HRH Prince of Wales thanks Samsung for its support at The Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards 2014

On March 12^th, red carpets were rolled out at the ODEON at London’s Leicester Square for a star-studded event with celebrities you would normally expect to see at the premieres of blockbuster films. Crowds cheered as the HRH Prince of Wales arrived in style.

Over 1,600 supporters including celebrity and corporate patrons as well as family and friend supporters of The Prince’s Trust gathered on the day to show their support for 10^th anniversary of ‘The Prince’s Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards’.

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Every year, The Prince’s Trust holds 11 regional events and 1 grand final national event to recognise inspirational young people from across the UK who have made positive changes in their lives advancing into education, training and or employment. Many of these young people have had to struggle with lack of confidence, depression, violence and sometimes even drugs and alcohol abuse. Samsung UK has been the headline sponsor of these awards for 2 years running.

The ceremony, featured 7 category of awards recognising young people’s success in the areas of education, skills development, employment, enterprise and community support.

The finale was marked by the winner of the main ‘Samsung Young Achiever of the Year’ award, Carly Williams.

Carly battled a difficult childhood without parents since 5 years old and spent her teenage years isolated and suffering from depression and alcoholism. Through The Prince’s Trust’s Team Programme, she has recovered her confidence and is now pursuing a university degree. She is taking on a degree in Social Work with the determination to help others who are going through the same difficulties: a true inspiration for all.

The President and founder of The Prince’s Trust HRH Prince of Wales, who said, closed the ceremony,

“All our donors and sponsors make the difference, because we couldn’t do it without them.”

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In the weeks leading up to the event, Samsung successfully ran a ‘#ForwardThinking’ digital campaign which encouraged people to share the inspirational thoughts and stories behind The Prince’s Trust’s young people spreading positive and hopeful messages.

“Life is a journey, Enjoy the Ride” – Peter Higgs

“When you find that thing you love, Run with it” – Afsana Benozir

The Prince’s Trust is one of the UK’s largest and oldest youth charities and holds one of the most high profile and exclusive supporter networks. 

Samsung’s partnership with the Prince’s Trust is based on inspiring struggling young people through the educational Digital Classroom initiative – one of the many projects created by Samsung UK that demonstrate its successful drive to be a truly valued corporate citizen. 20^th March 2014 will see the opening of a Samsung Digital Classroom in the Prince’s Trust Kennington Centre, South London.

For view the inspirational stories from our ForwardThinking campaign please visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZijXSnXhBQ&list=UUwoQgQ1Gni0w_8KDsRFd9BQ

For more information on the awards and the winners, please visit:

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/celebrate_success/celebrate_success_2013-14.aspx