OUR SUPPORTERS
WHY PARTNER WITH US
Are you, or your organisation, looking to change the trajectory of a young person, their local community, and the planet? Then look no further, at The Polar Academy we rely on support from personal patrons, businesses, and charitable trusts to fund our life-changing work.
For all Partner enquiries fill out our contact form below.
PATRONS
As a personal patron, you will support a like-minded operational team and Trustee Board that works tirelessly to restore hope to young people who have faced mental health challenges. Want to know more about how we use the power of exploration to give someone, like Matt, confidence and foundational skills? Get in touch and create a lifelong legacy.
Matt’s Story
“I wasn’t doing very well at school or going out with friends, I just kept to myself. I had no idea about my future and was constantly worried and anxious.”
“The Polar Academy allowed me to be a better me so I can help other people. And it’s brought my dad and I much closer together.”
“It’s really changed my perspective on life – now I look at things and see opportunities instead of burdens.”
Before Polar Academy, Matt faced bullying, disliked social situations and stayed indoors. His time as a participant sparked his gym training sessions with his dad, beginning his love of exercise. He is now enjoying his final year of an engineering systems apprenticeship.
“The Polar Academy provides these invisible children with the support, encouragement and belief that they can achieve whatever they want and transform their lives into what they should be”
– Innes Taylor, Patron
HOW TO BECOME A PATRON
If you want to create a lifelong legacy and support a transformative youth charity focused on using the power of exploration to provide young adults with skills and beliefs that will set them up for life, get in touch.
For all Patron enquiries, please fill out our contact form.
BUSINESSES
We have a proven track record of partnering with businesses to make a lasting change in young people’s lives. Our development programme supports young people facing mental health challenges and culminates in a transformative Arctic expedition. Along the way, we tackle many of the most pressing current social and environmental issues that matter to you and your clients.
For all business enquiries, please get in touch.
Mental Health
We work with young people who may have experienced trauma or mental health challenges helping them develop resilience and self-belief.
We invest both in the individual, through ongoing pastoral care, and in the community, working closely with schools and parents to create effective, lasting change. We also encourage our graduates to give public talks, share their stories and inspire their peers.
Climate Change
We collaborate with leading British universities including Oxford and St Andrews, to train our young people in cutting-edge climate data collection techniques. We create climate-conscious citizens who collect vital Arctic data and generate essential information that helps researchers understand, and protect, this precious, fragile ecosystem.
“Tiso are immensely proud to have been the inaugural sponsorship partner of The Polar Academy from its inception.
The relationship endures through the shared commitment to the delivery of the charity’s values and objectives.
These remain as vital and relevant today as ever, and this cements The Polar Academy as the principal charity partner of Tiso.”
– Chris Tiso, CEO of Tiso
CHARITABLE TRUSTS
We have received support from various charitable organisations due to our vital work addressing the mental health crisis facing young people today.
We work with some of the most vulnerable teenagers, helping them get their confidence back and getting them out into the world. Our outdoors training programme is consciously holistic: helping improve their mental health, physical health and social relationships. We gather measurement and outcome reporting at the end of each programme providing trusts with quantitative metrics of our success.
For all charity enquiries, fill out our contact form below.
After a decade of working with hundreds of young people and their families, we know it works. It’s not just us who think so, see what some of our families have to say.
“Polar Academy didn’t just change our daughter – it changed our entire family. It gave us hope and helped her find her purpose in life.”
“My daughter was on suicide watch and wouldn’t speak to us. Now she mentors others. Her belief in herself – and in the kindness of others – has been completely restored.”
“The opportunity to take part in a trek to Greenland would have been unimaginable for the young people from our region, as it would be for most. Training was a very worthwhile experience; pushing and challenging them to reach levels of skill, confidence, and self-belief.
We can often use the term ‘life-changing’ without really meaning it; however, this is one experience that really is a definition of the term.”
– Karen Ward Boyd, Director, Holywood Trust
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OUR SUPPORTERS
Want to support a transformative youth charity which uses the power of exploration to provide young adults with skills and beliefs that sets them up for life? You will be joining an of incredible group of organisations that support our work.
