Alphason team completes three-peaks charity climb
An intrepid team from Alphason took part in the National Three Peaks Challenge last weekend in aid of Cancer Research UK. In just 24 hours the Alphason mountaineers climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.
The climbers are three-quarters of the way to their £2,000 goal but would be delighted to receive further donations to help them reach it. If you would like to make a donation go to www.justgiving.com/3peaksNW
HCD previews CEDIA HTE and World Cup in HD!
The latest edition of Home Cinema Digest is hot for some June lovin’ – specifically CEDIA’s HTE and the first-ever hi-def World Cup! It provides all you need to know about the upcoming new CEDIA ‘expo’ and the free-to-view options for HD footy.
Featuring a freesat-sponsored front cover, HCD is your essential industry news, views and features fix. Articles include special reports on freesat HD and Freeview HD, ahead of the World Cup, an interview with CEDIA chairman Robert Hallam, and our in-depth CEDIA Home Technology Event (aka Expo!) show preview.
Product profiles include B&W’s sexy new loudspeakers, Sharp’s LED range and LG’s OLED sets. We also check out 3D amps.
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The next edition of HCD is our summer issue, which will include a full report from the CEDIA HTE.
Pulse three-peaks charity climb success!
Pulse Marketing may have set its sights high with an ambitious charity climb – but the participants came good for the chosen children’s charities and the £10,000 target was met.
Pulse’s Mike Beatty and Andy Jones joined seven other climbers, including CEDIA’s Matt Nimmons, in climbing three of the UK’s highest mountains - in just 24 hours!
The feat took in the mountain scenery of Ben Nevis (1344m), Scafell Pike (978m) and Snowdon (1085m) - a challenge comprising in excess of 11,000ft of climbing, over 20 miles of walking, plus over 500 miles of driving!
Every penny raised is going to Edukid, a special children’s charity, One Voice, an anti slavery charity, and the Teenage Cancer Trust. Pulse Marketing contributed towards costs for the trip (car rental, petrol, subsistence), as well as promoting the recently built group charity website (www.nothingandeverything.co.uk) to the press.
Contributions are still being sought via sponsorship of the nothingandeverything.co.uk website, set up by a group of nine cause-conscious friends - many of them from the AV industry - to raise money for worthy causes while at the same time ‘pushing the individuals involved beyond what they thought possible’. The friends visited Uganda last year, as part of the Edukid programme, and are asking for donations from companies or individuals to support this year’s climbs, and the three charities - in return for which all sponsors will appear on the site.
“We’re asking the industry to help us all to reach our target for these really deserving charities, while we push ourselves to go beyond what we first thought was possible!” said Beatty ahead of the climb. “Pledge what you or your company can afford and we’ll put your name or company name and logo in the sponsorship area on nothingandeverything.co.uk. Thanks!”
You can donate via Virgin Giving on the nothingandeverything website.
