Today, Grylls runs the Bear Grylls Survival Academy in addition to his many other projects, and he's super passionate about it. Participants who enroll in the academy go through a survival course that will challenge them and push them to their limits (with help and monitoring from trained staff, of course). There's the 24-hour course, the family course, the adult course, and more. The ultimate test at the Academy? The Survival in the Highlands course, in which participants have to prove that they can hack it in the Scottish highlands.
The courses aren't just about learning concrete survival skills like navigation and lighting fires. Participants are also highly encouraged to focus on improving group communication, team work, resourcefulness, and the summoning the courage to take initiative and lead in difficult situations. People can participate in these courses in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zimbabwe, and the team plans to add new locations in the future.