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Royal Wedding Couple Choose Youth Access

26 April, 2011

Today St James's Palace have announced the setting up of a charitable gift fund for those who very generously wish to donate to charity to help Prince William and Catherine Middleton celebrate their wedding.

The couple have asked that anyone who might wish to give them a wedding gift consider giving instead to a charitable fund.

Youth Access is delighted to have been chosen as one of the charities set to benefit from their thoughtful gesture.

The announcement is warmly welcomed by all connected to Youth Access, which supports a national network of local young people's information, advice and counselling services (YIACS). Over 1 million young people are helped each year, with a wide range of mental health and social welfare problems, including depression and anxiety, as well as housing and financial worries.

Youth Access' Director Barbara Rayment says "We are delighted the couple have decided to express their support of young people - particularly those experiencing mental health difficulties and coping with challenging life circumstances. For Youth Access, it is a huge honour to have been chosen. It is an extraordinary endorsement of everything we have achieved to date and all that we aspire to deliver in the future for young people."

A dedicated website www.royalweddingcharityfund.org has been set up to administer the donations and includes a full list of the charities to benefit.

The selected charities were all personally chosen by Prince William and Miss Middleton. Most are little known, without existing Royal Patronage, but which are seen as undertaking excellent work. All those chosen reflect issues in which the couple have been particularly interested in their lives to date.

Donations can be made either via the website, by telephone or by text message. Grants will be distributed by the Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry in partnership with the benefitting charities to ensure maximum impact. There are no processing costs by the Foundation for the donations.

The website is hosted free by BT, which is also providing the processing platform for the charitable donations. All major mobile operators have waived fees for processing donations. The site was designed and built pro bono by GGMR.

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