The Prince's Charities
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The Prince's Charities is a group of twenty not-for-profit organisations of which HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron or President, eighteen of which were founded personally by The Prince. The group is supported by The Prince's Charities Foundation
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Most of the charities are independent of each other and all are run by their own boards who are responsible for the charities. The Prince of Wales is President of all the charities and founded 17 of them, but as President he is a figurehead and public face for the charities involved and has no legal responsibility.
In Autumn 2010, The Prince published a book ‘Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World’, and film, articulating the principles and underlying philosophies of many of these charities.
took up the new position of Director of Charities to HRH the Prince of Wales, with particular responsibility for the development and good governance of the 16 operational charities in which HRH had a particular interest.
By 2005 the group of 16 charities had been given a new identity, “The Prince’s Charities” and the Charities Office had developed new policies and procedures for the group.
By 2007/8 the Charities Office at Clarence House
employed the full time equivalent of 8.5 staff, with more staff being recruited. The costs of the Charities Office are paid for by The Prince's Charities Foundation
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In 2008 the aim of The Prince’s Charities was said to be “to improve the overall effectiveness of the group, building on shared strengths to ensure their long term success and sustainability”.
In addition to independent charities, His Royal Highness has established a number of separate charitable initiatives which include: Mosaic; a Muslim Youth Mentoring campaign, The Prince's Wool Project; to support the U.K Wool industry, START; to help promote sustainable living, The Cambrian Mountain Initiative; to support the economy in this area of Wales, The Prince's Rainforest Project; to Protect Rainforests. 2011 sees the development of The Pakistan Recovery Fund, an initiative established by His Royal Highness to support the post floods recovery of 2010.
The Prince's Charities Foundation
The Prince’s Charities Foundation was founded by The Prince of Wales in 1979 and was previously called the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation. The intention of the Prince’s Charities Foundation is to support charitable bodies and purposes in which the Prince of Wales has a particular interest...
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Most of the charities are independent of each other and all are run by their own boards who are responsible for the charities. The Prince of Wales is President of all the charities and founded 17 of them, but as President he is a figurehead and public face for the charities involved and has no legal responsibility.
In Autumn 2010, The Prince published a book ‘Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World’, and film, articulating the principles and underlying philosophies of many of these charities.
The Development of The Prince's Charities Group
During 2003/4 a small Charities Office was set up in the Office of the Prince of Wales. In 2004 Sir Tom ShebbeareTom Shebbeare
Sir Tom Shebbeare, KCVO, is Director of Charities to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.Shebbeare was educated at Malvern College and the University of Exeter, of which he was made an honorary LLD in 2005....
took up the new position of Director of Charities to HRH the Prince of Wales, with particular responsibility for the development and good governance of the 16 operational charities in which HRH had a particular interest.
By 2005 the group of 16 charities had been given a new identity, “The Prince’s Charities” and the Charities Office had developed new policies and procedures for the group.
By 2007/8 the Charities Office at Clarence House
Clarence House
Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall, in the City of Westminster. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is since then the official residence of The...
employed the full time equivalent of 8.5 staff, with more staff being recruited. The costs of the Charities Office are paid for by The Prince's Charities Foundation
The Prince's Charities Foundation
The Prince’s Charities Foundation was founded by The Prince of Wales in 1979 and was previously called the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation. The intention of the Prince’s Charities Foundation is to support charitable bodies and purposes in which the Prince of Wales has a particular interest...
.
In 2008 the aim of The Prince’s Charities was said to be “to improve the overall effectiveness of the group, building on shared strengths to ensure their long term success and sustainability”.
In addition to independent charities, His Royal Highness has established a number of separate charitable initiatives which include: Mosaic; a Muslim Youth Mentoring campaign, The Prince's Wool Project; to support the U.K Wool industry, START; to help promote sustainable living, The Cambrian Mountain Initiative; to support the economy in this area of Wales, The Prince's Rainforest Project; to Protect Rainforests. 2011 sees the development of The Pakistan Recovery Fund, an initiative established by His Royal Highness to support the post floods recovery of 2010.
Charities in the Prince's Charities Group
The charities in the Prince's Charities group are often grouped according to the areas of charitable activity that they are involved with.Opportunity and Enterprise
- The Prince's TrustThe Prince's TrustThe Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people. They run a range of training programmes, provide mentoring support and offer financial grants to build the confidence and motivation of disadvantaged young people...
- The Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust
- PRIME
- PRIME Cymru
- The Prince's Youth Business InternationalThe Prince's Youth Business InternationalThe Prince’s Youth Business International is a not-for-profit organisation, which via a global networked community provides young people with the opportunity to start their own business – through a combination of access to capital, business development services and experienced mentoring...
- The British Asian Trust
Education
- The Prince's Drawing School
- The Prince's School of Traditional ArtsThe Prince's School of Traditional ArtsThe Prince's School of Traditional Arts is a school in London which teaches students at the postgraduate degree level, and short open courses and in the community....
- The Prince's Teaching Institute
- The Prince's Foundation for Children and The ArtsThe Prince's Foundation for Children and The ArtsThe Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is an independent educational charity that provides access to professional arts venues for young people in the UK who would otherwise grow up having had no, or very limited opportunity, to engage with the arts....
The Built Environment
- The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment
- The Prince's Regeneration TrustThe Prince's Regeneration TrustThe Prince’s Regeneration Trust is one of The Prince's Charities, a group of 19 charities of which HRH The Prince of Wales is President.The Prince's Regeneration Trust works throughout the United Kingdom to ensure that important historic buildings at risk of demolition or decay are preserved,...
- The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries HouseDumfries HouseDumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around 3 km west of Cumnock. It was built in the 1750s by John Adam and Robert Adam for William Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Dumfries, and inherited in due course by the Marquesses of Bute, in...
Trust - The Turquoise Mountain FoundationTurquoise Mountain FoundationTurquoise Mountain Foundation is a non-governmental organization operating in Afghanistan, legally established in Scotland as a component charity of The Prince's Charities...
Responsible Business and the Natural Environment
- The Prince's Countryside Fund
- Business in the CommunityBusiness in the CommunityBusiness in the Community is a British business-community outreach charity promoting responsible business, CSR, corporate responsibility, and is one of the Prince's Charities of Charles, Prince of Wales....
- Scottish Business in the Community
- The Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
- Arts & Business
- In Kind DirectIn Kind DirectIn Kind Direct is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1996 by HRH Prince Charles. The charity redistributes surplus goods from manufacturers and retailers to UK charities working both domestically and abroad...