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The King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust) is a
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-based charity founded in 1976 by
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(then
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) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are unemployed or struggling at school and at risk of exclusion. Many of the young people helped by the trust face issues such as homelessness, disability, mental health problems, or trouble with the law. It runs a range of training programmes, providing practical and financial support to build young people's confidence and motivation. In 1999, the numerous trust charities were brought together as the Prince's Trust and acknowledged by
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at a ceremony in
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where she granted it a
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. The following year it devolved in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and other English regions but overall control remained in London. The King's Trust fundraising and campaign events are often hosted by and feature entertainers from around the world. The King's Trust is one of the most successful funding organisations in the UK and is the UK's leading youth charity, having helped over 1,000,000 young people turn their lives around, created 125,000 entrepreneurs, and given business support to 395,000 people in the UK. From 2006 to 2016, its work for the youth has been worth an estimated £1.4 billion. In 2019, the then Prince's Trust signed a partnership with the
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to support 10,000 young people (16-to-30-year-olds) into health and social care jobs. This initiative aims to future-proof the sector, provide employment opportunities to young people, and support the department's "widening participation" goals, increasing the diversity of its workforce. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth and the ascension of Charles to the throne, the Prince's Trust was renamed the King's Trust.


Governance

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founded the then Prince's Trust and is now its president, a figurehead position with no legal responsibility. The King's Trust Council are the trustees of the charity and are legally responsible for management, administration and deciding policy. Tom Ilube became Chair of The King’s Trust Council in July 2024, taking over from John Booth who was the chairman of the then Prince’s Trust Council from July 2018 to 2024. Sir Lloyd Dorfman CBE, previously held this position, before becoming the chairman of Prince's Trust International. Nick Stace, the former chief executive of the Trust, joined in October 2017, replacing Dame Martina Milburn DCVO CBE who was a member of the board and group chief executive for the Prince's Trust. At the end of 2019, Jonathan Townsend took over as interim CEO – a position made permanent in spring 2020. On 10 November 2023 it was announced the Prince's Trust, and all Prince's Trust charities globally, intend to become the King's Trust. The change enables the group of charities to retain proximity to their founder, the King, and reflects his passion for the charity's mission to help young people into work, education and training.


Staff

In 2019 the then Prince's Trust employed 1241 people, including 1106 people who worked in charitable purposes and support, and 235 in fundraising. The cost of employing these staff is £38 million a year and is the organisation's single biggest expenditure. Martina Milburn, former chief executive of the Prince's Trust Group (covering the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States and International), who joined the Trust in 2004 and was appointed group chief executive in 2017, stepped down from this role in September 2022. Previously she worked as the chief executive of BBC Children in Need. Jonathan Townsend was formally appointed chief executive officer of Prince's Trust UK in April 2020, following an interim period. He was previously the CEO of Prince's Trust International. Will Straw was appointed chief executive officer of Prince's Trust International in summer 2020.


Ambassadors

The King's Trust consist of different kinds of Ambassadors: The first are young ambassadors, these are young leaders who are volunteers and support the King's Trust in different ways including motivating other young people and winning contributors and the media about the work the King's Trust do. The second are job ambassadors. This group has taken part in a King's Trust programme and have graduated from being a Young Ambassador. They are then employed by the King's Trust and work to inspire, motive and assist the young people in fulfilling the programmes they enrol in. Lastly, there are celebrity ambassadors who help raise awareness of the work that is done by the King's Trust in young people's lives. Celebrity ambassadors also involve themselves by visiting the young people during courses and programmes, host and help fundraising events and additionally start and support campaigns for the King's Trust. Current Celebrity Ambassadors include:
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, Jeremy Irons, Tom Hardy, Geri Halliwell,
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, Justin Packshaw,
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Gemma Arterton Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is a British actress. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature-film debut in the comedy '' St Trinian's'' (2007). She p ...
and
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. In 2017, the then Prince's Trust recruited Tom Fletcher and Giovanna Fletcher as the charity's first Digital Celebrity Ambassadors, following the great support they had given following their attendance at our Celebrate Success Awards. In May 2023, Phillip Schofield was removed as an ambassador as the charity said it was "no longer appropriate" for it to work with the former television presenter due to his affair with a younger employee.


Subsidiaries

The trust has five charitable subsidiaries, each of which has its own board of trustees: King's Trust International, King's Trust Australia, King's Trust Canada, King's Trust New Zealand, and King's Trust America. In 2019, the then Prince's Trust International also operated in Barbados, Greece, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Malta and Pakistan. The trust also has one non-charitable subsidiary, King's Trust Trading Limited, which is responsible for the trust's commercial activities.


The King's Trust Group

The King's Trust Group's mission is to transform lives and build sustainable communities across the world. Together, the group of the then Prince's Trust charities supported around 90,000 people during 2019–20. Established in 2018, the King's Trust Group includes the work of the King's Trust in the UK alongside a group of charities including
King's Trust InternationalKing's Trust AustraliaKing's Trust New ZealandKing's Trust Canada
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King's Trust USA
Through the King's Trust Group young people are supported to access education, employment and self-employment in Australia, Barbados, Canada, Greece, India, Jordan, Malta, New Zealand and Pakistan. During 2019–20, the then Prince's Trust Group started supporting young people in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Malaysia. Similar projects were later launched in Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria. The
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is the Global Founding Patron of the King's Trust Group. American singer and songwriter,
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, is the founding Global Ambassador and Chairman of the Global Ambassador Group.


Finances

In 2009–10 the then Prince's Trust charity, and its trading subsidiary, Prince's Trust Trading Ltd, had a total income of nearly £36 million, and expenditure of £38 million. Facing the impact of the economic climate and a decline in funding it drew on its reserves, which stand at £22 million, representing roughly six months operating costs. The King's Trust is one of the 100 largest charities in the UK ranked by expenditure.


Income

Between 2006 and 2016, its work is reported to be worth an estimated £1.4 billion.


Generating income


Income from charitable activities

It is unclear how much money in total came from the European Union (EU), as although some money (£4 million) is declared as coming directly, other money can be channelled indirectly through other organisations. Previously much of the EU money for the then Prince's Trust came from the European Social Fund (ESF) and could only be spent to help young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). Some of the ESF money went directly to the Prince's Trust (£816,000 2006/7), but mostly it went to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) who "doubled it up" with government money that then had the same restrictions placed on it. Some LSC money was given directly to the Prince's Trust (£1.3 million 2006/7) but the majority went to the regional LSC offices who took out contracts with the regional Prince's Trust offices to provide services for unemployed young people. The ESF money was channelled through so many routes it is difficult to determine how much it amounted to, but in 2006 the funding provided by the LSC to the Prince's Trust in total came to approximately £11 million, although clearly these figures have decreased somewhat in recent years.


=Fundraising events

= The trust still has some fundraising events, including a Rock Gala that aired on 25 December 2010 on
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. In 2012, the Prince's Trust was one of the main beneficiaries of Bob Finch and Michael Holland's Oil Aid.


Expenditure

The Prince's Trust expenditure of £38.2 million was made up of £30 million spent on charitable activities with the rest being spent on administration and other costs. The £30 million spent on charitable activities was divided between the different programme areas such as the Team programme and the Enterprise programme. £1.2 million went on grants to young people and institutions.


Charitable activities

The King's Trust has seven main types of charitable activity. * The Enterprise programme helps young people start a business. * The Team Programme is a 12-week personal development course, offering work experience, practical skills, community projects and a residential week. * Get intos are short courses offering training and experience in a specific sector to help young people get a job. * Get Starteds are short courses that give people the chance to take part in a week of activities to grow their confidence and skills. * Fairbridge offers a mix of group activities and one-to-one support for young people. * Development Awards are small monetary grants given to young people to help them get some training, education or a job. * Achieve clubs are held in schools, or through the Trust's centres for those outside of education. * Mosaic runs programmes in primary and secondary schools to link young people with role models to boost their confidence.


Enterprise programme

The Enterprise programme is the offer for which the King's Trust is best known for. Helping young people to become their own boss by starting a business, 18 to 30-year-olds are given practical, mentoring and financial support of up to £5,000. As part of the programme, each young person is appointed a business mentor who provide one-to-one support for up to two years to develop and grow their business, acting as a sounding board to share thoughts and concerns, as well as empowering them to make their own decisions. The King's Trust has helped 86,845 young people to set up in business since 1983. The King's Trust offers Enterprise Online, to enable 18 to 30-year-olds to explore becoming their own boss, learning at their own pace with dedicated support along the way. From developing quick pitches to get investors interested in your business to marketing strategy advice to bring in sales, it has everything young people need – including access to mentors to help them achieve their goals.


Team programme

Team is a 12-week personal development programme which gives young people that are NEET (not in education, employment or training) and aged 16–25 the chance to gain new skills, complete a qualification and meet new people through team-building activities, a residential trip, community project and work placement. The course is usually run by a local organisation known as the delivery partner. 205,063 young people have participated in the 12-week Team programme since its launch in 1990. The people going on Team are usually unemployed, and if they are receiving Jobseekers' Allowance and other benefits they are still able to receive these whilst on the course. People going on the course also get their travel expenses and other costs paid. Some people in employment also go on part of a course but their employer has to pay a course fee of £1,250 to the King's Trust. The King's Trust employs fundraisers with "proven sales experience" to persuade employers to pay for their employees to go on the King's Trust Team Course. In 2006/7 the then Prince's Trust received nearly £687,000 from employer's fees for Team courses. As part of the programme participants go on a trip to an outbound activity centre where they focus on communication, teamwork and confidence building. Later in the programme they work on their Maths and English skills, and give back to their local community by volunteering, raising awareness and fundraising for causes that matter to them. Participants also complete a two-week work experience placement.


Get into

Get intos are short courses that give young people experience and training in a specific sector, to allow them to gain employability skills to move into work. Focus industries include retail, rail, construction, logistics and hospitality. In 2017, the then Prince's Trust launched Employability Online, to enable 18 to 30-year-olds to gain the essential skills they need to secure the job they want. From understanding what job is right for you to tips on making your CV stand out, it has everything young people need – including access to e-mentors to help them achieve their goals.


Get Started

Get Starteds are short courses that give young people the chance to take part in a week of activities that allow them to develop skills with help from industry experts. Working with partners including the Premier League, ASOS and Sony, they work towards a group challenge while developing skills and confidence.


Fairbridge

The Fairbridge programme offered group activities and one-to-one support for young people to develop skills and confidence. It started with a five-day Access course delivered from one of The Trust's 10 centres across the UK, and included a residential trip. Once the Access course was complete, young people could choose from a range of activities, from sports to drama and photography to cooking, to help them reach their goals. In 2016, L'Oréal Paris partnered with the then Prince's Trust to develop a confidence training course for the Fairbridge programme, covering relationships, body language and employability. As the Prince's Trust took over Fairbridge in 2012, it became liable for claims brought forward by individuals who were sent by the programme's previous iteration between 1909 and 1980 to "farm schools" in Australia and Canada for "opportunity and education" and then suffered cruelty, mistreatment and sexual abuse. In November, the
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determined that each claimant could be entitled to £204,000, but the Prince's Trust announced in 2023 that it would pay the 328 survivors £1,000-£2,000 each because it had set aside "insufficient moneys" for the claims. The sum set aside has not been announced, but is thought to be £1.275 million. The incident resulted in the Old Fairbridgians Association, which represents the survivors, writing to the King and asking him to intervene. The trust had formally apologised to the survivors in 2018 and set up a mechanism to manage compensation in 2020.


Achieve programme

The King's Trust education programme, Achieve (formerly known as xl clubs) provides young people at risk of underachieving and exclusion the chance to try new activities to boost their confidence, while gaining a recognised qualification. Delivered in schools, youth centres, pupil referral units, youth offender institutions and King's Trust centres, the course allows young people to explore personal and social development; life skills; active citizenship; enterprise; and skills to prepare them for work. In 2006/7 the then Prince's Trust spent £4 million on the xl programme and of this £298,000 consisted of grants to clubs, £1.26 million was spent on Prince's Trust staff costs and £2.3 million on other direct costs and support costs.


Development Awards

The King's Trust Development Awards remove young people's financial barriers to enable them to take the next step into work, education or training. Covering course fees, transport or equipment, eligible young people can receive up to £500.


Mosaic Mentoring

Mosaic moved into the Prince's Trust in April 2016. Its programmes – which run in primary and secondary schools and prisons and include an Enterprise challenge competition – aim to bridge the aspirations-attainment gap by linking young people with inspirational role models and helping boost their confidence, self-efficacy and long-term employability.


Future Leaders

The Future Leaders programme gives young people the foundations of leadership and teamwork. The programme was launched by Prince's Trust Goodwill Ambassador
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in May 2019.


Get Hired

Get Hired is a monthly recruitment event run by the Trust. At each event, up to 20 employers with live entry-level vacancies do ten-minute interviews with candidates.


The Jason Kanabus Fund

The Jason Kanabus Fund was created from the £2.5 million left to the Prince's Trust by Jason Kanabus, a young farmer in
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who died from cancer in July 2006. He left his money to the Prince's Trust, with the request that the income was used to help young people become established in farming.


Awards

The King's Trust celebrates the achievements of young people each year through its King's Trust Awards (formerly known as Celebrate Success Awards). Sponsored by TK Maxx and HomeSense, these series of awards events are an opportunity to pay tribute to the bravery, determination and sheer hard work that the young people demonstrate. The process begins each summer when staff, volunteers, partners and supporters nominate the exceptional young people they've met. In each of the regions and countries, judging panels select finalists in seven award categories. Throughout the autumn the Trust holds 11 Oscar-style regional award ceremonies across the country before hosting a national final in London where the red carpet is rolled out. Hosted by Ant and Dec and attended by a range of celebrity ambassadors, including Thierry Henry, Gemma Arterton and Emilia Fox, it recognises the Young Achiever of the Year, Young Ambassador of the Year and many more. And since 2022, it airs on ITV


Timeline


Impact in the United Kingdom and beyond

Since establishing in 1976, the King's Trust has helped over 1,000,000 young people turn their lives around in the UK through money and advice from the charity and returned through in the last 10 years alone. Additionally, the King's Trust has helped more than 90,000 young people to set up in business since 1983. The outcome of the fund's activities has been studied by many groups. A study by Meager et al in 2006 found


Collaboration with artists

The King's Trust has worked with artists such as: * 1982:
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See also

* The Prince's Charities * Party in the Park


References


External links


Official website of the King's Trust

King's Trust YouTube channel
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kings Trust King's Trust, Organisations based in the City of London Organizations established in 1976 Social welfare charities based in the United Kingdom 1976 establishments in the United Kingdom International charities