ALD launches fundraising campaign
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The fundraising campaign was launched at the ALD’s annual Lighting Lunch in December in support of the work of Rob Halliday, Robbie Butler and Paule Constable, who also received ALD lifetime memberships and a standing ovation from the attendees.
The volunteer trio shouldered ‘unprecedented workload’ last year to highlight the dangers to the entertainment lighting industry posed by the EU’s proposed Ecodesign regulations, catapulting the issues on to the radars and priority lists of lighting professionals, manufacturers, producers, venue managements and politicians.
The trio also pushed the #SaveStageLighting cause into the public eye via an online petition recording around 85,000 signatures, and were involved in assessing and producing a wide array of written documents and briefing papers whilst taking part public meetings and highlighting the potential damage of proposed legislation in the media.
“They have put their own careers and paid work on hold in order to safeguard performance lighting. The money will also provide a reserve to help educate and support others in the face of future Ecodesign challenges,” the ALD explains in a statement.
Johanna Town, chair of the ALD, comments: “These singular circumstances call for a singular solution. The entire lighting industry has benefitted from the work of a very few tireless freelance lighting designers and practitioners. I feel a debt of gratitude not only as chair of the ALD but as an individual affected by these ongoing proposals. I know others will feel the same way and give what they can.”
(Jim Evans)
