businesses. Last academic year, over 150,000 people used their NCFE certificates to boost their career prospects, realise their ambitions and achieve their goals.

NCFE can trace their record of working with colleges and other providers back to their founding organisation, the Northern Union of Mechanics’ Institutes (NUMI), established in 1848.

NCFE’s earliest incarnation held lofty ambitions. Its first report declared its intention to "become a centre from whence the elements of knowledge and civilisation shall go on with an unceasing progress, conferring intellectual, scientific and moral blessings throughout the length and breadth of the Northern Counties."

From 1920, the Northern Counties Technical Examinations Council (NCTEC or ‘Northern Counties’ as it became affectionately known) supplanted NUMI and in 1981, the Northern Advisory Council for Further Education (NACFE), merged with the NCTEC to become the Northern Council for Further Education. When the further education sector was incorporated (made independent of the government) in the early 1990s the company felt the old name was incompatible with our new national focus and has since then been identified simply as NCFE with the letters no longer being an acronym.

For further information see www.ncfe.org.uk