A CLYDEBANK charity worker has ensured the Titan Crane will be among some of the world’s most famous landmarks to light up in honour of Huntington’s Disease.
Paul Dorrington has been working with Scottish Huntington’s Association for two-and-a-half years and when he heard world famous landmarks, such as the Niagara Falls, were being lit up to bring the disease “out of the shadows” for its awareness month he was determined to ensure a Clydebank monument would follow suit.
The 54-year-old Hardgate resident has worked tirelessly to campaign for research into the disease, including a zip slide across the Clyde, since becoming aware of their plight.
He said: “There’s a Huntington’s Disease community within West Dunbartonshire and it’s a landmark so I know they would be happy to know something is being done.
“This way they know West Dunbartonshire people are being thought of as well.”
Huntington’s Disease is an inherited condition caused by a faulty gene which affects movement, awareness and behaviour.
There is no cure and the symptoms worsen as time goes on with patients often dying between 10 to 30 years after diagnosis.
The crane will be lit up blue and lilac on Monday, May 15.
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