PIEPR - full name 'Psychologically Informed Environments Promotion and Research Community Iinterest Company Ltd' - was formally incorporated in October 2023.

The stated aims and objectves are:

Aims

1. To promote and develop the concepts and practice of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIEs)

Objectives

• To facilitate the development of a community of practice for the exchange of ideas and the support of members and others.
• To manage and extend the current PIElink website and/or its successors with its current content, pages, Library, IP, and activities.
• To generate and deploy income for the above purposes from any sources compatible with the aims of the CIC and the spirit of a social enterprise company.
• To employ or contract with staff as needed to undertake the activities of the CIC.
• To maintain a reference group of advisers and representatives of partners and stakeholders to advise on content and direction of the website and related activities.
• To develop and review all operational policies in the light of developments in the field, with advice from the reference group

Operational policies and agreements (un-adopted draft pending next Board meeting)

• The CIC agrees to seek philanthropic investment from any sources compatible with the Aims and Objectives of the CIC.
• The CIC agrees to appoint a staff team at the earliest possible opportunity, including sub-contracting of team tasks to others for agree periods of time.
• The CIC agrees to promote and manage the agreed portion of the income from the PIE Abacus in pursuit of the aims and objectives of the company
• The CIC agrees to manage the Intellectual Property (IP) of the authors of the PIElink contents, in return for any suitable considerations, as agreed in each case.
• The CIC agrees to refer any amendments of the core principles of the CIC to the reference group for their feedback.
• The CIC agrees to discuss any developments in the direction and priorities of the core themes of the PIEs framework and their interpretation in new contexts.
• The CIC agrees to make all decisions of the CIC on the basis of consensus wherever possible; but when consensus cannot be achieved and a decision is urgent, by a majority vote, with a casting vote for the chair.
• The CIC agrees that in all other respects the operational policies of the model CIC are adopted.