Reiki Council History
Formally the Reiki Regulatory Working Group
Information compiled by Jeanne Long – Chair to the Reiki Council
Formally the Reiki Regulatory Working Group
Reiki Regulatory Working Group
(RRWG)
Forward
Following the Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology’s Sixth Report (Nov. 2000) on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a Command Paper was laid before Parliament by a Government Minister by Command of Her Majesty.
Command Papers are considered by the Government to be of interest to Parliament but are not required to be presented by legislation. (Published 27 March 2001)
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldsctech/123/12302.htm
Reiki Regulatory Working Group
Following House of Lords questions to the Government about the practice of complementary and alternative medicine, and the Governments response in 2002, the Reiki Regulatory Working Group (RRWG) was formed. Government Funding for complementary therapy working groups was made available through The Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health. A number of Reiki organisations joined forces to work towards an agreed system of Voluntary Self-Regulation for Reiki Professional Practitioners i.e. those practitioners working in a professional setting such as hospices. Funding was granted and RRWG became the umbrella organisation for Reiki where member organisations could exchange views, concerns and standards; discussing best practice in working towards the voluntary self regulation of Reiki and creation of the single UK Register of Professional Reiki Practitioners.
Reiki Regulatory Working Group RRWG History
With the initial funding from The Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health (PWFIH) the RRWG Board was set up with:
- Lay Chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- 2 representatives from each member organisation
- 2 lay persons