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Beneficiaries
Prince's Trust
Around one in five young people in the UK are not in work, education or training. Youth unemployment costs the UK economy £10 million a day in lost productivity, while youth crime costs £1 billion every year. We address this by giving practical and financial support to the young people who need it most. We help develop key skills, confidence and motivation, enabling young people to move into work, education or training.
We run programmes that encourage young people to take responsibility for themselves – helping them build the life they choose rather than the one they’ve ended up with:
Wellchild
WellChild is the national charity for sick children. The charity helps seriously ill children and their families throughout the UK as they deal with complex medical conditions.
WellChild is not limited to a single illness but tries to offer help to young people whatever their condition.
The charity’s work focuses on three key areas: Care – through our WellChild Nurses who support sick children at home. Support – through our Helping Hands projects which give practical help such as garden makeovers. Research – we have invested more than £20 million in children’s health projects.
This year WellChild’s Reach Out for Sick Children appeal aims to increase the number of WellChild Children’s Nurses working throughout the UK to with seriously ill children and young people helping them to leave hospital to be cared for at home with their families.
The overwhelming evidence shows that most children and their families benefit from being in hospital for the shortest possible time.
Sometimes hospital stays are essential – but not always. The value of WellChild Children’s Nurses is that they allow children to leave hospital earlier AND make sure they have everything they need to be cared for at home. That way, the emotional, practical and financial problems which can be caused for both the child and the family by long stays in hospital is limited.
Ebony Horse Club
Ebony Horse Club is a charity that helps to improve the life skills, education and aspirations of some of the most disadvantaged children and young people growing up in Brixton, South London, by providing access to horse riding, outdoor activities and mentoring. Ebony uses access to horses and riding to teach five key social skills: punctuality, regular attendance, commitment to improvement, team work and exam preparation.
Ebony Horse Club emerged out of the Accra Youth and Football Club in 1996 when Ros Spearing raised funds to start a riding programme for the children on her estate.
As a resident on the Moorlands Estate Ros Spearing, now Director of Ebony, witnessed first hand the lack of activities, youth crime and negative challenges faced by local children.
Understanding the therapeutic benefits, especially in raising self-confidence and improving social interaction, and the alternative environment that horse riding could bring to inner city children, Ros raised funds to take children from the estate horse riding. Ebony has been growing ever since. The work and mentoring Ebony provides now extends to approximately 90 children a year.
The Chakravarty Cup 2010 donated more than £150,000 to the following charities:
The Chakravarty Cup 2009 donated more than £56,000 to the following charities:
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