Edinburgh dad raising money for the families of deaf children with 5k Loch Tay swim

Personal trainer Mike Webb, 34, is taking up the challenge to raise money for Deaf Action, a Edinburgh-based charity that provides sign language, deaf awareness and lip-reading classes for people with hearing loss, as well as their families and friends.

Mike is dad to Marlie and Brody, who are both deaf. He was inspired by the help he was given when his children were first diagnosed.

When she was 18 months old, Marlie was diagnosed as profoundly deaf. At the time, Mike was taken aback.

"Marlie was the first deaf person we had in either of our families and quite frankly we had absolutely no idea what we were doing or where to start,” he said.

"It was quite overwhelming, as I started to unpick what her future looked like.

"It’s hard when you’re told that there’s a definite hurdle you have to come over.”