“More than half of this year’s winners are women, proving that print is no longer male dominated” were words from Printing Charity president Baroness Morgan of Cotes, delivering a speech at the annual Rising Stars awards presentation at the House of Lords.
The event, on 4 July, the day of the General Election, celebrated the 61 18-30 year-olds from the print, paper, packaging, graphics and publishing sectors in receipt of the 2024 Rising Star awards, with almost £84,000 awarded by the Printing Charity across 105 courses selected by the winners to build personal development, bolster core role capabilities, gain a recognised qualification, or follow a leadership pathway.
2024’s winners are drawn from more than 50 job roles, from print operatives, HR professionals and sustainability experts to security officers, print makers, bench hand team leaders and analysts, demonstrating the range of opportunities for building a career within the industry.
“The Rising Star Awards act as a bellwether for the industry, with the courses applied for often indicating print’s direction of travel, with ambitious, committed emerging talent looking to develop the skillsets they know will help them grow in their careers,” said Printing Charity CEO Neil Lovell.
“These courses may be diverse, but they clearly indicate what our winners have in common – the drive to build their skills and capabilities to equip themselves well for the industry and the workplace of the future. The future is clearly bright.”
The winners were: Abbie Golland, Abbie Wagstaff, Abigail Somers, Adam Whiting, Alberto Alfaro Lopez, Alexia Bush, Benjamin Bowden, Ben Stewardson, Bethany Connolly-Atkins, Beth Raven, Bobby Yaman, Callum Flynn, Callum Richardson, Carl Hester, Carys Vickers, Cayla Blandin de Chalain, Chace Vaughan, Cherrelle Wright, Chloe Johnson, Connor Lonsdale, Craig McKerchar, Daniel Greyson, Diyora Shadijanova, Eden Blankley, Ella Drayton, Ella Tomkins, Emma Louise Brenton-Rounding, Emma Reynolds, Fraser Smith, Gabriel Connor, Georgia Kelly, Giulia Caparrelli, Hennah Sandhu, Isabel Shanahan, Jack Boswell, Jacob Morton, Jake Raynor, James Bennett, James Tullett, Jessica Wallace, Kyle Walker, Kyle Wright, Lexi Bickell, Lori-May Straw, Lucy Kay, María Victoria Velasco Sánchez, Melissa Clay, Michaela O’Callaghan, Mohammad Abdul Zameer Pasha, Natassja Drobinski, Oliver Gilligan, Peter Scott, Rhian Davies, Richard Amos, Ronan McKechnie, Simone dos Santos, Sonja Burniston, Sophie Keech, Taylor Holland, Thomas Barrie and Tori Kendrick.
This year’s event was supported by the Publishing Training Centre and Unite the Union.
