A creative space for budding artists at The Lowry in Salford has been renamed in honour of James Dunn, a 24-year-old from Liverpool who campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of Epidermolysis Bullosa.
James died in April, just weeks after the #FightEB campaign he launched raised more than £250,000 for those suffering with a condition that causes constant pain due to unstoppable internal and external blistering.
The James Dunn Classroom was the idea of local businessman Ged Mason, chief executive of Morson Group, a recruitment and design consultancy, who has known James and his family for a number of years.
In 2016, James appeared on Big Life Fix, a BBC 2 programme that saw leading inventors create solutions to everyday problems for people in desperate need.
In James’s case, that was a custom-built camera by award-winning design engineer Jude Pullen, which made it possible for him to operate the camera by himself via a specially-designed app, allowing him to pursue his passion for photography.
The Lowry classroom will be named in his honour until July 2021.