Prince Charles is looking forward to the Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards tomorrow (26.03.13).
The awards celebrate the brightest stars of his trust – set up in 1976 to give opportunities to disadvantaged young people and help them succeed in the workplace – and the British royal is excited to meet with some of the scheme’s brightest stars.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper he said: ”I will be attending the annual Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards which recognise just a fraction of the young people my Trust supports every year.
”I will meet young people who have overcome issues such as abuse and depression to turn their lives around.”
The prince also talked about his future plans for the trust’s Enterprise Programme – which helps young people in self employment – and fundraising for the future.
He added: ”The Enterprise Programme helps the hardest-to-reach young people work out if their business ideas are viable and if self-employment is right for them. The scheme offers a low-interest loan to cover start-up costs and, crucially, a dedicated business mentor who is there to steer them in the right direction in those first few years of self-employment.
”In the year ahead, my Prince’s Trust aims to increase the number of young people it supports. To do this, the charity needs to raise more than £1 million a week. Funding is vital and I am eternally grateful to the public and businesses who donate thereby enabling this work to continue. I hope it goes without saying how vitally important it is to inspire and nurture the next generation and, above all, to give them the skills – both practical and social – which they so badly need to succeed in this increasingly challenging world.”