The Printing Charity has announced the recipients of its 2021 Rising Star Awards. The awards, which were rebranded earlier this year, celebrate all the young talent working in print, paper, publishing and packaging.
This year 47 people between the ages of 18 and 30 have received grants of up to £1500 each from The Printing Charity to invest in their personal and professional career development.
‘The recipients of this year’s awards give us much to be proud of as a sector,’ said the charity’s chief executive Neil Lovell. ‘They represent some of the very best talent and potential right now and we know they will all go far in their chosen field. It’s particularly heartening to be able to share their success at a time when we are all looking to a more positive future.
‘This year we rebranded our annual Print Futures Awards as the Rising Star Awards to better reflect our multifaceted sector and the 133 applications we received certainly demonstrated the range of opportunities on offer from the technical to the creative.’
This year’s winners are working in roles ranging from apprentice engineer, HSE officer, commissioning editor, and technical sales manager to production supervisor and creative marketing manager. They also come from all over the country, with winners from the Isle of Wight up to Carnoustie in Scotland.
Winners will use their grants to undertake a variety of courses to build core and practical skills, boost soft skills, develop leadership and management skills, or receive specialist coaching.
