Dear All [With apologies again for cross-posting]
We had a busy day at the PETTATHON HQ yesterday with trustees Rosemary
Lilley and Linnet McMahon popping in to lend a hand finding and putting
together new material to go on the website. LOTS of new features went up:
- "What has PETT ever done for me?" - ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED
RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH OF COURSE (any surprises in here?):
http://pettrust.org.uk/what-s-pett-ever-done-for-me/acknowledgements-citations-and-use
- "PETT Showcase" - A DIGITAL STORY by Takumba Ria Lawal of the
Caldecott Community - Memories of arriving and of food!
http://pettrust.org.uk/pett-showcase/memories-of-caldecott-a-digital-story
- "Guest Blog" - 'WHY I BECAME A TRUSTEE OF PETT' by Chair of Trustees
Rosemary Lilley (why do people do these things?)
http://pettrust.org.uk/guest-blogs/blog
- "Favourite Photograph" - 2006 'I FIND IT HARD TO SPEAK' - Maurice
Bridgeland, author of the incomparable 'Pioneer Work With Maladjusted
Children' (Staples Press, 1971) :
http://pettrust.org.uk/favourite-photographs/i-find-it-hard-to-speak-maurice-bridgeland-2006
AND THANKYOUs ALL AROUND: We've had several new 'likes' on our Facebook
page (https://www.facebook.com/ThePlannedEnvironmentTherapyTrust), 6!
new 'followers' on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pettconnect) and a very
helpful 'retweet' by the Voluntary Action History Society blogger -
thank you @gcgosling; as well as a re-posting to the Charity Archivists
and Records Managers email group by Childrens Society archivist Ian
Wakeling - thank you Ian! For those who 'do' social media, please
support and interact with us (if you're not already!) or encourage
friends and family to support us in this way and help us spread the
word! It really does help.
AND FINALLY, a VERY HUGE thank you the Wennington Old Scholars
Association who have got the ball rolling by donating a very generous
£500 to our appeal! Thanks, Wennington!!
With thanks and best wishes from All of us Here
--
Dr. Craig Fees, RMARA
Archivist
Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre
Church Lane
Toddington near Cheltenham
Glos. GL54 5DQ
United Kingdom
01242 620125
Website: http://www.pettrust.org.uk
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