Support the sanctuary. No venture capital. Full transparency.
Pleading Sanity is free, and it stays free. It is built from lived experience by Shane Cooper in the Midlands, and kept alive by people who believe a mental health sanctuary should never have a paywall.
What your support pays for
- Hosting & infrastructure — servers, the AI companion, and the 15 games you can play against the AI.
- Crisis lines stay tappable — 999, Samaritans 116 123, SHOUT 85258, NHS 111, and more, one tap away on every Arron page.
- No ads, no data sales, no investor pressure — your words stay yours. We will never sell your data or show you advertising.
- Independent creators get paid first — contributors, artists and musicians who build with us are compensated before anything else.
Ethical investment principles
- We take no venture capital and never will. Growth for its own sake is not the mission.
- Funding is transparent by default — every major expense is reported in the AI_HANDOFF changelog and the Owner Workbench.
- We accept support only from people and organisations who share our values: no gambling, no payday lending, no exploitative advertising.
- If we ever cannot keep the lights on ethically, the sanctuary goes into a read-only archive — it is never sold or flipped.
How to support
The single most valuable support is using the sanctuary and telling someone who needs it. If you can contribute financially, email support@pleadingsanity.co.uk and we will send the current options — one-off, monthly, or ethical investment for larger amounts. Every amount, however small, keeps a roof over the cabin.
If you are in crisis, this page is not for you right now. Urgent help is here: call 999 in immediate danger, Samaritans 116 123 (24/7), text SHOUT to 85258, NHS 111, or findahelpline.com outside the UK.
Rise From Madness. Evolution, Not Erasure. One Source. One Family.