Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research

{{Short description|Philanthropic organization in Blackpool, UK}}

{{Infobox Charity

| name = Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research

| formation = {{start date and age|2018|06}}

| logo = CEEALAR Logo.png

| logo_alt = A house outline with a wire-frame light bulb inside, the filament of the light buld is heart-shaped. To the right side of the icon read "Centre for Enabling EA Learning and Research Blackpool, UK".

| image = CEEALAR building corner.jpg

| alt = Corner view of the Athene hotel in which the CEEALAR operates. Blackpool tower is visible in the background.

| map = {{Location map|United Kingdom Blackpool|lat_deg=53.81078|lon_deg=-3.05229}}

| abbreviation = CEEALAR

| formerly = EA Hotel

| registration_id = 1189768

| status = Charitable incorporated organisation

| headquarters = Blackpool, England

| location_city2 = Athene Hotel, 36, York Street, Blackpool, England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.81078|-3.05229|region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title = Chair

| leader_name = Dr Gregory Hamish Colbourn

| affiliations = Effective altruism

| website = {{URL|https://www.ceealar.org|www.ceelar.org}}

}}

The Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research (abbreviated CEEALAR, formerly EA Hotel) supports individuals to self-educate and work towards charitable aims within the framework of effective altruism (EA). It provides successful applicants with grants for free or subsidised accommodation, catering within the centre and a stipend.

History

The centre was founded by Greg Colbourn, a former 3D-printing entrepreneur who became involved in the effective altruism movement. He announced the purchase of a former 17-room hotel in central Blackpool in an effective altruism forum on the 4th of June 2018.{{Cite journal |title=EA Hotel with free accommodation and board for two years - EA Forum |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JdqHvyy2Tjcj3nKoD/ea-hotel-with-free-accommodation-and-board-for-two-years-1 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=forum.effectivealtruism.org |language=en}} The hotel cost £130,000, which he paid for using personal profits from successful cryptocurrency investments.{{Cite news |title="Effective altruists" aim to change the world from a Blackpool hotel |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/09/06/effective-altruists-aim-to-change-the-world-from-a-blackpool-hotel |access-date=2022-09-20 |issn=0013-0613}} {{Cite web |last=Howgego |first=Joshua |title=Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432590-400-altruism-2-0-how-to-use-science-to-make-charitable-acts-go-further/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Correspondent |first=Gabriella Swerling, Northern |title=Hotel with free B&B (for guests who save humanity) |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/hotel-with-free-b-b-for-guests-who-save-humanity-9fcx5qdlj |access-date=2022-09-20 |issn=0140-0460}} CEEALAR was registered as a charitable incorporated organisation in England and Wales on the 3rd of June 2020.{{Cite web |title=CENTRE FOR ENABLING EA LEARNING & RESEARCH - Charity 1189768 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5148547/governance |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales |language=en-GB |quote=Registration history: 03 June 2020: CIO registration}}

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.ceealar.org}}
{{EW charity|1189768|Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research}}

Category:2018 establishments in England

Category:Organizations associated with effective altruism

Category:Organizations established in 2018

Category:Charities based in Lancashire