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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 Peter George Underwood, (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Cour ...
. 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 The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to co ...
and the
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. The organisation has also contributed to various books, publications and academic journals. PSI contributors have included Dr Andrew Nichols and
Peter Underwood Peter George Underwood, (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Cour ...
. 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
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and others. PSI also seem to be regularly linked by the
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, 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 The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) is a United Kingdom-based learned society, education and research charity, dedicated to scientifically investigate alleged paranormal and anomalous phenomena, with a view ...
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National Lottery funding

To date Paranormal Site Investigators has received three grants from the UK National Lottery, 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.


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PSI Research links from IMDB.com


* PSI Research cited on Wikipedia.com {{Authority control Paranormal investigators 2004 establishments in the United Kingdom