Visual Media Conference 7 April 2020 – Book now!
Unique opportunity to learn more from drupa in advance of their event in June 2020! The BPIF are delighted to bring you the 7th Visual Media Conference and Exhibition on 7 April 2020 at the Rose Bowl Leeds. The VMC is a free-to-attend one day event providing vivid...
Our 2020 Print Futures Awards for rising stars are open for entries
Supporting the next generation of industry talent. Our 2020 Print Futures Awards giving people aged 18 to 30 the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £1,500 to support their personal and workplace development to progress in their careers in the UK printing,...
Signposting
We take a holistic approach to applications for support, taking time to look at all the factors in a particular case and how best to provide help. We do not work in isolation and value the relationships we have with like-minded organisations. Here are some of the...
Apprentice 20
In recent years, the Stationers’ Company has initiated an annual Apprentice event. The objective is to raise awareness of apprenticeship opportunities and to link young people from across greater London with potential employers. Last year Apprentice 19 was held in the...
Three winners of Stationers’ Foundation postgraduate bursaries funded by The Printing Charity
Three postgraduate students, Michael Bromley, Peter Friend, and Aimée Smith are being helped to fund their Masters’ degrees with bursaries of up to £6,000 each awarded by the Stationers’ Foundation and funded by us. Neil Lovell, our Chief Executive, says:...
Eileen’s Story
One of Eileen’s first jobs when she left school at 15 in the 1950s was in Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road. She lived in Camberwell at the time and had to catch three buses to and from work. “I loved working at Foyles where I repaired damaged spines and covers on...
Bob’s Story
Growing up, Bob wanted to work in print, but being fatherless, it was not easy to become an apprentice without a print connection, as many printers operated a closed shop. Bob says: “It’s been ten years since the last time I was on the shop floor of a printers and 55...
Hear from our Print Futures winners
What have you been up to since winning a Print Future Award?Since I won my Award, I have almost completed my NVQ Level 3 in Business. After I finish this, I will be moving on to a NVQ Level 4 in Project Management.How did your Award help you in furthering your...
Hear from our Print Futures winners
What have you been up to since winning a Print Futures Award?I have been gaining experience continuously in my workplace with each day that passes. I also used the grant money last November, which allowed me to receive MAC training and has given me access to my own...
John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, accepts our 2020 Presidency
We are pleased to announce that John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, has accepted our invitation to be our 2020 President. John Micklethwait says: “The Printing Charity does a fantastic job looking after people of all ages - with help ranging from...
Featured Posts
Lightboxes and Lettering: the importance of east London’s print industry celebrated in new National Lottery-funded exhibition
The Malvern Press, Dalston Lane, dates as on photos, courtesy of Les and Peter Wynn Lightboxes and Lettering | 17 January – 29 March 2020 at the Nunnery Gallery E3 A new exhibition at Bow’s Nunnery Gallery is set to celebrate the fascinating and important...
Designer Bookbinders’ Transferring Design initiative funded by us gains momentum
Following Designer Bookbinders’ launch of its Transferring Design initiative and four successful introductory pilots promoting the craft of bookbinding, Designer Bookbinder Fellow, Mark Cockram, recently ran a follow-up, three-day workshop at Lincoln College of Art...
Kayleigh Munn scoops the 2019 BBD&PA Best Student Book Award
Congratulations to Kayleigh Munn, a Graphic Design student at UWE Bristol, for winning the 2019 British Book Design and Production Awards’ Best Student Book category for her book, Vegas Baby. As well as being presented with a trophy at the awards event in London on 21...