Stationers’ Co to celebrate support to education

The Stationers’ Foundation will celebrate funding over £250,000 each year to education on Tuesday April 25th, 2023.

Each year The Stationers’ Foundation donates over £250,000 to projects and individuals through its ‘Staircase of Opportunity’. The Foundation is a charity that offers financial and practical support for young people throughout their education, in particular those looking to enter and advance in the content and communications industries.

To celebrate the success of its beneficiaries, the Foundation is hosting a festival at the newly refurbished Stationers’ Hall next week to showcase beneficiaries’ achievements.

The event will feature an evening of music and film with current and prior beneficiaries sharing their experiences and information on how to get involved.

In 2019, student Nyla Maaruf received a major award for higher education and she says this gave her the opportunity to finish the studies she had started and that it has “opened the door to all the opportunities she has received since”. Another beneficiary, Kate Marriott says receiving an award has “utterly changed her life”.

Gerard Heanue, chair of The Stationers’ Foundation says: “The Stationers’ Company’s involvement in training and education began over 600 years ago, supporting the development of apprenticeships in our industries.

“Today, the support the Foundation provides could be for education, training or welfare and is vital for making opportunities in our industries possible for those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to access them.”

As well as celebrating the beneficiaries of the foundation, the event will also act as a thank you to the Foundation’s partners, donors, and supporters.

Each year, the Stationers’ Company celebrates the key role the communications and content industries play in the UK with its Innovation Excellence Awards.

This year, due to an unprecedented range of industry events and shows relaunching, the Stationers’ Company has decided to extend the Awards deadline to Wednesday, May 3rd at 12pm.

Applicants from across the communications and content industries are encouraged to apply with categories including Business Process, Communications and Marketing, Customer Experience, Product Design, Service Development, and a separate category for Start-ups.

Now in its ninth year, the Awards are free to enter and entrants don’t need to be a member of the Stationers’ Company. Entrants can be made in more than one category with an overall Innovator of the Year winner selected from the winners of each category.

The full application form can be found here: https://www.stationers.org/Account/Login?returnUrl=siea-entry

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