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Myself and other colleagues from 56three are doing the Edinburgh Kiltwalk to raise money for The Polar Academy. They are a charity who work with 13-18 year olds with mental health challenges or lacking self-esteem and confidence. They give them an intensive 1 year physical and mental training programme culminating in a winter sledge hauling expedition in East Greenland, which changes the mindset of the young people as well as their families, schools, communities and positively impacts the local economy. 

The children that they help may be victims of bullying, have anxiety, depression or have suffered bereavement. Some are in foster care or may themselves be carers for a family member or are victims of child abuse. 

They provide pastoral care and personal support to every child and family they work with from when they start the programme, to its completion and often beyond their adolescence. 

If you would like to find out more about what The Polar Academy do, please take a look at their website: www.thepolaracademy.org. 

Any donations, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated in raising funds for a wonderful charity!

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