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The Prince's Trust <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:Prince's Trust.gif</td></tr>
Type	Charity
Founded	1976
Headquarters	18 Park Square East, London <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Prince of Wales, Martina Milburn CEO, Sir Fred Goodwin Chairman</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Help young people overcome barriers and get their lives working</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.princes-trust.org.uk</td></tr>

The Prince's Trust is a UK based charity headed by HRH The Prince of Wales. It provides help, training, financial, and practical support to UK citizens aged between fourteen and thirty. It focuses on those who have struggled in education or find themselves unemployed for a long time. It relies on donations from the public.

The Prince's Trust is a Registered Charity (in England) No. 1079675. The Prince's Trust Trading Limited (registered in England No. 3161821) is a wholly owned subsidiary.

In the 2006 annual report, The Prince's Trust had a gross income of £56.8m and an expenditure of £40.8m.<ref>Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Main Charity 1079675, THE PRINCE'S TRUST. Charity Commission (2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-05.</ref>

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Footnotes 3 References 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Timeline

Refer to Prince's Trust History for a full chronology.

Year	Event
1976	The Prince of Wales launches the charity
1982	First fund-raising concert
1988	£40 million appeal is launched for The Prince's 40th birthday year
1990	The Prince's Trust Volunteers programme launched
1996	First rock concert in Hyde Park
1999	Trust charities are brought together as The Prince's Trust. This is recognised by HM The Queen at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace, when she grants it a Royal Charter
2000	The Trust is devolved. Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and each of the English regions now has it own Director and Council
2003	The 10,000th Development Award
2006	The Prince's Trust turns 30 with a 30th Birthday concert at the Tower of London, an ITV documentary, 'The Prince of Wales: Up Close', a live televised event on ITV, hosted by Ant & Dec and featuring the first interview with all three princes - Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry. The headliner stars were McFly who performed The Boys Are Back in Town. <ref>"It's my duty to help cure society's ills, says Prince", The Times, 2006-05-15. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.</ref>

[edit] Footnotes

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[edit] References

• Smith, David (15 October 2006). Prince launches TV ad to rescue the 'lost generation' of hoodies. The Observer. Retrieved on 2006-11-05.

[edit] See also

• Party in the Park

[edit] External link

• The Prince's Trust official web site