Organisations

Acupuncture / TCM colleges, Groups and Organisations

Are you an organisation or college who wishes to associate with AA for your students and qualified practitioners ?

You can register your organisation/group or college with us and allow your students/practitioners discounted membership fees and access to all the AA benefits and discounts that we offer as well as legal and other support for your organisation. A representative of your organisation will also be invited onto the board to provide direct representation in decisions made within the AA and the larger group of the Acupuncture Regulatory Authority. You receive all the support, benefits and discounts without having to run your own association and at no cost to your group – yes, it is FREE to register.

Organisation Benefits​

Our full list of benefits for colleges or organisations – can you afford not to join us?
  • Free access to a professional zoom platform for meetings
  • Free unlimited email and website hosting with full backups for your organisations domains and hosting.
  • First year membership discounts for your organisations practitioners
  • Have a representative from your organisation on the AA Working Board
  • Full professional and legal advice for your organisation
  • Use our Acupuncture and Herbal Professional Codes of Safe Practice and Conduct ensuring practitioners work to the same recognised UK standard
  • Heavily discounted, flexible professional indemnity insurance schemes for your practitioners
  • Access our wide range of health insurance companies for clients
  • Access to our Facebook members’ forum
  • Access to over 85 legal policies, contracts and business terms for your organisations use
  • Clinical and professional advice
  • Use of our recognised quality mark/logo to display professional status as a recognised partner or training provider
  • Free advertising for your organisations events and courses
  • Professional status and formal recognition for your organisations practitioners as a Healthcare Professional
  • AA have a strong safety record, with fully verified audits and low/zero insurance claim history
  • A dedicated members’ area accessible via the internet or our phone app, giving your organisation’s members access to policies, guidance sheets, and patient information resources
  • Free listing for your organisations practitioners on our clinical/practitioner locator map and search tool to attract new clients
  • Responsive, direct support – easily contactable via email, WhatsApp text, or phone call
  • Access to Mentoring and Supervision sessions
  • Access to our Herbalist Register allowing you to work with a herbalist
  • Discounted First Aid for Work courses run by acupuncturists
  • Access to medical courses such as phlebotomy and blood testing
  • Register your clinic via our partner as a medical clinic with Care Quality Commission (CQC)
  • 50% off membership to the College of Medicine
  • Hotel discounts
  • Discounted digital DBS checks
  • Access to digital copies of the Clinician Magazine (hard copies available for an additional fee)
  • Documentation on how to write a clinical will
  • Access to our unique, low-cost “no contract” sharps disposal service
  • Access to London licensing exemptions covering acupuncture and related modalities
  • Advisories on industry standard guidelines for treating patients under 18
  • A host of member benefit partners and discounts allowing you to offer more services and products within your practice
  • Recognition and acceptance by numerous healthcare organisations and associations
  • Discounts on diploma, CPD training and educational courses
  • Board representation within the ARA (the UK acupuncture stakeholder group), giving members a stronger collective voice in policy decisions and full representation in decisions affecting the future of the acupuncture profession
  • Track record of successful advocacy and challenging and changing UK government policy
  • Refer-a-friend affiliate discounts and commissions
  • Regular newsletters keeping your organisations practitioners current with developments in the profession
  • Support for continuing education and research
  • Fair, affordable annual membership fees
  • Gold standard insurance and support in the event of adverse incidents
  • An explicit, values-led commitment to inclusive, non-judgemental support for all practitioners

If you are a college and have students, in addition to the above we can also offer:

  • Apply for a Student Totum (NUS) discount card via our AA link
  • Access our discounted Gold Standard Student Insurance