The Prince’s Trust is the UK’s leading youth charity helping change young lives

 

We give practical and financial support to 14-30 year olds, enabling them to develop skills that will help them move into education, employment or training.

 

Our priority is to help young people who are:

è     educational underachievers

è     offenders and ex-offenders

è     unemployed

è     in or leaving care

 

Our work is important because:

è     more than one million young people in the UK are not in work, education or training

è     the UK economy loses £10 million a day due to youth unemployment

è     youth crime costs the UK £1 billion each year

 

Since 1976 we have helped 575,000 young people and we support 100 more each day.

To continue our work, we need to raise around £1 million every week.

 

The Prince’s Trust helps young people to:

è     develop confidence, skills and prepare for work through a structured 12-week personal development course, and short courses offering opportunities to gain vocational experience in a variety of industries

è     improve motivation and attendance at school through our network of clubs

è     start-up in business with start-up loans and grants plus advice and support from a business mentor

è     give back to the community through financial awards to groups and individuals for community-based projects

è     overcome barriers and get their lives working with cash awards of between £50 and £500 and mentor support for those leaving care

 

For more information please go to princes-trust.org.uk

Date Published: 08/04/09