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Project Trust is a Scottish educational charity , founded in 1967. Based on the Isle of Coll it sends 17-19 year-olds overseas on volunteer placements to undertake education and development projects in Africa, Asia or the Americas for 8 to 12 months . The organisation sends about 250 volunteers to 23 countries annually and spend £1.9 million pounds on its activities in 2018.

The project was founded by Nicholas Maclean-Bristol OBE while on secondment from the army where he held the rank of major. Mclean-bristol met the grandson of the then Emperor of Ethiopia while serving with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the first project was to send three volunteers to Ethiopia in 1967 . As of 2020 over 7,000 young people have volunteered with Project Trust in 60 different countries. and the current director is Ingrid Emerson MBE

The headquarters has been on the Isle of Coll in Scotland since 1974, first at Breacachadh castle Maclean-Bristol's ancestoral home, then moving to Bousd in the east of Coll. It is currently based at the Hebridean Centre, which opened in 1988.