- SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE and INFORMATION
Banks:- Most banks offer special packages for small business clients and loan guarantee schemes - make an appointment at
your bank.
BBC Education: Business and Training
www.bbc.co.uk/education/lzone/newbusiness/smallbus.htm
Business Growth Training Agency, Moorfoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ
(short courses and seminars on all aspects of small business)
Business Link – each region has its own contact address
www.businesslink.gov.uk/
D.S.S. - contact your local office for relevant forms on self employed Schedule D National Insurance contributions
Enterprise Initiative, Dept of Trade & Industry - provides financial assistance for consultancy projects - if you are accepted
onto the scheme they pay half to two thirds of the cost.
Tel: 0800 500200 (free)
Livewire, Linda Mickleburgh, livewire Business Start Up Awards, Small Business Support, Manchester TEC, Lee House, 90
Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, M1 5JW
(sponsored by Shell UK , offering advice & assistance to young entrepreneurs 16-25yrs).
Tel: 0161 2454742
Local Authorities - many authorities offer help, assistance and some grants, look under LOCAL GOVERNMENT in the phone
book.
Local Enterprise Development Unit (Northern Ireland)
Tel: 01232 491031
Local National Insurance Office Look in phone book under Dept. of Health and Social Security.
Local Tax Office Look in the phone book under Inland Revenue.
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies Small Business Advice Site
www.smallbusinessadvice.org.uk/sbas.asp
National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd
Tel: 01253 720911
National Westminster Bank Small Business Digest, Small Business Sector, 8th Floor, Finsbury Court, 101-117 Finsbury
Pavement, London, EC2A 1EH
(quarterly guide for small businesses – ask to be put on mailing list)
Prince’s Youth Trust, 10 Park Square East, London, NW1 4LH
(under 26yrs loans of up to £5000 at low interest for young people setting up or newly trading – 0800 842842).
Tel: 0207 5431234 : Fax: (0207 5431200
www.princes-trust.org.uk
Scottish Cooperatives Development Committee
Tel: 0141 2482700
Scottish Development Agency
Tel: 0141 2482700
Solicitors For details of advice scheme through Lawyers for Enterprise
Tel: 0207 4059075
The Business Start-Up Tour
www.nrec.org.uk/biztour/Intro.htm
The Small Firms Service - enquiry service for basic information and can put you in touch with sources of detailed advice on
any business query and counselling by experienced business people. Dial 100 and ask for FREEFONE ENTERPRISE
Urban Development Corporation - (help in certain urban areas.
Tel: 0207 2764488
Welsh Development Agency, Small Business Unit, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan CF37 5UT
- INSURANCE
You should have limited liability cover, and illness or injury cover is advisable. Check that the insurance covers your
activities by asking to look at a master copy of the policy.
EmbodyForYou.com, PO Box 6955, Towcester, NN12 6WZ (insurance available through the Complementary Therapists
Association)
Tel: 08702 011912
info@embodyforyou.com, www.embodyforyou.com
Federation of Holistic Therapists - members have access to Insurance
3rd Floor, Eastleigh House, Upper Market Street, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9FD
Tel: 023 8048 8900
info@fht.org.uk, www.fht.org.uk
Fitness Professionals
(See address under Fitness Associations - offers extensive insurance cover for members).
ISRM - students have access to Insurance through:
Balens Limited, 2 Nimrod House, Sandy's Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1JJ
Tel: 01684 893006 : Fax: 01684 893416
info@balen.co.uk, www.balen.co.uk
Norwich Union, PO Box 4, Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3NG
(Self-employed Insurance) Tel: 08000 513531
General queries Tel: 01603 622200 : Fax : 01603 683659
helpdesk@norwich-union.co.uk, www.norwichunion.com
Perkins Slade Ltd, Elizabeth House, 22 Suffolk St, Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1LS
TEL: 0121 6988050
GB8BF7BJJ@BMMAIL.com
The Sports Massage Association - membership includes insurance
1 Woodville Terrace, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5QB
Tel: 0870 005 2678 : Fax: 0870 005 2679
admin@thesma.org, www.sportsmassageassociation.org
- GENERAL MEDICAL MATTERS
BackCare (formerly the National Back Pain Association), 16 Elmtree Rd, Teddington, Middx, TW11 8ST
Tel: 0208 9775474 : Fax: 0208 9435318
www.backpain.org
British Heart Foundation, 14 Fitshardinge St, London, W1H 6DH
(free leaflets on heart matters )
Tel: 0207 9350815
www.bhf.org
British Red Cross, 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EJ
Tel: 0207 2355454
www.redcross.org.uk
Coronary Prevention Group, c/o London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2 Taviton St, London, WC1H 0BT
Tel: 0207 9272125 : Fax: 0207 9272127
Diabetes UK, (formerly The British Diabetic Association), Amanda Worrall, 10 Queen Anne St, London, W1M 0BD
Tel: 0207 3 231531 : Fax: 0207 6373644
info@diabetes.org.uk, www.diabetes.org.uk
Health Development Agency, (formerly Health Education Authority)
Tel: 0207 2225300
www.hea.org.uk
Nurofen Advisory Service, P.O. Box 3AH, London, W1A 3AH
(leaflet 'How to cope with sports injuries’)
St John Ambulance, 1 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EF
Tel: 0207 2355231 : Fax: 0207 2350796
www.sja.org
The National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom (NSMI), 32 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 6PX
Tel: 02079 083636 : Fax: 02079 083635
enquiry@nsmi.org.uk www.nsmi.org.uk
The Save a Life Campaign, c/o The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London, W1G 8AE
Tel: 0207 2902900
www.roysocmed.ac.uk
- COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
British Chiropractic Association, Blagrave House, 17 Blagrave St, Reading, Berks., RG1 1QB
Tel: 0118 9505950 : Fax: 0118 9588946
www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
British Acupuncture Council, Park House, 206-208 Latimer Rd, London, W10 6RE
Tel: 0207 9640222 : Fax: 0207 9640333
British School of Reflexology, Holistic Healing Centre, 92 Sheering Rd, Old Harlow, Essex, CM17 OJW
Tel: 01279 429060 : Fax: 01279 445234
British Wheel of Yoga, 25 Jermyn St, Sleaford, Lincs., NG34 7RU
Tel: 0152 9306851 : Fax: 0152 9303233
office@bwy.org.uk, www.bwy.org.uk
Eating Disorders Assoc., 1st Floor, Wensum House, 103 Prince of Wales Rd, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1DW
Tel: 0160 3621414 : Fax: 0160 3664915
www.edauk.com
General Council for Massage Therapy (GCMT), Whiteway House, Blundells Lane, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 6NB
Tel: 08708 504452
gcmt@btconnect.com, www.gcmt.org.uk
General Osteopathic Council, Osteopathy House, Tower Bridge Rd, London, SE1 3LU
Tel: 0207 3576655 : Fax: 0207 3570011
London and Counties Society of Physiologists (LCSP), 330 Lytham Road, Blackpool, FY4 1DW
Tel: 01253 408443 : Fax: 01253 401329
lscp@btconnect.com, www.lcsp.uk.com
National Institute of Medical Herbalists, 56 Longbrook St, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6AH
Tel: 0139 2426022 : Fax: 0139 2498963
nmh@ukexeter.freeserve.co.uk
The Institute For Complementary Medicine, PO Box 194, London SE16 1QZ
Tel: 02072 375165 : Fax 020 72 375175
icm@i-c-m.org.uk, www.I-c-m.org.uk
- SPORTS ORGANISATIONS
British Olympic Association, 1 Wandsworth Plain, London, SW19 1EH
Tel: 02088 712677 : Fax: 02088 719104
boa@boa.org.uk, www.olympics.org.uk
Sport England, 16 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0QP
Tel: 02072 731500 : Fax: 02073 835740
info@sportengland.org, www.sportengland.org
sportscoachUK, see under Training (later) for contact details
UK Sport, 40 Bernard Street, London, EC1N 4ST
Tel: 02072 115100 : Fax 02072 115100
info@uksport.gov.uk, www.uksport.gov.uk
British Paralympic Association, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1ST
Tel: 02072 115222 : Fax: 02072 115233
info@paralympics.org.uk, www.paralympics.org.uk
For Practitioners
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resources
In this section we present links to resources that are included in our Student Handbook, but list here for any other
student or practitioner to access. There are contact details for a wide variety of organisations (presented in alphabetical
order) that may be of assistance to you in your studies or therapeutic practice.
There are many sources of help and advice and in some cases small business loans. The following list is not exclusive - you
may find other sources of help in the various areas listed. It is also, to the best of our knowledge, as current as we have
been able to determine at the time we launched this site. However, if you discover any 'broken links' or other incorrect
facts then please let us know through info@activetherapyschool.co.uk and we will bring them up to date.
Similarly, if you know of any bona fide resources that are not listed here, but that could be of aid to others, please
forward them to us as above and we will include them.
On page two we feature course books and other learning resources that we (and our students) have found of use in
their studies and practice. See also our Hints and Tips pages.
student or practitioner to access. There are contact details for a wide variety of organisations (presented in alphabetical
order) that may be of assistance to you in your studies or therapeutic practice.
There are many sources of help and advice and in some cases small business loans. The following list is not exclusive - you
may find other sources of help in the various areas listed. It is also, to the best of our knowledge, as current as we have
been able to determine at the time we launched this site. However, if you discover any 'broken links' or other incorrect
facts then please let us know through info@activetherapyschool.co.uk and we will bring them up to date.
Similarly, if you know of any bona fide resources that are not listed here, but that could be of aid to others, please
forward them to us as above and we will include them.
On page two we feature course books and other learning resources that we (and our students) have found of use in
their studies and practice. See also our Hints and Tips pages.
Course Books
The Active School of Complementary Therapy
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