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Creative Access and David Tebbutt Trust honour former Faber director with new internship
The David Tebbutt Trust and Creative Access have announced a new internship fund in memory of the late David Tebbutt, finance director at Faber, who was killed in Kenya in 2011.
It will support smaller regional publishers who might otherwise not be able to host a trainee. The internship will be funded by the David Tebbutt Trust, which is jointly administered by Faber and the Tebbutt family.
The fund will provide 100% of the cost of an intern’s training bursary or salary based on the Real Living Wage for a six-month full-time traineeship once a year for three years. It will also cover all costs relating to the recruitment and training of successful candidates.
The fund aims to encourage young people from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds to pursue a career in publishing. This means that successful trainees will identify as being from an under-represented group in the creative industries, including, but not limited to, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Tebbutt was Faber’s finance director from 2002 until his death in September 2011 when he was killed aged 58 while on holiday in Kenya. He was described as "an excellent financial director, absurdly modest, calm, wise and meticulous and unfailingly good natured" by former colleague Christopher Maclehose.
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His son Oliver Tebbutt, also a David Tebbutt Fund Trustee, said: "We are very pleased to announce the David Tebbutt Internship. My father was dedicated to publishing and the book trade and was passionate about supporting people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in the sector. I know it would make him extremely happy and I hope it can help people from under-represented communities enter the industry that he loved."
The trust aims to further the education of those wishing to pursue a career in the publishing, writing and information industries, and related fields of activity. David Tebbutt worked at The Harvill Press and at Routledge before his time at Faber.
Josie Dobrin, executive chair of Creative Access, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with the David Tebbutt Trust to create much-needed entry roles in the publishing industry for people from marginalised communities; a fund which honours David and is fitting to his memory. We are particularly pleased to be funding small to medium-sized organisations where this grant can have more impact and to be focusing on regional companies where there are fewer opportunities to enter the book sector.”
The process of recruiting candidates for the traineeship will be undertaken by Creative Access. Successful interns will be paid the Real Living Wage and will join the Creative Access Springboard programme, including training, networking and peer support.
Any organisations wishing to apply can download an application form here. The deadline for applications is 12 noon, 17th February 2025.
