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Planned Environment Therapy Trust: Background and Facts

PETT was founded in 1966 to promote effective treatment for children and adults with emotional and psychological disorders. It encourages research, discussion and training in a variety of therapeutic approaches, particularly those known as “therapeutic communities”.

The Archive and Study Centre

In 1989 the Trust initiated a unique and expanding Archive collection of papers, documents and other materials relevant to the field of therapeutic care, and set up a specialist Research Library open to students, researchers, and the general public.

Since 1989:
- The Archive has taken in over 200 separate archive collections.
- The Library has acquired over 7,000 books.
- The Oral History Collection has grown to almost 1400 items.
- The Archive team has made 754 oral history recordings and supported the recording of over 80 more.
- Research carried out in the Archive and Study Centre has contributed to at least six PhD and MA theses and dissertations, fifteen books and monographs, and numerous articles in refereed academic journals.

Now:
- The strong rooms contain over 616 running meters of archive holdings.
- It costs the Trust about £50,000 a year to run

The Endowment Fund

In 2004 the Trust established an Endowment Fund to support the long-term security and development of the Archive and Study Centre.

The Goal of the Endowment Fund is £500,000.
It currently stands at £106,247.02.
People who have already given to the Endowment Fund

Gift Aid and Volunteers: Adding Value

If you are a British taxpayer, you probably know that by completing a gift aid declaration form the value of your donation to the Trust is increased by the government by 28%. If you give £10, the Trust gains £12.80. If you give £100, the Trust gains £128. If you give £1000, the Trust gains £1280. And so on.

If you give by credit or debit card through our online donations facility, you will automatically be given the opportunity to make a gift-aid declaration.

If you wish to give in person or by post, you can click here for a gift aid form which can then be printed. See the navigation side bar of the Gift Aid Form web-page for "printable version".

But did you know that if you give your time, the value to the Trust could be between £50 and £350 a day (7 hours)? The Heritage Lottery Fund, for example, values voluntary labour at £50 per day for unskilled labour, £150 a day for skilled labour, and £350 a day for professional services. Furthermore, as we apply for grants and sponsorship, the support we receive from volunteers helps to demonstrate both our accessibility and how much our work is valued by the community.

To find out more about how you can contribute to the work of the Trust as a volunteer - from your home or office, or by coming in to Barns House in Toddington - contact Craig Fees.

To see what other volunteers have already said, click here.