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Repeal of the Fraudulent Mediums Act
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We will put all the latest developments and updates about the Proposed Repeal of the Fraudulent Mediums Act on this page. We will update it regularly. You will be able to tell that the page has been updated as we will put the date on the home page. 29th July 2008 The link to the e-petition is http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/spiritualworkers/ 25th May 2008 The New Freedom Campaign The original Freedom Campaign led to the Repeal of the Witchcraft Act with the Fraudulent Mediums Act. As this will no longer exist after today, Sunday 25th May the SWA have started a new campiagn to ask the government to create legislation that recognises genuine mediumship and healing and gives statutory protection to genuine Spiritualist, spiritualistic and spiritual practioners. We are currently waiting for the Epetition to go live but you can download a hard copy from the Spiritual Workers Association website Home Page: www.spiritualworkersassociation.org.uk
The Church of England and Spiritualism If you would like to read the Church of England Majority Report that led to the repeal of the Witchcraft Act and its replacement with the Fraudulent Mediums Act visit www.theswa.org.uk We took the petition to Number 10 Downing Street on the 18th April 2008 at 2pm. If you would like to see pictures please visit www.theswa.org.uk 30th MARCH 2008 The Spiritual Workers Association has negotiated insurance for all types of mediumship, healing etc for £20.50p. For more information visit www.theswa.org.uk The Spiritual News is the new independent voice of all spiritual workers. Click on the link for more details. 17th February 2008 Stephen O'Brien - UK Legislation Conference 2008 Co-Founder Carole McEntee-Taylor will be speaking on behalf of the SWA at the UK Legislation conference on March 1st in Swansea. The event is being organised and chaired by Stephen O'Brien. 10th February We have received a response from the OFT. It appears they do not think the sector needs regulating so they have refused our offer to become a regulating organisation. This begs the question: if the sector does not need regulating then why has the government seen fit to repeal the 1951 FMA Act and replace it with the Consumer Protection Regulations? For more information and to see our response see www.spiritualworkersassociation.org.uk E -Petition The E petition closed on 6th February 2008 - 2604 people signed - thank you We are still waiting for the governments response! Don't forget the manual petition carries on until the 29th February.
Delivering the petitions - 26th January 2008 If we receive enough petitions back we intend to deliver them personally to Downing Street If you would like to come with us please let us know. We haven't arranged a date yet because we need to see how many petitions we get back first. Watch this space for more details. The closing date for the hard copy petitions is 29th February 2008. The closing date for the E petition is 6th February 2008. If you haven't yet signed then please do. The link is at the bottom of this page. Breaking News : 22nd January 2008 Over the past few days we have been contacted by several national and international spiritualist organisations and with their support and encouragement have applied to become the single regulatory organisation for all spiritual workers in the UK. This will be done in conjunction with the Scottish Spiritualist Federation who are also applying independently, as per Scottish law. There can only be one UK regulating authority. We believe, although we cannot confirm, that the SNU, having been aware of the changes for some time, is also applying. We have received confirmation from the OFT that they have received our application. As we wish to be truly representative of all spiritual workers we would like those organisations who we have not yet heard from to come on board. By working together we can achieve the aims stated above. This is to ensure that all spiritual workers are recognised and valued and that the public is protected from those who are fraudulent. It is also important that the guidelines take into account that we are all individuals and therefore we all work in different ways. 23rd January 2008 We have now received some of the hard copy petitions from Australia! It also seems that much of Europe is now watching to see how we respond and that what we do will set a precedent. Come and have your say and help us draw up the guidelines that you are willing to adhere to. www.spiritualworkersassociation.org.uk or
The Scottish Spiritualist Federation are organising a protest march to the Scottish Office on the 16th February 2008 If you would like to know more or you would like to get involved please contact SANDRA MCFADDEN http://www.scottishspiritualistfederation.co.uk/
When you sign the E-Petition you must click on the return email from number 10. This confirms that you're email address is valid. It is an almost instant reply email so if it doesn't arrive please check your junk box. Your signature does not go on until you have clicked on this email.
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