The Printing Charity, a national UK charity for people in printing, publishing, graphic arts and the allied trades, has announced it is launching two major initiatives in its drive to increase the number of people it helps.
The charity is investing £1m of its funds in the first initiative to be launched progressively during 2012 and 2013. The intention is to work with social enterprise partners in a variety of ways, including grants to organisations and charities that are making a difference to people’s lives.
In response to the difficult time the printing industry is going through, the second initiative will support people who have been made redundant from the sectors the charity exists to help. Discussions are underway with potential partner organisations to put together a package of assistance from the charity’s own grant funding and from third parties.
Stephen Gilbert, chief executive of The Printing Charity, said: “These two initiatives have a common purpose - to help individuals and their families, to help people of all ages and to help more people throughout the UK.”
Murdoch MacLennan, the charity’s president, added: “These are difficult times for our industry in all its different forms. And, in the teeth of a bitter and prolonged recession, it’s a tough time for many families, too. We need to make sure that the work of the charity is made known across the industry.”
www.theprintingcharity.org.uk