The Prince's Charities

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.

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 Shebbeare 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.

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 Trust
• The Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust
• PRIME
• PRIME Cymru
• The Prince's Youth Business International
• The British Asian Trust

Education

• The Prince's Drawing School
• The Prince's School of Traditional Arts
• The Prince's Teaching Institute
• The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts

The Built Environment

• The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment
• The Prince's Regeneration Trust
• The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust
• The Turquoise Mountain Foundation

Responsible Business and the Natural Environment

• The Prince's Countryside Fund
• Business in the Community
• Scottish Business in the Community
• The Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
• Arts & Business
• In Kind Direct

Closed charities

• The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health

The Prince's Charities Foundation

Main article: The Prince's Charities Foundation

The Prince's Charities Foundation also has a number of wholly owned subsidiary companies: Duchy Originals Ltd, the Prince's Charities Events, and Traditional Arts Ltd. The Highgrove Shop is part of the A.G. Carrick company.