blossom tree CHILDREN’S CLINIC

A low-cost community acupuncture clinic for babies, children and teenagers

every Thursday afternoon - 2pm -5pm

VISION
Charlotte and Mim have come together to create a low-cost community acupuncture clinic with a shared vision that all children should have access to acupuncture treatment whatever the financial means of their families. We envisage our clinic will also make regular treatment affordable for those children with chronic, long-standing conditions and who need ongoing treatment.

MULTI BED
The room is set up with two beds next to each other divided by a screen, so that another child may be having a treatment at the same yours. Children can feel reassured by the presence of other children and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere in the room.

WHAT TO EXPECT
We have created a relaxed and friendly space for children, young people and their parents. Before the treatment begins, we will take time to get to know the child and their health history. Each child is treated according to their own unique set of conditions and symptoms.

NEEDLE FREE ACUPUNCTURE
Fear of needles does not need to be a barrier to treatment! In paediatric care, in addition to ultra fine needles, we use a suite of other modalities both to supplement and as an alternative to needles, including moxibustion, low level laser and Chinese massage.

THE TEAM
Charlotte and Mim have post-graduate diplomas in Paediatric Acupuncture and have completed First Aid courses. Read more about Charlotte here and Mim here.

SLIDING SCALE

At the Blossom Tree Clinic we really want treatment to be accessible to as many children as possible. We also want children to be able to receive as many treatments as they need and for cost not to restrict this. In order to keep running the Blossom Tree Children’s Clinic, we rely on as many families as possible to pay us at the higher end of the scale. If you are able to do this, you are helping us to keep treating children whose families struggle with real economic hardship and you are supporting our clinic to stay open.

We are acutely aware that there are some families for whom our fees are still beyond their means. We are currently looking into other funding streams and hope to be able to offer funded places for those in most financial need in the future.