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The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by a group of British Asian business leaders at the suggestion of HRH The Prince of Wales. It is one of 20 of the Prince’s Charities.

The British Asian Trust works to tackle urgent problems facing disadvantaged communities in South Asia and the UK in three target areas of education, health and livelihoods. It works with 11 local charities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the UK receive Trust funding.

Current funding for Trust charity partners is divided into three areas: livelihoods (43 percent),education(36 percent) and health (21 percent).

In the livelihoods area, The Trust works with Mann Deshi Udyogini Business School for Rural Women, India, Saath, India The Prince’s Charities, and Burnley, B’Yeah, Bangladesh.

Eighteen ambassadors from the worlds of television, film, sport and cuisine currently support the Trust including comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar, cricketer Mark Ramprakash,celebrity chef Atul Kochhar, BBC presenter Mishal Husain and entrepreneur James Caan.

Education charities supported by the Trust are: Developments in Literacy, Pakistan; Mumbai Mobile Crèches, India. Health charity The Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust, providing free eye care to prevent blindness in Pakistan, is also funded by The Trust.

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.