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finding hope

Part 1- Peter's early life

Making the most of life in an engaging and outgoing way summarises Peter Wright`s gregarious approach to things.  After a peripatetic childhood, he settled into life back in Scotland, and eventually a career in youth work; there`s no sign of this septuagenarian showing any signs of slowing down - yet. To his personal credit lies everything from restoring a castle to conquering alcoholism and roaming the countryside to living out his mantra of `busy is best`.   

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Married, with three adult offspring and seven grandchildren, Peter finds there’s never a dull moment. Home is in Linlithgow, Scotland, from where he can travel easily for family and his contemporary bike-camping ventures. As manager of the Duke of Edinburgh`s Award programme in Edinburgh for twenty years, he transformed its` delivery to young people in and around city, especially the most disadvantaged. Where there were gaps, he created new charities to widen opportunity.  Whilst picking up on his personal ancestry led amongst other things, to the creation of a humanitarian project to generate the funding necessary for much needed life-transforming education for Maasai girls in rural Kenya.  

Part 2- Peter's professional life: at the heart is always people

Part 3- What is important now?

His knowledge of the landform and landscapes of Scotland, stems from actually walking or cycling much of it and camping along the way, followed by the necessary research to put pen to paper. As his late stepmother Barbara put it: “clearly you are having a love affair – with the landscapes of Scotland.” He has done much, to enable and inspire others to experience or learn about what he so enjoys.

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