Charles, Prince of Wales, launched
the Prince's Trust in 1976;
after completing his duty in the
Royal Navy, His Royal Highness
dedicated himself to improving
the lives of disadvantaged young
people in the UK, setting up
twenty-one pilot programs around
the country. The programs were
as diverse as their participants:
a 19-year old woman received
a grant to run a social center at
a housing project, and two exoffenders were funded to run a
fishing club. Young lifeguards
were trained; others learned
bicycle repair.
In the nearly forty years since
the Trust's founding, it has
promulgated a wide variety of
activities focused upon helping
young people get started on a
lifetime of meaningful work and
education, providing practical
and financial support. Perhaps
most famously, the Prince's
Enterprise program provides
support to young entrepreneurs,
having helped more than 80,000
HYLAND
...under the aegis
and educational
activities of
the Prince's
Trust, young
unemployed
people, aged 1830, some of them
ex-offenders,
are encouraged
to learn skills
that match their
personal gifts...
