Annual review 2006 - The Prince of Wales

OPPORTUNITY AND ENTERPRISE
The Prince of Wales has for many years tried, through
his charities, to help people fulfi l their talent and potential,
whether by supporting disadvantaged young men and
women through the work of The Prince’s Trust, or by
providing assistance to older people through his charity
PRIME (The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise),
the only national organisation dedicated to helping
people aged over 50 set up in business.
ABOVE
Kynda Carter receiving the RBS
Enterprise Award from The Prince at
The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success
Awards 20th February 2006.
The Prince’s Trust is His Royal Highness’s oldest and best-known charity.
He started it in 1976 with the £7,400 severance pay he received on leaving
the Royal Navy. Its aim is to help 14 to 30 year-olds realise their potential
and transform their lives by offering practical support including training and
mentoring, as well as fi nancial assistance for young entrepreneurs. The Trust
primarily focuses its efforts on those who have struggled at school, been in
care, been in trouble with the law, or are long-term unemployed.
Every year, The Prince of Wales attends a wide range of engagements,
receptions and meetings for the Trust. Events related to the charity’s work
are regularly included in the programmes for His Royal Highness’s regional
visits, including in 2005 visits to Belfast, Richmond in North Yorkshire,
Burnley and Liverpool.
In Burnley and Liverpool, the theme of the engagements was sport, with
The Prince visiting two local football clubs to see how the Trust uses the
popularity of football to motivate youngsters. At Anfi eld stadium in Liverpool,
where the Trust was celebrating the 10,000th participant in its Football Initiative,
The Prince and The Duchess met young people who had benefi ted from
the scheme. Among them was Delroy Naif, 20, from Toxteth, who showed
The Prince a picture of his two-year-old daughter, taken on his mobile phone.
Delroy said: “She is the reason I got involved with The Prince’s Trust as
I wanted to do something that would make her proud of me.”
For the second consecutive year, the Trust held its Celebrate Success awards
to celebrate the achievements of young people from across the country who
have overcome barriers in their lives. The event, held at the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane in London in February 2006, also marked the offi cial launch of
the Trust’s 30th birthday celebrations.
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