ACC News and Events

For EVENTS in the regions and organised by OTHER AGENCIES see the links on the right.


FEES FREEZE!

Good news for the new year. The present level of fees is being held for 2010.

To reflect the significance of Pastoral Care, the Affiliated Church membership now starts at £90pa

MEMBERS' DEDICATED PRAYER PAGE

ACC members are now invited to post items for prayer and praise on the secure members' area of the web site.

HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS

Greta Randle, CEO, writes, "Big news this week [13/11/09] is the unprecedented response to the HPC consultation and postponed Professional Liaison Group. I think it is wonderful that in the 1000 responses they received, at least 107 of those were from ACC members, plus our corporate paper. It shows it was well worth doing and that the HPC are taking it seriously. I think they realise it has to be right when it is done, so that it does not alienate counsellors who may then just rename and slip under the radar."

You can find more information about their consultations, including the guidelines they follow when they consult, ways you can be kept informed about their consultations, and who to contact if you have any comments on improving the consultation processes.

http://www.hpc-uk.org/aboutus/consultations/

NEWS: ACC GAINS FUNDING FOR PASTORAL CARE WORK

ACC is delighted recently to have secured important funding totalling £23,000 from a number of grant-giving bodies for its pastoral care work.

A prime element of ACC's mission is to ensure that it is strongly placed to support and promote excellence in pastoral care work for the Christian church and Christian based organisations across the UK.

Over the past two years we have been developing our pastoral care
department, including investment in additional consultants working with Steve Seedall, ACC's director of pastoral care, to develop services and resources for our pastoral care members and the Church which may also be used by secular organisations engaging in pastoral care-related work.

This new funding will now be used to continue this work, and specifically to further develop, expand and market ACC's pastoral skills training course. It will also enable ACC to develop a training support service to complement the revised training course.

"We thank God for His marvellous provision and encouragement, for His desire to bring healing and hope to captives, for His Grace in inviting us to be involved in His work, and for His provision of the essential resources we need," says Greta Randle, ACC chief executive.

Regional Diary

Tax Relief on ACC Subscriptions

Regulation of Counselling

Criminal Records Bureau Checks