Sarah Jones, Director The Prince's Trust Wales – Making a Difference to Young Peoples Lives

Brave Bold Brilliant Podcast

Jeannette talks to Sarah Jones, the Director of the Princes Trust in Wales, about the empowering, invaluable work she is doing to help make lives better.

From the many varied programs on offer, to the mentoring and guidance being offered to young people, Sarah candidly discusses the value provided by one of the most respected charities in the world, and why more efforts are needed to help make society a better place

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The Prince's Trust is a youth charity that works with individuals aged 11 to 30, providing support in education, employment, and enterprise.
• The organisation offers a range of programs, including Explore, Get Into, and Get Started, to help young people develop foundational skills, explore career paths, and start their own businesses.
• Youth development leads and volunteer mentors provide one-on-one mentoring and guidance to young people, helping them navigate the programs and achieve their goals.
• The Prince's Trust has a significant impact on the lives of young people, with success stories highlighting the transformative effect of the organisation's support.
• By empowering young individuals to succeed in education, employment, and entrepreneurship, the Prince's Trust is helping build a brighter future for Wales and its economy.

BEST MOMENTS

"I think there's a level of resilience that we had in that team that allowed us to do what we did."

"We change lives on a daily basis and I see it on a daily basis in the centre when those young people come through the door."

"It's a really sobering role, it is quite humbling in what we do."

"The outcomes are really tangible."

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Sarah Jones, Director of Delivery Prince’s Trust Cymru

Former international tennis player and high-performance coach. Has led and delivered tennis programmes around the world for an American Tennis specialist. Sarah then moved into sports administration leading the development arm of a county sports partnership in England. Sarah then returned to Wales to head up the safeguarding team at the WRU, before moving to Welsh gymnastics to lead growth of the sport at grassroots.

Sarah then moved into the CEO role at Wales Netball where in 5 years revolutionised the NGB by creating greater levels of commercial income, huge growth at grassroots level, taking Wales back into the world’s top 10 and modernising the NGBs governance structures ensuring it was left on a solid financial footing.

Sarah recently left the sports sector to start a role as Director of the Princes Trust in Wales where she can drive an organisation to help young people in need get in education employment or enterprise. Sarah was also vice chair of cimspa Wales until 2016, and was part of the WSA (Welsh Sports Association) board who lobbied the Welsh Assembly Government for the sector until 2022

ABOUT THE HOST

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.

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