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[post_content] => It’s been a busy summer for the Travelling Homoeopaths Collective who have toured the country’s fetes, frolics and festivals dispensing treatments and guidance in their trusty 55-year-old solar-powered bus, Bodicca.
The group, which was founded by Marcus Christo FSHom in 1990 and registered as a charity in 1992, will shortly be descending on the Northern Green Gathering in Derbyshire (August 15-18) and Solfest in Cumbria (August 23-25).
“Working in a field is completely different to working in private practice,” says Marcus who says the services the team provided at Glastonbury earlier this year were typical of their approach.
“We provided a drop-in clinic which was open from 8am to midnight. We treated whatever came our way unless it was a chronic complaint which we referred on to a local homeopath.
“With an acute flare-up, we will treat patients even if it’s palliative care so they can get through the festival and then see someone more local to them to address their problem in more depth. We usually treat endless amounts of hay fever.”
The team also sets up a water-based homeopathy garden. Consultations typically last around 20 minutes and they treat people of all ages, from toddlers to folk in their 80s, says Marcus who recommends the collective to homeopaths around the country.
“We couldn’t do what we do without our fabulous volunteers,” he says. “We need more homeopaths to come on board for us to expand into events we haven’t covered before.
“You’d normally have to go out to India in order to gain the experience you can get out of being a volunteer with us at an outdoor event.”
The collective comprises professionally-qualified homeopaths who have completed studies in homeopathy and are registered with a professional organisation. Each volunteer has insurance and has completed an induction day.
Find out more about the Travelling Homoeopaths Collective and their focus on sustainability in the latest issue of the Society's New Homeopath journal.
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It’s been a busy summer for the Travelling Homoeopaths Collective who have toured the country’s fetes, frolics and festivals dispensing treatments and guidance in their trusty 55-year-old solar-powered bus, Bodicca.
The group, which was founded by Marcus Christo FSHom in 1990 and registered as a charity in 1992, will shortly be descending on the Northern Green Gathering in Derbyshire (August 15-18) and Solfest in Cumbria (August 23-25).
“Working in a field is completely different to working in private practice,” says Marcus who says the services the team provided at Glastonbury earlier this year were typical of their approach.
“We provided a drop-in clinic which was open from 8am to midnight. We treated whatever came our way unless it was a chronic complaint which we referred on to a local homeopath.
“With an acute flare-up, we will treat patients even if it’s palliative care so they can get through the festival and then see someone more local to them to address their problem in more depth. We usually treat endless amounts of hay fever.”
The team also sets up a water-based homeopathy garden. Consultations typically last around 20 minutes and they treat people of all ages, from toddlers to folk in their 80s, says Marcus who recommends the collective to homeopaths around the country.
“We couldn’t do what we do without our fabulous volunteers,” he says. “We need more homeopaths to come on board for us to expand into events we haven’t covered before.
“You’d normally have to go out to India in order to gain the experience you can get out of being a volunteer with us at an outdoor event.”
The collective comprises professionally-qualified homeopaths who have completed studies in homeopathy and are registered with a professional organisation. Each volunteer has insurance and has completed an induction day.
Find out more about the Travelling Homoeopaths Collective and their focus on sustainability in the latest issue of the Society’s New Homeopath journal.