Paranormal Site Investigators
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charity Paranormal Site Investigators (PSI) is dedicated to advancing education, research and heritage in the area of anomalous experience. The charity has a membership of around 1400. The charity patron is Peter Underwood.
PSI publishes the Journal of Investigative Psychical Research free to subscribers since 2005; the journal is kept by the library of the Society for Psychical Research
and the British Library
. The organisation has also contributed to various books , publications and academic journals. PSI contributors have included Dr Andrew Nichols
and Peter Underwood.
The charity published Haunted Swindon: A Census of Hauntings in 2008 .
Paranormal Site Investigators also runs education classes through Further Education colleges .
PSI has conducted a number of fieldwork investigations of which a small number have been televised on BBC1, ITV1, Channel4 and the Discovery Channel, and some have been reported retrospectively by the media including The Times
and others .
PSI also seem to be regularly linked by the BBC
, and have their own suite of pages on the BBC site
Advance education of the public in the subject of anomalous experience through work with schools and colleges, Universities, training, lectures and work with others.
Advance science through scientific research into the subject by conducting formal research and fieldwork, working with other agencies, and publishing the results freely through this website and the PSI Journal.
Advance education through culture and heritage.
PSI is also affiliated to national education charity the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
.
, which allocates money to good causes .
In 2008 a grant was awarded to provide free access to heritage in the Swindon Haunted Heritage Project . In 2009 a further grant was awarded to provide education materials to school and college A-Level classes, and to the community. Also in 2009 a grant was awarded with the aim of providing free heritage and research events.
United Kingdom
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charity Paranormal Site Investigators (PSI) is dedicated to advancing education, research and heritage in the area of anomalous experience. The charity has a membership of around 1400. The charity patron is Peter Underwood.
PSI publishes the Journal of Investigative Psychical Research free to subscribers since 2005; the journal is kept by the library of the Society for Psychical Research
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand "events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal by promoting and supporting important research in this area" and to "examine allegedly paranormal phenomena...
and the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
. The organisation has also contributed to various books , publications and academic journals. PSI contributors have included Dr Andrew Nichols
Andrew Nichols
Andrew Nichols, PsyD, PhD, is an American psychologist and parapsychologist specializing in the psychology of superstitions, paranormal beliefs and experiences, and is an investigator of apparitions, haunted houses, and other purportedly paranormal phenomena.He has published more than 50...
and Peter Underwood.
The charity published Haunted Swindon: A Census of Hauntings in 2008 .
Paranormal Site Investigators also runs education classes through Further Education colleges .
PSI has conducted a number of fieldwork investigations of which a small number have been televised on BBC1, ITV1, Channel4 and the Discovery Channel, and some have been reported retrospectively by the media including The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and others .
PSI also seem to be regularly linked by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, and have their own suite of pages on the BBC site
Charitable Activities
Paranormal Site Investigators states its objects are to:Advance education of the public in the subject of anomalous experience through work with schools and colleges, Universities, training, lectures and work with others.
Advance science through scientific research into the subject by conducting formal research and fieldwork, working with other agencies, and publishing the results freely through this website and the PSI Journal.
Advance education through culture and heritage.
PSI is also affiliated to national education charity the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena is a United Kingdom-based education and research charity, and professional body whose mission is to scientifically investigate alleged paranormal and anomalous phenomena....
.
National Lottery Funding
To date Paranormal Site Investigators has received three grants from the UK National LotteryNational Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
, which allocates money to good causes .
In 2008 a grant was awarded to provide free access to heritage in the Swindon Haunted Heritage Project . In 2009 a further grant was awarded to provide education materials to school and college A-Level classes, and to the community. Also in 2009 a grant was awarded with the aim of providing free heritage and research events.