Thank you for visiting my just giving page!

I am really pleased to have this opportunity to raise funds and awareness for The Wilderness Programme, a charity that I have personal experience of the life changing impact it can have.

I was lucky enough to participate in the programme back in 2022 at a time when I was feeling lost and struggling with my mental health. Initially I wasn’t sure if this was the right thing for me, but I decided to give it my all and try everything it had to offer.

The activities were varied and the setting remote (I was camping off grid, in the highlands of Scotland, in the freezing snow in December, I had to dig deep!) but in this environment the amazing Wilderness team held a safe space for me and their different coaching techniques, mixed with the nature and wilderness, allowed me to be at peace and to gain strength within my mind. This helped me realise that self-belief and concentration, can allow me to gain higher self-esteem. Something I was unable to appreciate before.

Through the programme I was able to develop a much stronger train of thought and focus on the many activity’s (especially wood carving!) which alongside the coaching, allowed me to think openly in a safe environment, and this dramatically improved my mental health and my vision/goals for what I wanted to achieve in my own life. These are wellbeing skills that I still use every day.

I really appreciate any donation you are able to give which will help The Wilderness Programme support even more people through challenging times in their life and enable them to make life changing decisions as I did.

Cheers,

Louis