Heswall Disabled Children's Holiday Fund

Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund hosts a completely free week-long summer camp each August for up to 30 children aged 9-15 years, from North West England, who have physical disabilities.

The camp is held at The Barnstondale Activity Centre, a specialist holiday centre in the heart of Wirral, in a rural location, and we cater for up to 30 children each year. The charity needs to raise some £30,000 to run the camp, which is then free of charge to all children.

The week’s programme includes on-site activities such as, evening entertainment and day trips including Blackpool, Chester Zoo, Southport, theme parks, flying at John Lennon and swimming. An in-house sports day is held mid-week and a drama evening is held with a local theatrical group. The children make props in art sessions run by the helpers guided by a visiting artist.

The camp is run by a team of about 30 helpers (we aim for a one-to-one ratio of helpers to children), many of whom have been coming to our camps for many years.

The helpers come from all walks of life including teachers and medical students. All bring energy and enthusiasm and give their time free of charge. As they are all volunteers, the atmosphere created is one of our camp’s greatest assets - probably the reason we get many repeat requests from children to attend our camps.

We have a doctor on call that sees all the children’s medical reports and a paediatrician checks, prior to acceptance that the medical condition of each child is within our own care capabilities.

All connected with the camp have been DBS approved and all locations are risk assessed. We have child protection policies in force and are registered with Ofsted as a Children's Holiday Scheme.

For an application form please contact us via:

applications@heswallcamp.org.uk

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https://www.heswallcamp.org.uk/
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Where to go

Address
Barnstondale,
Storeton Lane
Barnston
Wirral
Postcode
CH61 1BX
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Age Ranges
From 9yrs to 15 yrs

Last Updated

Last updated: 10/06/2022

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