Mission Statement
To facilitate provision by Christians of quality counselling and pastoral care
What ACC Provides
The Association was founded in 1992 to provide a nationwide umbrella organisation.
Since then the original vision has been fulfilled in the following ways:
The provision of nationwide standards for Christian counselling and care.
The provision of a nationwide system for the accreditation of Christian counsellors broadly acceptable to Christian churches, counselling organisations and the wider community.
The provision of a nationwide system for the recognition of training in Christian counselling and pastoral care.
The provision of a body which represents Christian counsellors and develop relations with institutions such as the social services and health authorities, and with denominations and professional bodies.
The encouragement, training and resourcing of Pastoral Carers.
The Association recognises that among Christians there is a great variety of approaches to counselling. Whereas it aims at high standards in practice and training it does not seek uniformity.
To find out more see our Information Pack.
ACC is a registered umbrella agency for processing CRB checks on behalf of other agencies. These can be processed easily and speedily by ACC on your behalf. Prices are extremely competitive.
As a Christian organisation we recognise our dependence on God and we encourage you to join us in prayer. See the link on the right for some specific items of prayer and praise.
SUPPORTING ACC
We live in a broken world in which Christian counsellors seek to bring healing and restoration. Many work in a voluntary capacity and make personal sacrifices to engage in this valuable work.
ACC is a charity funded by membership subscriptions, a biennial conference and the sales of our Pastoral Care Foundation Course. In the past we have received funding from Henley College for ACC Training Courses but from 1 August 2010 this has ceased.
Continuous Professional Development is mandatory for anyone working as a counsellor. Donations would enable us to continue resourcing training courses. We would love to have a Conference Bursary Fund so that counsellors who would greatly benefit from the conference but for whom the cost is too great could be funded.
If you feel that this is a work you could support financially please contact office@acc-uk.org or phone the Office Manager on 0845 124 5969.
