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Other sources of help

Please find a selection of useful links below:

Bookcareers - provides careers guidance, and 'How To Job Search' seminars; BTBS can consider sponsorship for appropriate candidates https://www.bookcareers.com/

SYP - The Society of Young Publishers https://thesyp.org.uk/

Booksellers Association https://www.booksellers.org.uk/

Publishers Association https://www.publishers.org.uk/#

IPG (Independent Publishers Guild) http://www.ipg.uk.com/

The Stationers Company (a Livery Company) runs a programme of Bursaries supporting post-graduate qualifications in relevant courses at selected institutions: https://www.stationers.org/

Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association http://www.aba.org.uk/

Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association: The PBFA also has its own Registered Charity (#297371) The Richard Condon Memorial Fund which aims to assist any member, or their dependants, suffering hardship as a result of serious illness or accident: https://www.pbfa.org/about

BIC - training/ re-training courses are eligible for BTBS funding / bursaries http://www.bic.org.uk/164/BIC-Training-Courses

Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) https://www.ciep.uk/

The Printing Charity https://www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/

Print Futures - BTBS sponsors these awards https://www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/print-futures-awards/

The Society of Authors - https://www.societyofauthors.org/Grants/contingency-funds

The Spare Room Project - The Spare Room Project aims to help, by matching interns from outside London with people in the book industry who live in the capital and who can offer them a place to stay. https://thespareroomproject.co.uk/

The Royal Literary Fund: a possible source of support for authors: https://www.rlf.org.uk/

CILIP (The Library and Information Association) Benevolent Fund which can offer support to members and their families: https://www.cilip.org.uk/general/custom.asp?page=benevolent

Creative Access: supporting recruitment of under-represented talent in the creative industries:https://creativeaccess.org.uk/

You might also be interested in, or consider supporting:

The London Children's Book Project - donating books to disadvantaged children who might have no other source of supply: https://childrensbookproject.co.uk

Published: 20th January, 2020

Updated: 1st October, 2020

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