Website Launched, Events Announced for GLAD 2022

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) and its members are supporting Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) on July 7 by encouraging organizations and individuals to share any content they are producing or events they are hosting to be added to the new, dedicated website for #GLAD2022, which is now live. The site provides a hub for the latest news, updates, videos and downloads around the big day and lists the partners supporting the event. Participating can be as easy as using the hashtag #GLAD2022 across social media platforms, adding the GLAD2022 logo to email signatures, and even producing unique content. In its third year, GLAD2022’s aim is to expand the scope, so there will be a loose coalition of organizations and trade associations that share an interest in height safety, drop prevention and lifting. LEEA’s plans for GLAD include the launch of online training available in a variety of languages, webinars on technical issues for industry specialists and a supply chain event, co-hosted by LEEA and other lifting-related trade associations. Also, the Think Lifting online event will showcase the toolkit available to support companies engaging with schools in their local communities. In addition, LEEA plans to offer free training, Q&A sessions with trade association and industry leaders, and films and other tools. LEEA will be giving an award to the best submission. Information can be sent using the contact form or by emailing [email protected].