FBRT Friendship
The FBRT runs a Friendship scheme for those who are interested in the work and supportive of the FBRT, and who want to keep in contact, share information and new discoveries, take part in discussions, receive the FBRT newsletter together with various new essays and reports, and generally be kept up-to-date on these matters.
FBRT Friendship is equivalent to membership, but rather than 'member' we have chosen 'Friend' to describe each member, as (a) we have more opportunity to be friends of each other, and (b) the word 'friend' is a meaning of the name 'Francis', which is derived from the Sanskrit word fri, or pri, meaning 'love', from which are also derived the words 'free', 'freedom' and 'friend'. This is why the name 'Francis' is usually interpreted as meaning 'Free' or 'Freeman'; but basically the name refers to a person who is a good friend.
Benefits of FBRT Friendship include:-
- Access to the Friends Area website, with online archive of newsletters, essays, reports, and links to video recordings of talks for FBRT Friends only.
- Newsletter (biannual) with in-depth information, philosophical insights, research, discoveries, ideas, news, details of upcoming events and reports of past events, written by Peter Dawkins.
- MailChimp email with extra information, including from FBRT Friends, and announcements of upcoming events, new essays, videos and book releases.
- Event reports and extra information about FBRT events.
- Essays and study papers.
- Bursary scheme.
- Invites to talks or events for FBRT Friends only.*
To be a Friend of the FBRT requires an annual subscription of £35, renewable at the beginning of each year.
* Talks or events for FBRT Friends only can be provided only when possible in an otherwise very busy schedule, so cannot be guaranteed. Opportunities for FBRT Friends to meet each other, and for Q&As, discussions, insights and sharing of knowledge, is by participating in the FBRT events and online Zoom talks, and the FBRT Friends only events and online talks when available.