{"id":19161,"date":"2022-01-19T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/?p=19161"},"modified":"2022-05-19T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:35:15","slug":"hertfordshire-local-network-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bant.org.uk\/hertfordshire-local-network-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Network Feature – BANT Hertfordshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet the Network: <\/strong>BANT Hertfordshire<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Marie Hick, Astrid Ricketts and Alexandra Emerson-White run a Local Network for our Hertfordshire members.<\/p>\n

What do you do in addition to leading a local network?
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\nMarie<\/strong>:\u00a0As well as Nutritional Therapy 121\u2019s I also work as a Personal Trainer and Pilates instructor. I have a special passion for supporting those with musculo-skeletal issues and in particular arthritis, osteoporosis and back pain. These issues respond really well to personalised exercise and nutritional therapy programmes, which enables me to combine my different skills and experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

Astrid<\/strong>:\u00a0I\u2019m a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner working with individuals and groups. I started my clinic to help those who struggle with their skin, having experienced for myself the positive impact that nutrition and lifestyle changes can have on skin health \u2013 in my case skin rashes and candida caused by gut issues and an overactive immune system.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexandra<\/strong>:\u00a0I\u2019m a Nutritional Therapist and also have many years\u2019 experience as a food and drink product developer. I recently had my first child and am just returning to work after maternity leave and am looking forward to getting back to supporting clients.<\/em><\/p>\n

How long have you been running a network and why?<\/strong>
\nWe inherited the BANT Herts group from Tracey Harper, Alison Sheldrick and Michelle Lake who set up the group 10 years ago and had built it into a successful group. They wanted to move on and we volunteered to run the group. We\u2019ve all benefitted so much from it and we felt we could build on the great work done before us and help more NTs learn more about nutrition, functional medicine and the latest research and supplements which can help us practice at our best, support clients and build our network of fellow practitioners.<\/em><\/p>\n

How many members does the network have, how do you meet and connect?<\/strong>
\nAt the moment, we have around 100 members from all over Hertfordshire and North London. We meet every 3 months, currently via Zoom, and usually around 20 \u2013 30 members attend each presentation. These are recorded so, members who can\u2019t attend can still watch the presentation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking ahead to 2022, we\u2019re hoping to re-introduce some in-person meetings so that members can spend more time with each other, meet other NTs and form new friendships.<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you use meetings for & what is upcoming?<\/strong>
\nMeetings are usually based around an informative presentation and Q&A, often from a supplement or testing company or from individuals who are sharing research or investigations they\u2019ve been carrying out. For example, at our last meeting we were fortunate to have Ben Brown talking to us about viral resilience and metabolic health, timely information given that many of us are supporting clients recovering from COVID. We\u2019ve also had presentations from Emma Beswick at Lifecode GX, Lorraine Nicolle, OptiBac, as well as talks on the menopause and post-viral fatigue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking ahead, we\u2019re hoping to increase the number of meetings we have so that we can include case study discussions and business development support.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to join us, please do get in touch and we\u2019ll invite you to upcoming sessions. You\u2019d be very welcome!<\/em><\/p>\n