News - The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund

Highgrove rewards local charities in recognition for their hard work

Small grant beneficiaries visit Highgrove in recognition of their contribution within local communities.

Highgrove Enterprises were delighted to recognise the valuable contribution that four local charities have made in each of their communities during an afternoon at Highgrove on 15th April 2019. All four charities were awarded funding through the Small Grants Committee of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) in February 2019. Over the last 20 years, PWCF has awarded grants of more than £70 million to charitable projects in the UK and overseas.

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PWCF and Highgrove Enterprises support Bee Farming

Highgrove Enterprises is delighted to support The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) apprenticeship programme for the second time. QEST will use a grant awarded by The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF) to support Jack Silberrad to undertake an apprenticeship in bee keeping with The London Honey Company. The London Honey Company specialises in maintaining beehives for clients such as Highgrove Estate, Fortnum and Mason, the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum and various Michelin-starred restaurants.

Seven stories of impact for HRH's 70th birthday

As we celebrate our Founder The Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday, here is a short video with seven stories showing how The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund is helping to transform lives and build sustainable communities. Streetwise Opera, Hearts and Minds, Penny Brohn UK, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, BIGKID Foundation, The Thomas and Elizabeth Mayhook Charity and Send a Cow are seven of the many charities we are proud to support.

PWCF launches new logo and trading name

The Trustees of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation are delighted to launch the charity’s new logo and trading name: The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF). The new trading name and logo allows PWCF to communicate more clearly the work it does as a grant-giving organisation as it continues to support the charitable work of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and work alongside The Prince of Wales’s other core charities: The Prince Trust and The Prince’s Foundation.

Our Founder receives GQ Man of the Year Award

The Prince of Wales received the Editor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Philanthropy at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London on 5th September 2018. The award recognises almost 50 years of The Prince’s charitable work. It was presented to His Royal Highness by Dylan Jones, Editor of British GQ magazine.The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation (PWCF) along with His Royal Highnesses' core charities: The Prince's Trust and The Prince's Foundation, work across the world and the Commonwealth to raise over £150 million annually.

PWCF awards more than £72,000 to community projects

The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation (PWCF) has recently awarded more than £72,000 to 31 community-led projects across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The Trustees and The Prince of Wales anticipate that PWCF's grant making programme would make a significant difference to people and their communities.

The Prince of Wales's Charities update

The results of an independent review of The Prince's Charities were unveiled on Friday 9th March 2018. The review, carried out ahead of The Prince's 70th birthday was designed to improve the operating efficiency and long term sustainability of his charities. The work, led by former Marks & Spencer CEO, Marc Bolland, with the support of the Chief Executives of The Prince's Charities, also set out to ensure that The Prince's own time with the charities, whilst not being reduced, was used to greater effect.

Highgrove Enterprises pledges to be plastic free by end of 2018

Highgrove Enterprises is pleased to announce that from the end of 2018 the business will no longer use non-recyclable, single use plastic packaging in its products. For more than forty years, The Prince of Wales, Founder of Highgrove Enterprises, has been campaigning to raise awareness of the importance of recycling and waste management, including reducing the use of plastics.

PWCF partners with Oxford's Department of Plant Sciences

The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation (PWCF) is excited to collaborate with Oxford University's Department of Plant Sciences to support the work of Dr.Tonya Lander in tracking pollinator movement in agricultural landscapes.The award of over £100,000 will enable Dr.Lander to appoint two post-doctoral research assistants, PWCF Fellows. Once in post, the fellows will develop a novel tracking system which could be used not only for pollinating insects, but also other beneficial insects such as parasitoids, insect pests such as locusts, and invasive species such as the Asian hornet.

PWCF receives over £3 million for charitable causes

Waitrose Duchy Organic, the brand originally founded by HRH The Prince of Wales as 'Duchy Originals', generated over £3m for The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation (PWCF). An annual donation from the sale of Waitrose Duchy Organic products is given to PWCF to support charitable causes ranging from farming charities and disaster relief appeals to hospices and youth organisations.