TOGETHER FOR CINEMA

SPRING FORWARD!

The momentum behind Together For Cinema (TFC) continues to build and here EI presents our monthly update from TFC founder, Ian Morrish.

The roll out is continuing including this completed project for Jigsaw Children’s Hospice by MajikHouse

We have a very ambitious seven cinema room installations our plans for this year, four are already well underway with almost all product’s confirmed and an installation schedule. The other three will be defined over the next few months.

This is the most we have ever planned in a single year, and the seven installs will have a normal installation value of about £160,000. This will take our total to 36 donated cinema rooms. Check out our website for the full details on all the projects and who is involved.

We have a full schedule for 2022 and as with all best laid plans, there may be some delays. With this in mind, and the possibility of a 2022 install dropping into 2023, I’m keen to set up no more than five or six cinema room installations for next year. The current plan is looking like: Ellenor Hospice for Children and Adults, Gravesend. Claire House Children’s Hospice, Liverpool. Richard House Children’s Hospice, London. Dorset Children’s Trust, Poole. Robin House Children’s Hospice, Ballach. Derian House Children’s Hospice, Chorley.

At the moment, this will be the basis of our delivery for 2023.

These installations will need installers, projectors, screens, AVR’s, speaker packages, racks, control, lighting etc, so please do what you can to help and spread the word to those installers, manufacturers and distributors who also might be able to help.

Renewals of our 2021 sponsors was hugely successful with almost all sponsors kindly renewing their sponsorship. I hope their willingness to renew was based on an appreciation of what we achieved in 2021 and what we are looking to achieve going forward. Either way, a huge thank you to all that renewed. Beyond our renewing sponsors, we are delighted to welcome (as it stands now) another 12 new sponsors, giving us a total of 45 industry sponsors. However, and as well as support appears to be, we still need another few sponsors to achieve our budgeted goals for 2022. The sooner we can secure these sponsors, the sooner we can focus on completing the installations and developing our other activities to further the difference that we can all make in our community. If you are interested in becoming one of the Together For Cinema sponsors, you can do so from as little as £500. Every penny of support will be committed to furthering the cause and making a difference to the children and young adults that we look to help.

MARATHON MAN

Over six days during March, Chris Pinder, Managing Director of UK B2B AV trade distributor, One AV, ran the equivalent of a marathon a day in the Sahara Desert in temperatures in excess of 50 degrees centigrade and all to help raise funds for TFC. He has an ambitious target of £25,000 and is determined to hit it. This was an incredible challenge and one that Chris is quite rightly taking very seriously. He was training for almost 12 months and changed his diet to ensure he was in the best shape he can possibly be. This of course does not permit any alcohol, and on the lead up to the event he was eating dried food and sleeping a lot on the floor, all to get him prepared for the extreme conditions and the pressures his body would be put under. I tip my hat to Chris and am full of respect for his determination and commitment. As an industry we should back him and be very proud of what he has taken on, and for a great cause. To sponsor Chris, please go to his website at www.pinder.com/mds.

Working with two wonderfully supportive companies in the commercial AV industry, we also soon announce an AV industry sporting tournament. Keep an eye on social media but rest assured I will let you know when I am allowed to announce it!

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