ACIS (Aberdeen Counselling and Information Service) which has been established since 1983 as a Mental Health Aberdeen project, is a charitable organisation that offers individual and confidential counselling as well as an information service for anyone aged 16 plus affected by emotional or psychological stress and serves the whole of the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire community. Having been a volunteer counsellor with ACIS since 2010 and more recently become a staff counsellor I am passionate about the difference that counselling can make in people's lives, the quality of service that ACIS offers and that ACIS ensures that counselling can be accessed by all.

The number of people seeking counselling continues to rise and to help ensure the service continues and also to allow me to give something back to an organisation that has invested time and support in me I am taking part in this triathlon at Dorney Lake in Windsor and Rachel my daughter has agreed to accompany me. We hope to be able to encourage each other during our darker moments in training and in the race! We both have difficulties to face, I am beginning to realise that I am nowhere near as fit as I used to be and Rachel doesn't like swimming when she can't see the bottom.

We would really appreciate your support to help keep us motivated and determined and allow us to raise much needed funds for an organisation that is effective in making a difference to people's lives. All donations will be allocated to ACIS by MHA

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