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The healing power of sailing

Young people from 13 nations have taken part in the Our Isles and Oceans programme, learning to sail off the west coast of Scotland.

The programme was established to help young people build confidence and combat issues such as anxiety, depression, and loneliness, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 40 young people from Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa, and Australasia, have all experienced difficulties over the last two years; many of them

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