Summer camps for kids: keep them amused while they learn

Queenie

:T That's GREAT mary!!! :j Hope they have a wonderful time! (It was Martin Lewis the Money Diet Guru who made the original post )

BTW: :hello: welcome to MSE

Queenie

WTG bernardh :T :j

Spikey_2

On a more serious note.... will all involved be Police checked etc etc...

Spikey

Edinburghlass_2

Yes they will, as anyone working with children via kids summer schemes, residential holidays etc have to be. It is being run by the YHA.

Str4berr3

Blimey and i just paid for Beaucamp to do that! My DH would'nt be able to get in for the Lottery Funded one, as she only 5! still 6 more years to go eh?
My DH first time for Summercamps so we will see is this really worth it.

DanRussell

Bump!

Just a brief note to let you know that some locations have sold out but there are still places available on these camps. The offer for UNISON members is still open, contact UNISON on 020 7551 1620 to check if your kids will qualify for a FREE place.

Camps available are:

Multi-Activity - Abseiling, Kayaking, Archery Mountainbiking and more
Dance & Music- Learn from Professional Choreographer and Musical Director
Football Mad - Run by world famous Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools
Environmental Action - Learn how Rangers keep the Brecon Beacons green
Performing Arts - Learn from Professionals with a backstage tour and Fame in the West End
Media TV & Film - Write, Shoot, Direct & Edit your own movie
Watersports - Wet and Wild in Snowdonia
Ultimate Sports - Try new sports and learn from experts
Girls Football - For wannabe Rachel Sankey's
Rugby Mad - Get to grips with Rugby with the Sale Sharks
Creative Arts - Sketch & Paint & Tile & Sculpt and loose your creative side
Survival Skills - Bushcraft for beginners
Go Extreme - Snowboarding in August? - that's just the beginning

Hylda

My daughter is going on one of these plus a £260 a week creative writing course, at 12 and an only child it's what she wants to do. Plus the old man and I don't really "do" holidays. One thing she'll have no excuse with her post holiday "What I did in the holiday's" essay!

geekgirl

I have sent off for my son to go to the survival skills at Quantock, haven't heard anything back yet though.

Cheers for info on this.

Fran

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Any time you want to swap places just give me a call.

Absolutely agree Marigold! I can't believe the sour grapes attitude of some people who don't smile at the (mis)fortune of others. I can't get my kids on these because I live in Wales but I think it's brilliant that you and others have got this opportunity. People who find it annoying that people can get these holidays can only see things in terms of what they're not getting rather than what the kids that can go are getting.

HLK did you ever get a reply back? Being in Wales I can't get my kids on the holidays which is a shame because I'm tearing my hair out trying to find something cheap enough to do with them. They would get so much more out of a holiday like this than anything I can afford.

bj-sailaway

Thank you so much for this post, my kids have just returned, they did Kayaking canoeing abseiling sailing gorge walking rafting ........ the list is endless. The accommodation was great, it was so well organised, they were fed home made food all week, most of which was organic and grown on the location. They made new friends and had experience way beyond our means. It was also well disciplined, 4 kids got sent home for either mis-behaving or not being prepared to take part.

All in all one of the best money savers I've had through this site yet - well my kids think so.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!