£10m donation to Prince’s Trust supporting work with young people
The newly created Julia Rausing Trust has announced a £10 million donation to the Prince’s Trust to support its work with young people, including funding for its Women Supporting Women initiative. The grant will provide three-year funding for programmes in London and the South West that help young people aged 11-30 to build confidence, get a job or start a business.
Women Supporting Women was established at The Prince’s Trust in 2018 to help young women who face disadvantage and adversity to transform their lives. The initiative accelerates goals for gender parity and improves targeted support, ensuring more young women gain from the Trust’s programmes helping young people into jobs, self-employment, education or training.
The Prince’s Trust Chair, John Booth, said,
“The Prince’s Trust remembers and celebrates Julia with great fondness, as a philanthropic leader who inspired others and cared deeply about making a difference to the lives of others. She always loved visiting the projects she supported, meeting young people and their families, and hearing about the lives and experiences of those she helped.
It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with Hans and Julia as key supporters of The Prince’s Trust over many years. Julia was a person of immense warmth and humanity, and we are delighted to be able to commemorate Julia’s passion for our work and her commitment to helping young people to flourish and overcome adversity.”
The Prince’s Trust CEO, Jonathan Townsend, said:
“All of us here at The Trust are immensely grateful for Julia’s remarkable kindness and generosity. She leaves an inspiring legacy of hope for all young people, no matter what adversities they face.
“Julia was a visionary philanthropist, displaying exceptional generosity to the communities that mattered to her most. Her impact lives on even after her passing, and I know she would have been enormously proud that her funding will change the prospects of thousands of young people who need our help. Crucially, it will allow us to expand our support for young women by further removing barriers, accelerating the presence of young women on tech and digital programmes, as well as improving our targeted support.
“Julia always shared our belief that when young people succeed, all of society benefits, and we are committed to giving them the opportunities and support they need to realise their potential. Without a doubt, this donation will have a substantial impact on young people’s lives, both now and into the future.”