Important Update for All IETA Members and Students:
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update
Conference 2020
Courses, Reviews, Assessments
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update
In light of the increasing uncertainty with relation to Coronavirus, the potential risk of spreading the infection, and likelihood of Government imposed shut downs, IETA UK and Ireland and the Instructors Guild have taken the following measures:
ETF Courses in UK involving Lyn Palmer and Ivana Ruddock have all been postponed or cancelled until further notice. Anyone who has booked a place should contact Lyn to arrange a refund or to carry deposit over to a later date homewayfarm@aol.com.
It is with regret that our conference weekend 13-14 June 2020 at Summerhouse Equestrian Centre, (now known as Prestige Equestiran) Bath Road, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, GL2 2RG has been cancelled. Bookings already received will be returned / shredded. Liz will be in touch with everyone who has booked to arrange which.
In order to help with the national effort to slow the spread of the virus, all other Instructor Courses and Area Coordinator (AC) get togethers are to be postponed until further notice - get in touch with your local instructor or AC if you have already pre-booked a course or arranged an event.
Students on Practitioner Route
Assessment dates are listed on the website. We suggest you keep in touch with your Instructor/Assessor as it should still be possible to complete theory, case studies on your own horses, and even practical assessment by video evidence if it comes to that. Using electronic submissions will certainly cut down the risk of sharing infection!
Practitioners Requiring OPD/CPD to Maintain Licence and Membership Renewals
As the opportunities for Practitioners to attend CPD/OPD have been compromised, Committee has agreed that membership renewals for March will all be extended by 3 months to ensure Practitioners can remain current and indeed, that students will not lose opportunities either due to self or enforced isolation.
As the weeks go on, it may be necessary to apply some sort of extension of membership to those due to renew end of April, May and June. Please watch out for more information on this via IETA email if your renewal falls at the end of any of these months.
We will continue to monitor and follow official guidelines from well known sources and where necessary send further updates as and when required.
For our students and members, the links below offer good clear advice to us all whether horse owner, practitioner or student in training.
NHS
World Health Organisation
https://www.bhs.org.uk/advice-and-information/coronavirus-covid-19
https://www.fht.org.uk/news-item/fht-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19
In the meantime - keep safe.
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