Society responds to Charity Commission

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    [post_content] => In March 2017 the Charity Commission launched a consultation about its approach to deciding whether an organisation that uses or promotes complementary and alternative medicines is a charity. This is the Society’s response to the consultation. The Charity Commission has said it will report on its conclusions towards the end of 2017.

The principle points the Society makes are:

 	
The need for a holistic approach to assessing benefit
 	
The need for a variety of types of research and evidence to be used
 	
The importance of a broad definition of the concept of public benefit.
 	
Complementary medicine’s popularity within the general population and its official endorsement by many governments around the world

Sue Crump, chair of the Society's Public Affairs Committee, welcomed the Commission's openness but felt it unfortunate that this review had been prompted by the mischievous actions of a small group of ill-informed campaigners. "Nevertheless, we welcome the opportunity to highlight the fantastic work undertaken by CAM charities, the evidence of their effectiveness and the huge public benefit they bring".

Download Society's response to Charity Commission
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In March 2017 the Charity Commission launched a consultation about its approach to deciding whether an organisation that uses or promotes complementary and alternative medicines is a charity. This is the Society’s response to the consultation. The Charity Commission has said it will report on its conclusions towards the end of 2017.

The principle points the Society makes are:

• The need for a holistic approach to assessing benefit
• The need for a variety of types of research and evidence to be used
• The importance of a broad definition of the concept of public benefit.
• Complementary medicine’s popularity within the general population and its official endorsement by many governments around the world

Sue Crump, chair of the Society’s Public Affairs Committee, welcomed the Commission’s openness but felt it unfortunate that this review had been prompted by the mischievous actions of a small group of ill-informed campaigners. “Nevertheless, we welcome the opportunity to highlight the fantastic work undertaken by CAM charities, the evidence of their effectiveness and the huge public benefit they bring”.

Download Society’s response to Charity Commission