beauty companies association
A not-for I
r-profit organisation organ nisation
Reg charity: 1080268 hand inhand
the bca support theHealing HandsNetwork
HHN Director Sue Stretton volunteering at an outreach centre in Sarajevo.
The Beauty Companies Association (bca) is proud to announce that they are now supporting theHealing HandsNetwork charity.
“The Beauty CompaniesAssociation is a strong, effective, professional body representing, promoting and setting the standards for companies involved in the beauty industry.We are delighted to be able to support such an important and valued charity; the Healing Hands Network is the perfectmatch for the bca and itsmembers and forms amutually ideal fit for both organisations,” comments Chairman of the bca, Dean Nathanson.
He continues: “The bca’smission statement is clear and simple, to provide a single, strong, positive voice for ourmembers through combining their skills, expertise and validated high standards into one representative body.
“The bca was formed as a not-for-profit organisation, out of a common desire by UK beauty suppliers to be able to exert influence over the direction and future of the professional beauty industry.
“As a collective group we present a united force and share one voice that can influence change. bcamembers are fromall disciplines, whether it is skin care, nail care, depilatory products, tanning or treatment machines.We all share a common goal and objective tomaintain and enhance quality standards, to secure the best deals and offers for ourmembers to ultimately ensure the sustainability of our
livelihoods.The bca brings together the industry’smost influential players and provides the perfect forumto exchange expert knowledge and expertise for the benefit of all.
“bcamembers felt collectively that there was a natural synergy in supporting the Healing Hands Network as the charity aims to improve the lives of those injured, physically or psychologically through conflict through
the application of beauty and holistic
therapies.They were also keen to support the charities sector in addressing the needs of service personnel and their families in this country.”
who are the Healing Hands network?
The HHN is a small UK-based self-funded charity founded 18 years ago, in the wake of the Balkan conflict and Siege of Sarajevo, which lasted for 1,425 days between 1992 and
1995.The city's 500,000 inhabitants were trapped without food, power, communications or
healthcare.The Healing Hands Network has been working in Sarajevo since 1996 to help and give hope to the people who lived through that terrible time.
Members are qualified and experienced therapists offering a range of treatments includingmassage, reflexology, aromatherapy, reiki and othermainstream complementary
therapies.Members of Healing Hands Network are all volunteers and raise their own funds needed for their trip. Clients come fromtheAssociation of Concentration CampVictims, the Association of CivilWarVictims and the Centre forTortureVictims.
the hidden horrors of war
In 2010, the HHN launched the Forces Project to provide therapies to returning UK servicemen and women whomay be suffering frompost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the othermental and physical after-effects of active service, and also to support their families.
The Forces Project works with Combat Stress projects in Colchester, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, London, Liverpool, Cardiff and SSAFA funded homes for the families
of injured soldiers including Norton House in Birmingham, as well as Fabcamps in Cornwall andWhitby for the bereaved families of the Forces.
post-traumatic stress disorder
Figures published by theMoD inMay 2011 showed that nearly 4,000 new cases of mental health disorder were diagnosed among armed services personnel in 2010. They also showed that personnel sent to Afghanistan or Iraq weremore likely to suffer PTSD, a psychological and physical condition that can be caused by extremely distressing events, includingmilitary combat.
how the Healing Hands Network is supporting this cause
The Forces Project aims to provide therapies to returning servicemen and women in the UK whomay be suffering frompost- traumatic stress disorder and the other mental and physical after effects of active service.
Charity volunteers work at drop-in centres around the country and at local football grounds. In addition, HHN are about to start working with SSAFA funded homes for the families of injured soldiers, where they will regularly be offering therapies to the families and to the carers and staff who look after themand who deal with trauma daily.
Sue Stretton, Director of the HHN, comments: “As the charity receives no funding apart fromdonations, we are extremely grateful for the support fromthe
bca.The support will be used to build on the success that the Forces Project has gained so far and enable us extend the work our volunteer therapists do across the UK.”
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