Four high school pupils from Arran braved icy conditions to raise money for and awareness of the homeless by sleeping out in sub-zero temperatures in Edinburgh last weekend.
Rachel Janse Van Rensburg, Jessica Miller, Lauren Robertson and Loiuse Shankland are all wrapped up in Central Station on their way to a cold night in Edinburgh.
On Saturday, the four girls made the journey from the island to Princes Street Gardens where they took part in Sleep in the Park. This event, organised by the homeless charity Social Bite, involved 8,000 people sleeping out in the park in order to raise money for and awareness of homeless people. The girls – Louise Shankland, Jessica Miller, Rachel Janse Van Rensburg and Lauren Robertson, all 17 or 18 – had to raise a minimum of £100 each in order to take part, and they returned to school this week to reflect on everything they had learned from this unique, revealing and powerful experience.