The word "org" is short from organisation, and is another term for a Church of Scientology. This is the place where Scientologists in the region come in order to gain greater awareness and ability through the study and application of Scientology technology. An org also serves as a central point from which Scientologists co-ordinate the various social reform and outreach programs, addressing such issues as drug education and rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of criminals and promoting human rights. (For more information on these programs, see the links at the bottom of the page)
An Ideal Org, as described by Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is:
"..an activity where people came to achieve freedom and where they had confidence they would attain it."
"One could look at this ideal org and know that this was the place a new civilization was being established for this planet."
"The ideal org is the image one builds toward. It is the product of the causitive actions of many. Anything which is short of an ideal org is an outpoint that can be put right. The end product is not just an ideal org but a new civilization already on its way."
L. Ron Hubbard, LRH ED 102 INT, THE IDEAL ORG
Church of Scientology of Manchester
The website of the current org here in Manchester.
Church of Scientology Official Site
Includes an extensive section on 'What Is Scientology?'
Scientology Volunteer Ministers
A Scientology Volunteer Minister is someone who on a strictly volunteer basis helps out his fellow man by providing simple, basic counseling to people he meets to assist them in overcoming difficulties they may be having in life. A Volunteer Minister understands that something needs to be done about the world and wants to do what he can to help those around him.
Narconon
Narconon is a non-profit drug rehab program dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and drug addiction through drug prevention, education and rehabilitation.
Criminon
Criminon (which means “no crime”) is an international non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to addressing the causes of criminality and through effective drug detoxification, education and common sense programs restore the criminal’s self-respect thus making them responsible for their actions so that they may become ethical and productive citizens.
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) was co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights.
The Way To Happiness Foundation
The Way to Happiness book was written in 1981 in an effort to revert the decline in basic moral values, social decay and further disintegration of integrity and human decency.
World Institure of Scientology Enterprises
The goal of WISE, the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, is an ethical, sane and prosperous civilization. Through our work, we are returning to business the values and ethical standards upon which it was founded: honesty, integrity, craftsmanship, rewards for productivity, commitment to the prosperity of entire communities and nations.
Church of Scientology Human Rights Department
Throughout the last decade, the Church has taken actions to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.