Why not? The Prison Service have 2 Bears working for them, and they're working for us as well!!
Slingsby is delighted to acknowledge the efforts of other Bear-bearers, wherever they come from! Is Mr McKay related to Cpl Horsa?
This is who they are ... and this is what they said:
"Hi, I wrote to yourselves a while back regarding sending our bears, Mr Mackay and Mr Barraclough, on a tour of the Prison Estate. Before doing this we were going a sponsored walk along the Leeds to Liverpool canal raising money for RBL and Help4H. It took us 5.5 days to complete the 128 miles and both bears where very tired and sunburnt by the end, at the end of the walk we auctioned off Mr Barraclough and his diary.
Now we hope to be able to send Mr Mackay on his own tour, asking each Prison to do some fundraising for holidays4heroes during his visit; if successful we hope to send him further north to the Scottish Prison Service where we think he would be very well received. Once I have more information I will forward this on to you."
Much grateful, folks - looking forward to hearing more!
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Holidays 4 Heroes is an informal group of people that assists wounded service personnel and their families get a precious break from the routine of rehab, hospital appointments and visits to welfare offices by facilitating holidays away from it all in accommodation donated by our sponsors in the UK and abroad. 
Deals with the cases that either lie outside the normal remit of the main Service Charities, or require a faster response than they can usually provide. Sometimes the cases require financial assistance, a little bit of nudging in the right direction for long-term help, or the application of a bit of expertise.