industry charity sector key people hrh the prince of wales president website britishasiantrust.org the british asian trust was founded in 2007 by a group of british asian business leaders at the suggestion of prince charles ; 1 it is one of 20 prince s charities . 2 founded by hrh the prince of wales and led by the community the british asian trust aims to transform lives by investing in charities making the greatest impact on poverty in south asia and the uk . the trust works for lasting change by increasing the power of charitable giving in the critical areas of education health and livelihoods . since its establishment in 2007 the trust has touched the lives of 350 000 disadvantaged people in bangladesh india pakistan sri lanka and the uk . currently when 12 charities receive support and over 1 million has been leveraged in matched funding through four major co funders . contents 1 scope 2 focus 2.1 livelihoods 2.2 education 2.3 health 3 ambassadors and directors 4 references 5 external links scope edit the british asian trust works to tackle urgent problems facing disadvantaged communities in south asia and the uk . it supports 11 local charity partners in india pakistan bangladesh sri lanka and the uk . focus edit funding for trust charity partners is divided into three areas livelihoods 43 percent education 36 percent and health 21 percent . livelihoods edit to create livelihoods for people living in poverty the trust works with mann deshi udyogini business school for rural women india 3 4 5 saath india ; 6 barefoot college india ; bharti foundation india ; the prince s charities uk 2 street league uk 7 8 and b yeah bangladesh . 9 education edit education charities supported by the trust are developments in literacy pakistan ; 10 11 12 and mumbai mobile cr ches india . 5 13 14 health edit health charities receiving funding from the trust are the layton rahmatulla benevolent trust wells for india and the jal bhagirathi foundation india . ambassadors and directors edit as of february 2014 thirty four ambassadors from the worlds of television film sport and cuisine support the trust including comedian sanjeev bhaskar cricketer isa guha celebrity chef atul kochhar former one direction singer songwriter zayn malik bbc news presenter mishal husain and entrepreneur james caan . 15 on the board of trustees headed by chairman manoj badale are asif rangoonwala salman mahdi chris mathias and rajan singh . the executive director is hitan mehta . 16 references edit the prince of wales gives a speech to supporters of the british asian trust at windsor castle . the prince of wales . british monarchy . 13 february 2012 . a b the prince s charities . the prince of wales . british monarchy . mann deshi foundation . our charities mann deshi school india . british asian trust . a b the british asian trust commits support for education projects in india . the prince of wales . british monarchy . saath . street league . our charities street league uk . british asian trust . our charities b yeah bangladesh . british asian trust . dil developments in literacy . bfss chair and director attend dinner at windsor castle hosted by hrh the prince of wales to celebrate success of the british asian trust and its partners . the british & foreign school society . 8 march 2012 . our charities developments in literacy pakistan . british asian trust . about us . mumbai mobile creches . our charities mumbai mobile cr ches india . british asian trust . ambassadors british asian trust trustees british asian trust external links edit british asian trust official website british asian trust facebook british asian trust twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title british asian trust & oldid 722415101 categories organisations based in the united kingdomthe prince s charitieshidden categories vague or ambiguous time from april 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 may 2016 at 23 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view