Tag: Prince’s Trust

Idris Elba and Prince’s Trust team up to launch Creative Futures project to create opportunities for young people in Manchester

Stuart Mitchell

The Elba Hope Foundation – founded by Idris and Sabrina Elba – has partnered with The Prince’s Trust on a new project to create opportunities for young people, launching today in Manchester. Creative Futures aims to inspire young people through the arts across Manchester. Over the next year, the project will provide free courses from The Prince’s Trust to help young people build the skills and confidence they need to find a job, train or start a business in the creative industries. Prince’s Trust alumnus Idris was supported by The Trust as…

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Clear Channel and The Prince’s Trust celebrate 20 years of partnership with a new Out of Home campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel, one of the UK’s leading Out of Home media and infrastructure companies, joined forces with The Prince’s Trust, a national charity supporting young people, to launch a new Out of Home campaign, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their partnership.   The artworks were creatively conceived and executed by The&Partnership as part of the wider ‘Class of Covid’ campaign that the charity first launched in October 2022 and has been highly commended at the Outdoor Media Awards earlier this year. ‘Class of Covid’ has become the cornerstone of The Prince’s…

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Five thousand young people secure employment in health and social care through Prince’s Trust programmes

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2019, The Princes Trust has provided free programmes to help thousands of young people across the country build the confidence and skills they need to start sustainable careers across a range of roles in the NHS and care sector. Roles have included clinical frontline work, administration, facilities, ambulance services and more. Many supported into employment and entry level roles have continued to upskill and progress on pathways into nursing and other specialities. Ruby Smith, Director of Health and Social Care at The Prince’s Trust, said: We could not be…

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The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024 , released recently, finds one in five (21 per cent) young people in the UK have missed school or work in the past year due to their mental health. Similar numbers (18 per cent) report a mental health issue has stopped them applying for a job or attending an interview (12 per cent) during the last 12 months. Over a quarter (29 per cent) worry their current employer would not support them if they experienced a mental health problem. The Youth Index is an…

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bp announces partnership with The Prince’s Trust to provide retail employment for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds

Stuart Mitchell

bp has entered into a partnership with The Prince’s Trust that will help up to 50 disadvantaged young people get into paid work across four programmes in the next year. A comprehensive ‘Get into Retail’ programme, designed by bp and The Prince’s Trust, will give participants valuable work experience, complemented by employability training. Sonya Adams, VP mobility and convenience retail for bp in the UK commented:  “We believe in the transformative power of opportunity. Partnering with The Prince’s Trust to launch ‘Get into Retail’ reflects our commitment to empowering disadvantaged…

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