Our Current Development Awards Offers

Development Awards can help to cover the cost of course fees, tools or equipment to help you achieve your goals. We can offer up to £250 per young person, and up to £500 if that young person is a care leaver.

These awards can be granted for things such as:

• Course materials, such as books, equipment etc

• SIA Cards

• Funding for courses

• ID, such as passports or driving licenses

• Travel cards

• Clothing for work or interviews

To be eligible, you must be:

• Aged 16-30 and living in the UK

• Studying less than 14 hours a week or not in compulsory education

• Unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week

FREE Vodafone 20GB SIM Cards

Fill in this form to receive a free SIM card.

Our new SIM card offer is now available for young people across Greater Manchester!

With the help of Vodafone, we are supplying free 20GB SIM cards that will help young people in stay connected to help them progress into education, employment or training.

The SIMs contain 20GB of mobile data, unlimited calls and texts every month for six months.

To be eligible a young person must be:

• Aged 18-25

• Living in Greater Manchester

• Not in education, employment or training

If you know a young person who would benefit from a free SIM card, submit an application on their behalf by:

• SENDING AN EMAIL TO DAGM@PRINCES-TRUST.ORG.UK EXPLAINING HOW THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A FREE SIM CARD

OR

• COMPLETING THIS FORM

Terms and conditions apply, and the SIM cards will be delivered within 7-10 days.

Interim Transport Offer

We are offering free 28-day bus passes to Care Leavers, based in Greater Manchester, aged between 21-25.

To apply, please reach out to your local Care Leaving Team to make the application on your behalf. These bus passes are available to support you moving into education, employment or training.

Interim Wi-Fi Offer

If you are aged 16-30, we are offering to provide a grant for pre-paid Wi-Fi dongles, so you can continue to access your education and your support networks throughout Covid-19, without impacting your phone’s data limit.

If you do not have Wi-Fi at home, or are struggling with your current allowance to reach out to others when you’re in need of support, we can provide these dongles directly to your home address, and provide top-ups on a monthly basis when required.

Computing Equipment Offer

If you are struggling to access our Prince’s Trust courses online as you do not currently have a computer at home, we are offering to provide a grant for tablets and laptops to support you in engaging in education, courses and training.

If you are currently in education and struggling to access your education online due to lack of equipment as a result of education moving online, we can also support you with a grant for a laptop/tablet to continue your engagement.

To be eligible, you must be:

• Aged 16-30, not in education, training or employment and need support getting into programmes offered by The Prince’s Trust

• Or aged 16-30, part of a ‘specialist group’ and require computing equipment for education/a course you have already enrolled on, or looking to enrol on.

How to apply

To enquire about your eligibility for one of the above Development Awards, or to refer a young person, please contact us by emailing DAGM@princes-trust.org.uk.