Friends of PET

As a registered charity, the Progress Educational Trust (PET) depends for its survival upon public donations. And the best way to make a donation is to become a Friend of PET. This allows us to plan our activities in advance and helps ensure that we meet our objectives in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible, with our public events, policy work, educational initiatives, print publications and our flagship publication BioNews.

Here's how support from Friends of PET has helped in the past:

• PET has assisted patients whose frozen embryos were to be mandatorily destroyed, because they fell between the requirements of an outgoing regulatory framework and an incoming regulatory framework for embryo storage. The charity helped bring about a change in the law that allowed these patients to continue to store their embryos.

• PET has assisted the deaf community in relation to a legal prohibition on the selection of embryos affected by disability. The charity brokered discussions between deaf interest groups and the relevant government authorities, and organised an event for a mixed deaf/hearing audience where the issue was clarified and debated.

• PET has assisted women whose daughters have Turner Syndrome, who need the option of intergenerational egg donation in order to give their daughters the future option of conceiving children of their own. The charity issued briefings supporting the passage of relevant embryo storage regulations.

In return, Friends of PET receive a number of benefits:

• a discount on attendance at all PET events (for up to five staff members, in the case of Corporate Friends);

• a quarterly Friends of PET newsletter, Progress Report;

• access to a network of key individuals in the fields of genetics, assisted conception and embryo/stem cell research;

• access to other exclusive events;

• copies of all PET publications free of charge.

To become an Individual Friend of PET costs a minimum of £3 a month for an individual, although we encourage those who can afford it to pay £5 or £10 a month. Becoming an Individual Friend of PET is easy - just complete this form (.pdf 152KB) and post it to us, or alternatively you can join via PayPal by clicking on the first Subscribe button below.

To make your organisation a Corporate Friend of PET costs a minimum of £10 a month for NHS or charitable organisations, and a minimum of £20 a month for all other organisations. Becoming a Corporate Friend of PET is easy - just complete this form (.pdf 149KB) and post it to us, or alternatively you can join via PayPal by clicking on the second Subscribe button below.

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Thank you for your greatly valued support.