{"id":3475,"date":"2025-06-26T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphicwarehouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:04:02","slug":"official-open-day-investing-in-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphicwarehouse.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/06\/26\/official-open-day-investing-in-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Open Day &#8211; Investing in Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3475\" class=\"elementor elementor-3475\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fe4b32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fe4b32\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83c\udf89 We Celebrated Our Official Opening...<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a822e12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a822e12\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-790435e\" data-id=\"790435e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eafb656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eafb656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Last Friday we celebrated an official open day by inviting learners from 3 local schools for a factory tour.<\/strong><\/p><p>They watched their own school flags being printed and calendered and their school plaques being printed and cut on the Zund. We also had them looking at ink drops through a magnifying glass.<\/p><p><strong>We then decided it should be one of our apprentice graduates to formalise the opening.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c349be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c349be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f012825\" data-id=\"f012825\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c0c11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c0c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>\ud83c\udf89 Lewis &#8211; One of our apprentice graduates makes it official. \ud83c\udf89<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b8a701 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b8a701\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64467b2\" data-id=\"64467b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8db5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8db5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83c\udfaf The purpose was 2-fold:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0e7958 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0e7958\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0eb081\" data-id=\"e0eb081\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4461900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4461900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>1. Engage learners in alternative apprenticeships <\/strong>&#8211; further education does not have to be college or university.<strong> Earn while we learn opportunities are out there.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>2. Encourage other businesses to have open days <\/strong>and engage with local schools and colleges to show the wealth of industry we have that young people don&#8217;t know about,<strong> they should not be left on the scrap heap.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc83213 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc83213\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f31497\" data-id=\"2f31497\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c59617 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e5a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e5a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In 2019 we made the decision to start a long term strategy of &#8220;grow our own&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p><p>It&#8217;s working&#8230;<strong> almost 80% of our production staff are under 25,<\/strong> some have disengaged at school and did not want to enter further education.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s not perfect and hats off to our production leaders, who invest their time into the future of our business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58d1168 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58d1168\" 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