Time to shine
The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards help emerging talent build a successful career
Everyone aged between 18-30 working in any sector of the print industry is eligible to enter the Printing Charity’s annual Rising Star Awards. The Awards provide grants of up to £1,500 to invest in career development and grow future potential.
An award for everyone
The award is for winners to invest in the learning opportunities they know will help their career progress in the right direction, while also benefiting the industry through new skills development.
As one of 2023’s winners said: “Being a winner means I can advance my own knowledge and hopefully teach my team something new too.”
Courses could be for personal skills such as problem solving, resilience or confidence; practical skills to deepen knowledge and capability, or increasingly a combination of both, helping build valuable skillsets for today’s working world.
Previous award winners are building careers in a diverse range of disciplines including technical roles, production, administration, HR and finance. They’ve requested an equally wide range of courses to build their skills that encompass personal development, leadership and management training, growth of core capabilities, and profession-specific knowledge.
Career progression
Among this diversity of disciplines, winners have two clear points in common: they know what training they need to achieve their personal career ambitions, and they are passionate about building a successful career in the industry in which they work.
2024’s Awards open at the end of January and applications close at the beginning of April. Businesses with potential Stars in their team, and those potential Stars themselves, are encouraged to subscribe to the Printing Charity’s newsletter to find out more.
The Printing Charity
The Printing Charity provides practical, emotional and financial support to people working in, or retired from, print, paper, packaging, graphics and the allied trades. How the charity helps has changed beyond all recognition since it was founded in 1827, but the need for its services is as great as ever.
Today, the Printing Charity is proud to provide a free, confidential employee helpline, available 24/7 and year-round. It helps with financial assistance; signposting to specialist services; two alms houses for people in retirement; and, through initiatives including the Rising Star Awards, support for training and development to inspire young people to build a fulfilling career within the industry.
BPMA members who want to learn more about how the awards can help develop their staff’s skills should go to theprintingcharity.org.uk to learn more, and follow @printingcharity on social media.
