Tools for success – how software training can shape your career
Taking a certified training course can help you gain valuable knowledge in different software applications while opening the door to new career opportunities. Software and equipment can be a vital tool in many career paths, helping you to complete your everyday tasks...
“There’s lots of people who want to see and help you succeed”
Rising Star winner Eilidh Reid tells us how she got into publishing and the support available for those looking to get into the industry. How did you get into the industry? I first became interested in publishing while at university when I worked at Waterstones and...
Answering your Rising Star Award questions
The Rising Star Awards offer grants for training or equipment so young people working in the wider print industry can reach their career goals. For any of those out there who are unsure whether to apply, we’ve answered some typically asked questions here. Once...
A lifeline that saved my career
Benjamin Wareing shares how his Rising Stars award meant he could continue his beloved photojournalism even during a pandemic. Without The Printing Charity’s support, I can say that my career and livelihood would be vastly different than it is today. I began my...
Follow your own career path
Rhea Evers was named a Rising Star in 2017, and put her award towards her two-year Conservation MA. Here she talks about the training and experience that got her to where she is today. *Image courtesy of The Bluebell Railway It is certainly possible to embark on a...
An exciting and ever-changing industry to be part of
We spoke to Hamza Loonat, 2017 Rising Star Award winner, about how he got into print and why he enjoys the industry so much. How did you start your career in print? I started my career in print from a degree apprenticeship which has given me the opportunity to learn...
The Printing Charity’s Relationship Manager Gary Giles, shares his thoughts and experience on apprenticeships
The 14th National Apprenticeship Week will take place from 8 - 14 February 2021. The annual week-long celebration highlights the amazing work being done by employers and apprentices across the country. Gary Giles, Relationship Manager What is an apprenticeship? ...
Talking apprenticeships at the BPIF online conference
The BPIF will be celebrating National Apprenticeship Week online this year, however the day is still full of valuable information for employers and aspiring young talent in the sector. Apprenticeships are a great way to experience the variety of roles available in...
Winning has brought me to where I want to be
Previous Rising Star Lauren Campbell tells us how her award has been instrumental in her career. I have always enjoyed proofreading and I really wanted to make it my career, but I wasn't sure what to do next. The Rising Star Awards seemed like the perfect...
What skills would help you in your career?
The Printing Charity's CEO, Neil Lovell, shares his thoughts for prospective Rising Star applicants Each year we run an awards programme for young people in our sector. It’s familiar territory for sectors to champion the brightest and the best and we do it by...
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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...