CHARITY RECEIVES £12,000 BOOST FOR CAMBRIDGE HOSPICE
Posted by: electime 11th November 2019
A charity which looks after children and young people with life-threatening conditions, and supports their families throughout Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk has received a major boost.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has seen a £12,000, state-of-the art cinema room installed in its hospice at Milton, on the outskirts of Cambridge, thanks to the generosity of a number of organisations.
The project was co-ordinated by Together for Cinema which designs and installs home cinema rooms in Children’s Hospices across the UK. Everything is carried out at no cost to the charity as it operates on product and time donations from commercial organisations.
Together for Cinema was the brainchild of Ian Morrish, who has had a lifelong career in the AV industry. Ten years ago, he watched a TV programme about Donna’s Dream House in Blackpool, a Free Holiday Experience for children with life-threatening illnesses, which led him to set up the organisation.
“Our goal is to complete 25 installations before 2020 – EACH is number 24 which we estimate has taken us through the £500,000 barrier in terms of donations from our industry,” said Mr Morrish.
“As with all these projects we rely on the generosity of many organisations and this one is no different. So, thanks go to RTI, Harman, Arcam, TDI, Optoma and Projector Point for supplying the equipment and we are pleased to be working for the first time with Hughes Smart who carried out the installation.”
Added Mike Higgins, EACH Service Manager; “At Milton we have a space called ‘The Den’ used mainly by teenagers which we thought would be ideal to double up as a cinema room.
“It has sofas and bean bags as well as hoists and we will be able to have around 15 young people in there to watch films. We are hoping to run Saturday matinees and maybe with pizza too!”
Said Ashley Shorey-Mills, General Manager at Hughes Smart; “When we were approached by Together for Cinema via our trade body – CEDIA* – about the project we were very happy to help by providing the necessary skilled engineers to carry out the planning and subsequent fit out.
“There were some challenges, not least having to work around the hoists, but I am pleased to say we managed to overcome them and are delighted with the finished result.
“We are thrilled to have been involved with this project which will be of such benefit to EACH in the great work it does supporting so many people.”
More information at:
http://www.togetherforcinema.co.uk/
*Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association
