HRH The Prince of Wales set up The Prince's Trust in 1976, with the goal of helping young people fulfil their potential.
HRH had just left the Navy and was looking for ways he could contribute his time and energy to help people. HRH realised that many young people were being excluded from society because of barriers they faced.
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.
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