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In response to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) has made available £150,000 to more than 30 non-profit organizations supporting some of the most deprived communities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

PWCF’s COVID-19 Recovery Fund is enabling the organizations to deliver much needed health & wellbeing, social inclusion, education and environmental projects, and lessen the impact of the pandemic on children and young people, as well as the elderly and wider community.

Record sales and a new look for UK’s largest organic supermarket brand - Waitrose has revealed its organic range, Waitrose Duchy Organic,  has generated over £30m for The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund, since the brand was licensed exclusively to Waitrose just over a decade ago. 

The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) and The Prince’s Trust, continue to transform lives during the pandemic. A grant of £1.5m over three years from PWCF has enabled The Prince’s Trust to establish and grow its delivery in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The additional COVID-19 emergency grant of £150,000 provided to Prince’s Trust New Zealand has helped the start-up to implement more resilient ways to support young people.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF), a subsidiary of The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF) is opening for grant applications of up to £10,000 on Tuesday 2nd February thanks to support from Barclays.

In April 2020, Barclays announced a £100m Community Aid Package to support charities that are helping people and communities most impacted by Covid-19. £10m of this funding has been donated through their 100x100 UK Covid-19 Community Relief Programme, with the PCF being one of 100 UK charities each receiving a donation of £100,000, allowing their important work to continue.

The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund has awarded more than £3.5m over eight years towards the Innovative Farmers Duchy Future Farming Programme at Soil Association. The programme is funded through sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic products which promote good farming, good food and good causes.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF) has awarded over £200,000 of grant funding to 27 community-led projects across the UK, which are working to create resilient rural communities. Since 2010, PCF a subsidiary of The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, has distributed over £10 million in funding to nearly 400 projects.