December 2011
RBS supports the next generation of UK enterprise
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc is the
largest corporate supporter of The Trust's Enterprise Programme,
providing disadvantage young people with access to funding and
mentor support to enable them to start up in business.
The relationship between The Prince’s Trust and The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc dates back over a decade, but more recently
has focused on RBS’s commitment to enterprise in 
disadvantaged communities across the UK and
reaffirms RBS’s role as the UK’s leading bank for small and medium
enterprises.
RBS and The Trust work closely together to highlight the
benefits of our partnership. RBS underlines its commitment to UK
enterprise through its sponsorship of the national and regional
Enterprise Awards at Celebrate
Success. The group has also supported ground-breaking reports,
such as Cost of Exclusion, Broke, Not Broken, and our Make it Happen book: The Prince’s Trust
Guide to Starting Your Own Business.
RBS Employees: fundraisers extraordinaire
The partnership has proved an ideal platform for engaging
RBS employees, with over a quarter of a million pounds raised and
hundreds of volunteering and business mentoring opportunities taken
up by staff in 2011. It is thanks to their energy and talent, that
together we will be able to support 11,500 disadvantaged young
people to a brighter future.
Our award winning partnership has been commended at a number of
industry awards and we were thrilled that our partnership won an
unprecedented five awards at the Corporate Engagement Awards
2011.
Martina Milburn, CEO, Prince’s Trust said:
RBS’s support of The Prince’s Trust is not only
the benchmark for corporate organisations supporting charitable
enterprise, but provides a blueprint for long term, successful
corporate sponsorships across sectors.’ Corporate Engagement Awards
2011
She continued, "I would like to say a huge thank you to The
Royal Bank of Scotland Group and their employees for all their
continued commitment to our work. We are proud to count RBS as a
Platinum Patron and look forward to working together over the next
couple of years to get even more young lives working."