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Their Royal Highnesses carry out a second day of engagements in Wales
28th June 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall continued on their week of engagements in Wales today, visiting a number of different charitable organisations.The Duchess began a day of engagements in Cardiff by visiting the Cardiff and Vale Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), which provides a safe service to victims of sexual violence. Her Royal Highness became keen to raise the difficult issue of sexual assault after visiting women at a rape crisis centre in Croydon last year.
Later in the day, The Duchess opened Phase One of The Cardiff Story Museum. Visitors to the museum can discover the history of Cardiff, following the story of how it went from being a small market town in the 1300s, to the bustling city it is today.
During the visit, His Royal Highness saw how food waste is run through an anaerobic digester, which collects the methane gas it produces as the food is broken down and turns it into electricity.
"Some of the children were awestruck and couldn't believe that The Prince was really here," said Aled Rees, the head teacher at the school.
Later in the day, His Royal Highness hosted a reception at Llwynywermod, his Welsh home in Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, for young people who have benefited from The Prince's Trust.
The Prince is President of the charity, which was set up to help young people turn around their lives and celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.
The Trust helps 16- to 24-year-olds who have struggled with a variety of problems from broken homes to spells in prison.
Up to 70 young people attended the reception picked from more than 3,000 who have taken the Trust's five core programmes.
Among them were the Trust's first ambassadors, volunteers whose lives have been transformed by its programmes and have now come back as volunteers.
She said that when she gave birth to her daughter she believed any chance of starting a career was behind her.
"I thought it was a question of getting a job in a factory and just doing anything for money. It made me feel like I had nothing for my daughter to be proud of."
She said that after making a success of her business she wanted to return to the Trust as an ambassador to tell others about its work.
Rob Green, 19, also wanted to show his thanks to the Prince's Trust by becoming one of its 17 ambassadors.
He now runs a company selling a range of martial arts-related clothing and merchandising.
"I just want to tell other people about it and being an ambassador is my way of giving something back," he said.
During the evening the Prince and The Duchess are hosting a drinks reception at the farmhouse for members of the local community.
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