Charity

Two directors of Park Communications are taking to their bicycles this weekend to pedal all the way to Amsterdam to raise thousands of pounds for charity.

The final phase of the year-long fundraising campaign for PrintIT! is underway and it involves a 565km run – the equivalent of running to, gulp, Drupa.

The Printing Charity has helped 25-year-old illustrator Lewis Houghton from Rotherham secure a book deal with an award-winning US children’s book author.

The Printing Charity (TPC) has announced the winners of this year’s Print Futures Awards and called on the industry to promote print more to young people.

Gemini Digital, which has seen its turnover triple in three years, has decided to donate £1 to local charities for each job it completes.

Gemini West has secured a contract to produce a range of print for local charity Bristol Zoo.

Jon Wright and Steve Sibbald have been unanimously elected chairman and deputy chairman respectively of The Printing Charity for a third term as the charity reported a 14% rise in those it has helped.

Watermill Press has pledged its support to two local charities, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme.

Digital equipment distributor Balreed has completed its ‘Pace or Pay Challenge’ to raise money for the PrintIT! initiative.

Workers at print and promotional items producer and supplier We Are Promotional Products will embark on a sponsored bike ride in aid of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research UK in June.

MIS developer and supplier Optimus has completed its spinning cycle challenge to raise money for the PrintIT! initiative.

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper Group has planted more than 3,000 trees in a single day at a site that is set to become the UK’s biggest continuous new native woodland.