Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research

Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research
	Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research (Blackpool)
Abbreviation	CEEALAR
Formation	June 2018; 5 years ago
Registration no.	1189768
Legal status	Charitable incorporated organisation
Headquarters	Blackpool, England
Location	Athene Hotel, 36, York Street, Blackpool, England;
Coordinates	53°48′39″N 3°03′08″W / 53.81078°N 3.05229°W
Chair	Dr Gregory Hamish Colbourn
Affiliations	Effective altruism
Website	www.ceelar.org
Formerly called	EA Hotel

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.^[1] The hotel cost £130,000, which he paid for using personal profits from successful cryptocurrency investments.^[2]^[3]^[4] CEEALAR was registered as a charitable incorporated organisation in England and Wales on the 3rd of June 2020.^[5]

References

^ "EA Hotel with free accommodation and board for two years - EA Forum". forum.effectivealtruism.org. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
^ ""Effective altruists" aim to change the world from a Blackpool hotel". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
^ Howgego, Joshua. "Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further". New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
^ Correspondent, Gabriella Swerling, Northern. "Hotel with free B&B (for guests who save humanity)". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-09-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "CENTRE FOR ENABLING EA LEARNING & RESEARCH - Charity 1189768". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Registration history: 03 June 2020: CIO registration

External links

[1] "EA Hotel with free accommodation and board for two years - EA Forum". forum.effectivealtruism.org. Retrieved 2022-10-21.

[2] ""Effective altruists" aim to change the world from a Blackpool hotel". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

[3] Howgego, Joshua. "Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further". New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

[4] Correspondent, Gabriella Swerling, Northern. "Hotel with free B&B (for guests who save humanity)". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-09-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[5] "CENTRE FOR ENABLING EA LEARNING & RESEARCH - Charity 1189768". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Registration history: 03 June 2020: CIO registration

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Concepts	Aid effectiveness Charity assessment Demandingness objection Disability-adjusted life year Disease burden Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis Earning to give Equal consideration of interests Longtermism Marginal utility Moral circle expansion Psychological barriers to effective altruism Quality-adjusted life year Utilitarianism Venture philanthropy
Key figures	Sam Bankman-Fried Liv Boeree Nick Bostrom Hilary Greaves Holden Karnofsky William MacAskill Dustin Moskovitz Yew-Kwang Ng Toby Ord Derek Parfit Peter Singer Cari Tuna Eliezer Yudkowsky
Organizations	80,000 Hours Against Malaria Foundation All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations Animal Charity Evaluators Animal Ethics Centre for Effective Altruism Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research Center for High Impact Philanthropy Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Development Media International Evidence Action Faunalytics Fistula Foundation Future of Humanity Institute Future of Life Institute Founders Pledge GiveDirectly GiveWell Giving What We Can Good Food Fund The Good Food Institute Good Ventures The Humane League Mercy for Animals Machine Intelligence Research Institute Malaria Consortium Nuclear Threat Initiative Open Philanthropy Our World in Data Raising for Effective Giving Sentience Institute Unlimit Health Wild Animal Initiative
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Literature	Doing Good Better The End of Animal Farming Famine, Affluence, and Morality The Life You Can Save Living High and Letting Die The Most Good You Can Do Practical Ethics The Precipice Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies What We Owe the Future
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