Realising The Prince of Wales’s vision of creating communities for a more sustainable world
The Prince’s Foundation provides holistic solutions to challenges facing the world today. We champion a sustainable approach to how we live our lives and build our communities, we run a diverse programme of education and training for all ages and backgrounds, and we regenerate and care for places where communities thrive and that visitors enjoy.
We work nationally and internationally but at the heart of our organisation is the heritage-led regeneration of the Dumfries House estate and its wider community, where our principles and philosophies are explored and put into practice.
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The work of The Prince’s Foundation is inspired by The Prince of Wales’s philosophy of harmony: that by understanding the balance, the order and the relationships between ourselves and the natural world we can create a more sustainable future.
For more than 40 years His Royal Highness has been at the forefront of championing sustainability. During the last decade the impact of natural resource depletion, climate change and rapid urbanisation has become evident and widely understood. The work of The Prince’s Foundation is inspired by the belief that only by taking a holistic view can we create a sustainable future to meet the needs of our world.
The Prince’s Foundation was created through the merger, in 2018, of The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community, The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust and The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts.
What we do
Education
The Prince’s Foundation offers a diverse range of innovative and inspiring education and training programmes for all ages and backgrounds, from traditional arts and heritage craft skills, to architecture and design, science, engineering, horticulture, wellbeing and hospitality. Programmes take place within and beyond the charity’s sites, both nationally and internationally.
With a consistency of vision, developed over the last 40 years, The Prince’s Foundation brings together pioneering ideas and thought-leaders from around the world. It provides leadership and develops new ideas.
Practice
Working with communities and partners around the country and the world, The Prince’s Foundation practises and champions a sustainable approach to how we live our lives and build our communities. From heritage-led regeneration through to new build projects, we do this through assisting, advising and taking the lead.
Places
Whether coming to Dumfries House, enjoying one of our exhibitions in London, or visiting a building or community around the world that we have helped to transform, our places, their history and their stories are open to all and demonstrate how our principles and philosophies can be put into practice.
CONTACT
headquarters
Dumfries House, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ, 01290 425959
london
19–22 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3SG, 020 7613 8500, enquiries@princes-foundation.org
TRUSTEES
Dame Susan Bruce
Ms Sarah de Gay
Mrs Rosemary Hilary
Mr Michael Jary
Dame Ann Limb
Mr Sandy Manson
Mr Federico Marchetti
Mr Folarin Oyeleye
Mr George Richards
Mr Ewan Venters
ACCOUNTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS
Charity Number SC038770
Company Number SC331738
For The Prince's Foundation's entry on the Scottish Charity Regulator website, please use the link below.
See annual reports here.
WEDDINGS AND EVENTS
For more information on hosting a wedding, function or event with The Prince's Foundation please see here
FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
For more information on filming and photography at Prince's Foundation properties please see here