The Prince’s Trust

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

Around one in five young people in the UK are not in work, education or training. Youth unemployment costs the UK economy £10 million a day in lost productivity, while youth crime costs £1 billion every year.

HRH The Prince of Wales set up The Prince's Trust in 1976, with the goal of helping young people fulfill their potential.

HRH says what struck him was that young people weren't being given opportunities quickly enough. "No one was putting the trust in them they needed. If I was going to do anything, it had to be an operation that was able to take those risks: to trust young people and to experiment."

In starting The Prince's Trust, HRH began a commitment to help them by taking risks. HRH says "That is the whole point of what we do. We try to do things differently, to cut through the bureaucracy and the red tape. And I believe that approach has paid off."

Today, HRH continues to take an active interest in the work of The Trust and does everything possible to help build awareness of The Trust's mission, of its successes, and of the need to carry on giving young people a sense of direction, achievement and self-worth.

What I learned that was special:
• The Prince’s Trust Ball will be on 5 March 2009 and Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone, of Strictly Come Dancing fame, will be performing their amazing Argentine Tango.