Education & Young People Poverty & Inclusion 2023
The Prince's Trust

The Prince's Trust Impact Report 2022/23

The Prince's Trust is one of the UK's leading youth charities, supporting young people aged 11-30 who are unemployed or struggling at school to develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn. Founded in 1976 by HM The King, the Trust has now helped over one million young people. In 2022/23, it supported 66,928 young people across 72,290 course places, with three in four moving into work, education or training on completion. 35% of new participants lived in the most deprived communities. Programmes span education, employability, enterprise and financial grants (Development Awards). The Trust also worked with partner charities to support a further 32,000 young people internationally through Prince's Trust Canada, Australia, International and Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Education programmes (Achieve, Mosaic, Enterprise Challenge); employability programmes (Team, Explore, Get Started, Get into, Health & Social Care); Enterprise programme for aspiring business founders; Development Awards (financial grants); Get into Digital and Digital Skills Festivals; nature and conservation courses; refugee and asylum seeker bespoke programmes Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

📊Key Metrics

66,928 young people supported across 72,290 course places in 2022/23, with three in four moving into work, education or training after completing a programme Key Metric 1
35% of young people new to The Trust in 2022/23 were living in the most deprived communities across the UK; 29% had experienced a mental health challenge Key Metric 2
3,420 corporate volunteers engaged — an increase of 1,120 on the previous year — collectively supporting more than 8,000 young people across the UK Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Around 70% of young people improved their confidence, communication and ability to set and achieve goals while on a Prince's Trust programme, with more than 15,800 qualifications awarded in 2022/23 alone and over one million young people helped since the charity was founded in 1976
  • Support to refugee communities doubled in the financial year, with nine in ten young people in this group living in the most deprived areas of the UK — reflecting the Trust's expanded place-based strategy targeting areas of highest youth unemployment, deprivation and diversity
  • More than 1,000 young people developed skills for tech sector careers through Get into Digital programmes, with the Trust also launching Digital Skills Festivals and nature and conservation courses aligned to green economy career pathways

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