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  • Debbie Moore, Julie Speed, Kim Ford and John Holman of the Amethyst Trust are so pleased to be working with Sue and the rest of the board to bring this together.

    After months of work with some of the industry’s best training providers and experts we have a way forward...

  • Lisa Barden, General Manager of the UK Spa Association and Wavestone Trainer and Kim Ford of Expert Beauty Solutions and International Business Development Manager for VTCT attended the Amethyst Trust Specialist Cancer Massage Training.

    Lisa Barden commented on our facebook page: Kerry Lawlor, principle tutor for the International Beauty &...

  • Habia welcomes the Amethyst Trust on board! Recognising that the signature course Specialist Cancer Massage Training meets with the industry standard for helping Salons and Spas to welcome clients with experience of cancer for massage related therapies.

    The Amethyst Trust is delighted that not only is this much needed course endorsed...

  • The Amethyst Trust has developed a new approach to treating cancer clients in salons and spas, through the creation of a specialist training course.  The course is one of the first to be approved by a leading insurance provider, which offers a bespoke top up policy for individual therapists and...

  • The beauty and spa industry is unregulated and although there are several organizations who are trying to develop industry registration we are a long way off it becoming the case. Therefore, the public rely on trust, reputation and insurance cover to feel confident about services offered by a therapist. The trustees...

  • It is a dreadful thing that cancer patients are encouraged to seek massage and holistic therapies by their doctors and when they visit a salon or spa they are contra-indicated for treatments due to some out of date, mis-informed educational platform that we have in our industry.

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