A rapidly changing printing industry is forcing charities in the sector to consider how best to deliver services and utilise resources. In response, the Printers’ Charitable Corporation and the Stationers’ Foundation have agreed to work collaboratively for the first time.
Under the agreement, the PCC will handle the day-to-day administration of grant applications and financial support on behalf of the Stationers’ Foundation, the charity arm of the Stationers’ Livery Company. Responsibility for approval of the Foundation’s grants will remain with the Stationers’ trustees.
Ian Larkham, the PCC’s Operations Director, says: “Charities are not exempt from the challenges the printing industry faces in today’s economic climate, so it’s vital that organisations in the sector act strategically to remain relevant to the people they were set up to support. As the national charity for the printing industry, it’s a logical step to pool knowledge and resources with the Stationers’ Foundation. We see this as the blueprint for our future operations – remaining as a separate organisation, but working closely with others in the industry.”
“The Stationers’ Livery Company has responded throughout its 600-year history to the evolving printing industry,” adds David Allan, Chair of the Stationers’ Foundation. “Through our charitable activities, we remain firmly committed to providing bursaries for the next generation and supporting educational initiatives like the supplementary schools programme. This is in parallel with financial support for our members in the industry and allied trades. Partnering with the PCC lets us tap into its administrative capabilities and use our resources in the most efficient way to help people.”
About the PCC
The PCC says: “Set up in 1827, the Printers’ Charitable Corporation (PCC) is the leading national charity providing financial support through its grants programme for existing and former employees of the printing, publishing, graphic arts and allied trades. This support also extends to dependent family members. The PCC owns and runs Butlin House Care Home and Beaverbrook Court in Bletchley, as well as Southwood Court in Basildon."
About the Stationers
The Stationers says: “The Worshipful Company of Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ has been providing 600 years of service to the evolving industries of print, publishing, paper and packaging, stationery products and now digital media. Its charitable activities are administered by the Stationers’ Foundation.”
