Sonja Burniston is a 2024 Rising Star Award winner, and the creative talent behind the Printing Charity’s 2024 Christmas card design. We caught up with her to hear about her career to date, and how her Rising Star Award has supported her. My career to date “My work is...
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2023 Rising Star Alumni: Darryl Worbey – A Path to Leadership and Growth
"Continuous learning is what’s setting me on the right path towards my leadership aspirations. The support I’ve received and the skills I’ve gained are helping me approach every project with a strategic mindset and renewed confidence." Since winning The Printing...
Success stories from 2024’s Rising Star Award winners
Winning a Rising Star Award makes a real difference to print industry careers. Here, three of our brilliant 2024 winners, Carys Vickers, Isabel Shanahan and Ronan McKechnie, share more details on their motivation for entering the Awards, how they went about it, and...
“Print is modern-day magic”
Insight from young people building a career in the industry to inspire and inform others about the potential print provides
The Printing Charity’s Sam Nelson moderated a panel at the Print Show Knowledge Zone entitled ‘Breaking Down Barriers: what the industry’s emerging talent needs to succeed in print’. The audience heard from recent Rising Star Award winners, Aaron Toombs, Prepress...
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 play a role in...
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 winners of this year’s...
Five ways to benefit from a portfolio of courses
Did you know that you can use a Rising Star Award to fund more than one course? The £1500 can be used for a combination of courses to support rounded development of complementary skills. Investing in a training course portfolio can be a great way to acquire new...
‘Being declined previously only made me want to apply again’ – lessons on perseverance
For 2023's Never Give Up Day, which focused on cultivating a mindset of determination, we spoke to 2023 Rising Star winner Ally Boldan, PR and Communications Lead at Instantprint (part of Bluetree Group), about perseverance - something she knows a lot about since she...
Women in Packaging: how we can keep the ball rolling
Women represent almost half of the UK labour force, but they account for only 26% of workers in the manufacturing sector. Our Director of Marketing and Engagement, Liz Ross Martyn, joined a panel at February’s Packaging Innovations entitled “Women in Manufacturing...
The power of personal skills for career progression
Our 2023 Rising Star Award winners who used their funding for personal skills developmentIn the quest for career success, it's typical to focus on acquiring technical know-how, certifications and experience in our chosen fields. These are undoubtedly crucial, but...