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Our charities

All profits from the Polar Bear Plunge go to charity. As host charity, Earthworks will receive 70%, and our guest charity Youth Talk will receive 30%.

Our host charity is…

Earthworks St Albans is a small, award-winning charity nurturing local people with learning disabilities to reach their full potential.

We offer Social and Therapeutic Horticulture and nature-based activities to those known as our Earthworkers.

Earthworkers, volunteers and staff work and learn together to manage a 3.5-acre site in Hixberry Lane. We focus on sustainability, organic horticulture and traditional countryside skills. Our site includes: ornamental gardens, allotment market gardens, a heritage orchard, woodland, pond habitats, wildflower meadow and a polytunnel.

Our work, our beautiful eco-gardens and our deeply compassionate staff and volunteers encourage people of all abilities to develop skills, build confidence, boost wellbeing, and champion social inclusion.

Members of the public can visit Earthworks to buy our produce between 9.30am and 3pm, Monday to Friday. We also have a stall at the monthly St Albans Farmers’ Market. We sell fruit, vegetables, herbs and crafts produced at Hixberry Lane. And look out for our weekend open gardens throughout the year.

Earthworks St Albans is a registered charity number 1067139.

Our guest charity for 2021 is…

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It can be hard enough for young people growing up in today’s world without the additional challenge’s life can bring. ​From family problems to exam stress and peer pressure, body image anxiety to social media bullying, trying to get through life can be completely overwhelming. It can feel impossible to cope, and some young people can’t.​

Youth Talk provides free, confidential counselling to 13-25 year olds in St Albans and surrounding areas, delivered by experienced professionals and without judgement. We’re determined that every young person has a safe place to talk in confidence, whatever’s on their mind. ​

We are proud of our strong reputation. For over 20 years, we have offered young people a dedicated service. Whatever a young person is going through we take time to understand and respond. They don’t need anyone’s permission to talk to us, and every conversation is kept confidential. Because there are no referrals or layers of assessments to get through, we can start supporting young people quickly to stop things getting worse.

Demand for our service is growing, Youth Talk is needed more than ever. Your donations really will help us be there for young people in the District. Thank you in advance for your support of the Polar Plunge.

Youth Talk is a registered charity number 1063572

Give £5 here!

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The Polar Bear Plunge St Albans is an annual event on New Year's Day which sees brave people of all ages jumping into the icy outdoor waters of the St Albans Sub Aqua Club for charity. This year keep the Polar Bear Plunge spirit alive for local charities Earthworks and Youth Talk by taking part in our SUSTAINABLE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE! To take part visit: www.polarbearplunge.org.uk/on-the-day
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Read about the surprise NHS wedding for our Polar Bear Plunge paramedics Emily and Ben! Such a lovely story 💙
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New on the blog! Surprise NHS wedding! (as featured on Unconventional Wedding)

Bride and groom-to-be Emily and Ben are both paramedics for the London Ambulance Service. 2020 was supposed to be the year that they got married, but it wasn't to be. This fabulously unconventional styled shoot at gorgeous new rural venue, Dunton Lodge Farm in Hertfordshire features a real couple with a remarkable story.

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❄ Appreciation post!
🥳 Thank you to everyone who took part in keeping the Polar Bear Plunge spirit alive in lockdown this year, including:
Our creative, brave and defiant Plungers!
Earthworks St Albans, and our guest charity Youth Talk
Total Legacy Care, last year's comperes, for their dedicated support - and for plunging in a pond!
Our sponsor Affinity Water
Daisy Cooper for sharing her freezy plunge
DigitalJen for Twitter support
92.6FM Radio Verulam and the The Herts Advertiser
Those who sponsored our plungers
And everyone who shared our social media posts

We hope very much to see you in an icy pool sometime in the future, when we'll be back with an even more spectacular Polar Bear Plunge. 💙
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❄ We are delighted to announce that the winner of the St Albans Polar Bear Plunge fancy dress compeition is... Stanley!
❄ Stanley is a veteran plunger. When his family trip to see relatives in Australia was cancelled, he decided to plunge in his holiday clothes instead: his holiday shirt, koala shorts and sunnies! We hope you warmed up after your Plunge - that ice looked FREEZING. 🥶
❄ Stanley is so brave that he has offered to donate his prize back to the Polar Bear Plunge charities Earthworks and Youth Talk. Thank you, Stanley, for your incredible support for this year's Plunge. 💙
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Stanley wins the Polar Bear Plunge!
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❄ You did it!! A huge Polar Bear hug to all our brave Plungers who Plunged in the last few weeks! ❄ Thank you for keeping the St Albans Polar Bear Plunge spirit alive in lockdown! ❄ Together you have raised an amazing £968.70 + Gift Aid for Earthworks St Albans and this year's guest charity Youth Talk.
🤩 We will let you know the winner of our fancy dress competition this week. And we can't wait to see you all and more in the future when we are able to return to the pool. 🥶
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❄ This is your last chance to WIN £100!
❄ If you haven't yet Plunged, there's still time! Visit www.polarbearplunge.co.uk/on-the-day, do your plunge in fancy dress and either tag us on social media or send to plunge@earthworksstalbans.co.uk TODAY! 🥶🥶🥶
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❄ It's not too late to Plunge for the chance to win £100!

❄ Enter our competition: Send your photos or videos of your Plunge to plunge@earthworksstalbans.co.uk for the chance to win £100. Entries must be in by 8 January.

❄ For full details of how to Plunge visit: www.polarbearplunge.org.uk/on-the-day/
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Contact us

Earthworks St Albans, organiser of the Polar Bear Plunge, is a registered charity number 1067139.

Hixberry Lane, St Albans AL4 0TZ
01727 847311
earthworks @ earthworksstalbans.co.uk

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