Timeline
Year | Event |
---|---|
1976 | The Prince of Wales launches the charity. |
1982 | First fund-raising concert (May 14th 1982, featuring Status Quo at the Birmingham NEC) |
1986 | The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in Wembley Arena to celebrate first 10 years of the Trust. |
1988 | £40 million appeal is launched for the Prince's 40th birthday year. |
1990 | The Prince's Trust Volunteers programme launched. |
1996 | First rock concert in Hyde Park. |
1999 | Trust charities are brought together as The Prince's Trust. This is recognised by HM The Queen at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace, when she grants it a Royal Charter. |
2000 | The Trust is devolved. Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and each of the English regions now has it own Director and Council but overall control remains in London. |
2002 | BBC News and general media outlets report on Dee Narga’s high profile tribunal claim. The former Asian, Prince’s Trust, divisional director claimed she suffered sexual discrimination and unfair constructive dismissal. |
2003 | The Prince's Trust loses appeal in high profile tribunal case, former, black Manchester City football star Darren Beckford, suffered racial discrimination and victimisation by a director and assistant director at the Trust. He was brought in to lead a project in Manchester for black and Asian young people under the title "Don't Let Us be a Minority". |
2003 | The 10,000th Development Award. |
2003 | Volunteers programme renamed Team programme. |
2003 | Prince's Trust Council restrict help to four "core groups" of young people. |
2006 | The Prince's Trust turns 30 with a 30th Birthday concert at the Tower of London, an ITV documentary, The Prince of Wales: Up Close, a live televised event on ITV and featuring the first interview with all three princes – Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry. |
2008 | Controversy over Sainsbury family legacy and Bill Gates donation. |
2008 | 25th anniversary of the Enterpise Programme. |
2009 | The Prince's Trust criticised for making a donation of £10,050 to the Conservative Party via Women2Win. The Charity Commission investigates whether The Prince’s Trust has broken charity law. |
2009 | Controversy over Jason Kanabus Fund & spending of donation |
Read more about this topic: The Prince's Trust