30 years of success
The Prince's Trust has helped more than 80,000 young people set
up in business since 1983.
What does the programme offer?
Start-up services and finance to help young people to explore
their business idea
Start-up services
- Training to give a taste of what they need to know and do to
start their own business
- One to one support to help explore and test their idea and turn
it into a business plan
- Mentoring and support to help them develop their business or
achieve alternative outcomes in education, training, volunteering
or work
- Start-up support and business offers for three
years
Start-up finance
- Low interest start-up loans of up to £4,000 for a sole trader
or up to £5,000 for a partnership
- Small start-up business grants in special circumstances
Who can apply?
Young people in the UK:
- Aged 18-30
- Unemployed or working fewer than 16 hours a week
- That have a business idea or some
ideas to explore
Key facts
Last year over 8,000 young people joined our programme to
explore self employment.
More than 2,000 people are currently volunteering as business
mentors.
The 2013/14 evaluation of the programme found that:
- 20% of young people that came onto the programme started a
business
- Over 2,000 young people started a business with our
support
Find out more and apply
Find out more about our Enterprise
programme, and apply online.