Guest speaker Georgia Irving, a paper-making apprentice at Iggesund Paperboard, and Neil Lovell, The Printing Charity’s chief executive, at the charity’s 190th AGM
The number of people helped by The Printing Charity last year has increased by 44% since 2015.
The Printing Charity’s chairman Jon Wright, announced at its 190th Annual General Meeting on 13 June at St Bride Foundation, London, that the charity helped 1646 people in 2016, an increase of 44% from 2015.
The figure included 496 people helped through welfare grants; 98 residents in its two sheltered homes for retired people; 537 young people through its education work; 439 people with CV and job search training; and 76 through charity partnerships.
Guest speaker at the event Georgia Irving, who is currently in the first year of a paper-making apprenticeship at Iggesund Paperboard, shared insights into her apprenticeship with guests, who included the Rt Hon the Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, the charity’s 2017 president, and people from the printing, publishing and packaging industries.
Mr Wright said: ‘The charity meets a very real need and we are committed to extending our reach through our welfare and education work, as well as building stronger industry links. Being accessible underpins all our initiatives to increase the number of people we help in a meaningful way year-on-year.’
