It’s been a whirlwind of a three months and our feet really haven’t touched the ground. I’m delighted to say that’s it’s all good things, shaping our industry for the future. A bold statement but I stand by it. I’ll cover some headlines below but please delve deeper!
We are set for a great third quarter and thank you to all in our industry who play a part in making this happen.
Have a fabulous summer and I send you my very best wishes for now,
Ian
Ian Morrish
Founder and Managing Director, Together For Cinema CIC
At the start of the year we had ten installations scheduled for 2026, but with one dropping to 2027, we’re left with a more manageable nine to complete. The installations below are listed in the order of their expected completion date:-
We are hugely grateful to the installers listed above and I am sure that they will find their journey to making a difference a rewarding one. As we all know, the key to making these installations happen is a good installer and I reckon we have some of the very best helping us this year. Thanks again to you all.
This list of twelve potential beneficiary venues below will no doubt change over the coming year, but these are the good cause venues that we are engaging with at the moment. All being well we will expect to complete at least seven or eight of these in 2027.
We are, of course, in touch with many other venues and have a strong pipeline to call on. However, if you know of any charitable family care venue that could benefit from our offering, please do let us know. Looking ahead we already have installations booked in for 2028 and 2029 so the journey will continue, as long as we keep securing your support.
This is an important development for our industry and one that we should all have a social responsibility to embrace, and help develop.
The purpose of the website is:-
“…to repurpose excess AV equipment to good causes, helping to make a lasting difference and in turn limiting landfill and unnecessary waste management.
It will connect donors such as manufacturers, distributors, integrators, universities, colleges and corporates with registered charities and CICs seeking second-hand, discontinued, or B-stock AV equipment.”
The website is now finished and our June launch day saw over 150 excess AV items listed and offered to just over 200 charities. Please go to www.GivingBack.tech and take a look.
This site can only work and develop if we all embrace it and help make it work. Therefore a heartfelt plea goes out to our industry to…..
This is a not for profit industry medium connecting our industry to good causes, so please support as best you can and please also feel free to give us any feedback you think would help improve the website, or the process.
We need to work together to make this the best it can be.
2026 has been a challenge for the industry and many of us are having to tighten our belts. Unsurprisingly this has had an impact on our Charitable Partnership donations. This has meant that we are still working hard to secure our funding and having to find new initiatives to generate our revenue. The funding is out there, we just have to find it…
We are grateful to all charitable partners that have confirmed their support for this year and we hope that you all feel we are delivering up to and I hope, beyond expectation.
GivingBack.tech has been incredibly well received by all that we have spoken to in both the Residential and Commercial AV industries, but it’s creation and continued development comes with a cost. With this in mind, can I ask you to consider becoming one of our GivingBack.tech Charitable Partners. Our first Founding Partner is Crestron and we have three levels at which you, and/or your industry contacts, can support. These are as follows:-
- Founding Partner --- £ 5,000
- Strategic Partner --- £ 2,500
- Community Partner --- £ 1,000
Please help if you can and let’s work together to develop GivingBack.tech…, a new way to repurpose excess AV equipment to good causes.
We still need more Charitable Partners for Together For Cinema, and if you’re not already supporting, please can I ask you to consider becoming one of our Charitable Partners. Our current list reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of our industry and you can see the list of those already committed on our website by clicking here.
Listed below are the levels at which you, and/or your industry contacts can support are as follows:-
- Diamond --- £10,000
- Platinum --- £5,000
- Gold --- £2,500
- Silver --- £1,000
- Bronze --- £500
Please contact Ian Morrish at ian@togetherforcinema.co.uk to discuss what options are open to you, and what difference you can help make.
We have some very exciting plans for 2026 and Together For Cinema, but the difference we make to so many lives can only continue with your support…
For any small Charity or Community Interest Company ‘that little bit extra’ secured by fundraising is important for so many reasons. Of course the financial benefits are obvious but the increased PR, the potential coming together of an industry community and of course the fun factor are all important add-ons to helping make a difference.
Our London to Brighton fundraiser is happening again this year, and will be on Sunday September 13th. It’s 55 miles from Clapham Common to the Brighton seafront and we have a team of 55, one for every mile! With this many you may well know more than one of the riders so please help us make a difference and give as generously as you can at:-
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/together-for-cinema-cic
Plans for our 2028 £2m Celebration Dinner have just begun, and we now have a date for the diary! It’s on Thursday May 11th, 2028, and will again be held at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The evening will follow a similar structure to our first, and incredibly well received, dinner in May 2024. Tickets will be on sale early in 2027 but for now, please save the date!
We have applied for other grants with some rejections, and some still outstanding… I’ll keep you posted.
Together For Cinema CIC continues to grow and continues to develop it’s strength as a conduit between the AV industry and good causes in the UK.
Our good cause cinema room installations continue to make so many happy moments and memories for so many. With 61 now in the UK, and three more due to be completed in the next quarter, we know that every day we’re making a difference to families having a tough time. As an industry working together we’re doing a great thing…
GivingBack.tech is a long overdue medium for the AV industry and it’s users to ‘reawaken their corporate hearts’, and work a way into our daily routines to make a difference. Once a product has been replaced, returned, or simply written off by the accountants as having zero financial value, we must all remember that it still has a practical value. Let’s all work together to repurpose these items to a good cause that doesn’t have the budgets to buy it, but can use it for many years to come to make a real difference.
With the support of our Directors and our newly appointed Ambassadors, we have been able to engage with some key companies, groups and associations. We’re all optimistic that GivingBack.tech will become a recognised industry channel to deliver good in our community. The long term prospects, once the site is ‘proven and moulded’, is that the website could easily be introduced in other countries in the world. Why wouldn’t we all want this to happen?
Please consider partnering with us on the GivingBack.tech journey, be you from the Pro, Commercial or Residential AV sectors, please contact Ian Morrish directly at ian@togetherforcinema.co.uk and we can discuss how we can work together.
Beyond this, if you’re not already part of our extended community please contact Ian to find out how you can help.
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