The latest from the Printing Charity
Pension Awareness Week 2024: “We’re Here for You – Sharing Information to Support You”
Pension Awareness Week 2024, running from September 9th to 15th, is an important initiative dedicated to helping people across the UK better understand their pensions and prepare for a more secure retirement. Run by Pension Geeks and supported by...
Enjoy an afternoon with our industry: tickets now available for the Printing Charity’s 195th Annual Luncheon
Tickets for one of the industry’s staple yearly events, the Printing Charity’s Annual Luncheon, are now on sale. Every year, the Printing Charity hosts industry partners in historic Stationers’ Hall at the heart of Central London, close to where...
“Print businesses see looking after staff wellbeing as a natural thing to do.”
The Printing Charity was very proud to work with Fujifilm on printed collateral for their Drupa exhibition area. The collaboration provided Fujifilm with a way to demonstrate their, and their partners’, technology, while generating collateral that...
“Your support means I can be there for my grandkids.” – Mal’s story
Mal worked in the print industry all his life, starting as an apprentice compositor, setting type for printing. He worked throughout the industry’s evolution, learning about, and working with, litho print, and then moving on to selling printing...
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing 24/7: The Printing Charity Helpline and Samaritans’ Commitment
Samaritans’ Awareness Day is very purposefully held on the 24th of July or ‘24/7’ because Samaritans offer their support at any time of the day. Someone in crisis isn’t bound by working hours, and it’s therefore vital that Samaritans can be there...
World Youth Skills Day: learn skills for now which are also skills for the future
World Youth Skills Day is celebrated annually on the 15th of July. For the past decade, the day has celebrated the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, skills which will also...
Westminster is Star-struck: the print industry celebrates the Printing Charity’s 2024 Rising Stars
The Printing Charity’s annual celebration of award-winning young industry talent was this year held at the House of Lords on 4th July. Hosted by Printing Charity 2024 President Baroness Morgan of Cotes, the event celebrated the 61 outstanding...
Shotton Mill – a model for employee wellbeing support
“Mental health and wellbeing is paramount to our success as a business” – Natalie Lawton, HR Advisor, Shotton Mill Paper manufacturer, Shotton Mill, takes employee wellbeing seriously, and they have gone the extra mile to support their staff. We...
Starting conversations about Men’s Health in the workplace
10th – 16th June is Men’s Health Week. This year’s theme focuses on encouraging men to talk openly about how they are feeling, and the benefits that can be gained from this, inspired in part by how King Charles started a national conversation by...
We’re told men don’t talk. Here’s why it’s important to start those conversations
10th – 16th June is Men’s Health Week. The theme for 2024’s event is Let’s Talk Prostates (And Everything Else Men’s Health!). The theme recognises how King Charles started a national conversation by sharing news about his own health problem, which...