What is Cult Information Centre (CIC)?
CIC is an educational charity providing advice and
information for victims of cults, their families and friends, researchers and
the media. CIC was founded in 1987 and became a registered Charity
(No.1012914) in 1992. It was the first educational organisation focusing
critical concern on the harmful methods of the cults to be granted charitable
status in the United Kingdom.
CIC is concerned about the use of deceptive and manipulative
methods used by cults to recruit and indoctrinate unsuspecting members of
society.
CIC believes that these cult methods present a threat to the
well-being of the individual and the family.
Consequently CIC sees the need for gathering and
disseminating accurate information on cultism and aims to meet that need.
Public Education
CIC gives preventative educational talks to Schools,
Colleges, Universities, Churches, Clubs and Corporations.
Media Interviews
CIC helps the media with interviews to further disseminate
information on cultism.
Family Assistance
CIC offers information and support for families who have
lost a loved one to a cult.
Ex-Cult Members Support
CIC offers information and support to ex-cult members who
are often experiencing symptoms of cult withdrawal.
Research Assistance
CIC assists students and other researchers with bibliographies and
other information for projects, academic papers and books.
Information Service
CIC provides information to the general public when questions are
asked about a particular group's possible connection with a
cult.
Ian Haworth is the General Secretary and main representative for
CIC. He is responsible to the trustees.
Ian has worked full-time as a specialist in cultism since 1979.
Initially he worked in Canada before returning to Britain in 1987 when he
helped to start CIC.
He is an ex-cult member, so he learned about cults the hard way! He
has handled over 20, 000 enquiries and delivered over 1,200 talks on the
topic.
He has acted as a consultant to police, social agencies, educational
and religious institutions, as well as being called as an expert witness in
cult-related trials.
CIC has established an international network of reliable cult aware
contacts, particularly in the western world. This network of people,
knowledgeable in cultism, comprises individuals from a variety of disciplines
and includes other specialists in cultism, mental health professionals, clergy,
relatives of current cult members and ex-cult members. These contacts have
proved invaluable to those with loved ones in a cult in a foreign land.
CIC has an office in South London. For security reasons the office
location is not made public. The mailing address for CIC is a private post box
address in Central London. The letters BCM are the initials of British
Corporate Monomark, a company specializing in secure post boxes.
CIC receives funds from speaking engagements, consultancy work and
from the sale of leaflets and books. However, basic information on cultism is
available free of charge to enquirers.
Since CIC is not financed by government grants, it is heavily
dependent on the generosity of the public. If you would like details about the
different ways in which you can contribute to CIC's ongoing educational work,
please contact us. We would be pleased to send you information on covenanting,
Gift Aid and other ways of giving. If you have a Charitycard you can now give
on-line by clicking on the
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logo below.
Operating as an educational charity, CIC is now eligible for greater
funding than was possible before. In order to build up CIC we need to continue
to develop a sound funding base to help pay for all the ongoing expenses
associated with the telephone, postage, the office, staff and all the other
miscellaneous costs.
If you know of individuals or charitable trusts that might like to
help CIC in this important educational work, we would be delighted to hear from
you or them and to provide further information on the different ways that
people and institutions and people can give.
Vacant
Council of Reference
The Rev. G. F. L. Chamberlain, OSB, MA
Former Master of
St Benet's Hall, Oxford University
Dr. P. Cotterall
Former Principal, London Theological
College.
The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, MA
General Secretary of the
Baptist Union of Great Britain.
Mrs. P. Harris
Former Central President, Mothers
Union.
Dr. D. Irwin M.A., MD, FRCPsych.
Psychiatrist.
Alan Meale, MP
Former Sec. of the All-Party Committee on
Cults.
Brigadier D. M. Stileman, OBE
Former Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod.
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