The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP is this year’s guest speaker at The Printing Charity’s 187th Annual Luncheon on Thursday, 6 November 2014, at historic Stationers’ Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London.
David Blunkett was elected as a councillor to Sheffield City Council at the age of 22 and as MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in 1987, which he still represents. After serving on the Shadow Cabinet, he became Education and Employment Secretary in 1997, Home Secretary in 2001, and Work and Pensions Secretary in 2005.
Since leaving government, he has completed his diaries, The Blunkett Tapes – My Life in the Bear Pit, undertaken major pieces of work on anti-poverty, affordable credit and social mobility, a review of the future role of the community and voluntary sector, and chaired a parliamentary inquiry with the Charities Aid Foundation into how giving to charities could be boosted.
As well as working on his constituency’s behalf and contributing to a number of voluntary and not-for-profit organisations, David has founded the Future For Youth Foundation, a charity that creates volunteering placements for young people who are not in work, education or training. His other interests include poetry, walking and music.
