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Boots celebrates five-year partnership with The Prince's Trust

16 July 2024
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At some point in our lives we’ve all hoped for someone who will look beyond our nerves or lack of experience, see our potential, and offer us an opportunity to set our career into motion.

That’s why we partnered with The Prince’s Trust. Since 2019 we’ve been committed to transforming the lives of young of people across the UK by providing meaningful opportunities for them to develop the skills, confidence, and self-esteem to live happy and healthy lives, regardless of their background.

As we reflect on the success of our partnership over the last five years, we’ve:

  • supported more than 600 young people into the world of work
  • raised more than £3 million through the support of our team members and customers. As a Platinum Patron of the charity, these funds have directly contributed to creating real employment opportunities for young people
  • delivered The Prince’s Trust’s ‘Get Into’ programmes by hosting two-week work experience opportunities across our stores, Customer Support Centre (CSC) or Stores Service Centre (SSC), with the potential for employment at the end.

So to celebrate our five-year partnership anniversary we asked team members who’ve been involved to take part in a WIRED-inspired ‘autocomplete’ interview to answer some of our burning questions.

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Boots is the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer with over 52,000 team members and around 1,900 stores, ranging from local community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty stores.*

Boots serves its customers and patients for life as the leading provider of healthcare on the high street and the UK’s number one beauty destination. It offers an unrivalled depth and breadth of products, which incorporates its extensive own brand range and innovative portfolio of brands, including No7, the UK’s No1 skincare brand, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle Beauty and Sleek MakeUP.

2024 marks Boots’ 175th anniversary year. Founder John Boot opened a herbalist store in Nottingham in 1849 to offer an affordable alternative to traditional medicines. His son Jesse expanded the business to become a modern retailer and the biggest chemist in Britain. Throughout its history, Boots has listened, learned and innovated, and it continues to challenge itself to improve its products and services every day.

Boots is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, which is a global leader in pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing retail.  More company information is available on boots-uk.com.

*Figures accurate as of 31 May 2024