Rock bottom to skyhigh confidence

Bullied then expelled from school for attacking another student, Ryan, 25, of Belfast, turned to drink and drugs.

He then became addicted to anti-depressants after a suicide in the family, and was barely leaving the house.

Then a friend signposted him to The Trust’s Get Started outdoor pursuits programme.

“My confidence went through the roof, I felt anything was possible,” he says. He has became one of The Trust’s most inspirational Young Ambassadors.

RYAN MORRIS