Camp Crusoe

CODE: CONCUKSTV02C-25

Work:

VOLUNTEERING: There is a range of dates available for this project from 2-5 weeks. Volunteers will be part of an amazing ‘Camp counselling’ team where they will help shadow and learn the role of how to be part of an amazing Summer Camp team. Volunteers will help run games and activities with the young campers, making sure that they have a fun and memorable experience. Volunteers will also help to ensure that the camp is kept clean, tidy and safe by taking turns in cleaning the communal areas and making sure everything is running smoothly.

Volunteers will also have training and reading prior to the start of the camp to prepare for the role.

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION & FOOD: An essential element of Summer Camp is the cabin experience. Campers sleep in a number of secure and modern cabins, separated into two cabin glades by gender. Each cabin has 5 beds, with volunteer cabins integrated throughout each glade – staff will not be sharing with campers, but with other volunteers. There is outdoor block very nearby with loos and hot showers, but also girls and boys facilities in the main house. All meals are provided by kitchen staff, if you have any dietary requirements please let Concordia know in advance.
As well as the purpose built main house and the cabin glades, there is a vast number of exciting activities on site such as the climbing wall, zip line, archery range, challenge zone and caving system, plus areas to chill out such as the yurt, log barns and hammock sanctuary, and then many bike trails and easy river access for swimming, canoeing and Kayaking.

IMPORTANT: – Even in the British Summertime it can be VERY COLD AT NIGHT – please ensure you bring enough warm clothes. Wet weather clothing and footwear is also strongly recommended, as the site can get muddy and even the summer can bring a rainy day.

Location and leisure

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Camp Crusoe’s home for the summer is the absolutely fantastic Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre in East Anglia, Norfolk near historic Cambridge. It is set in glorious private woodland with views of the rolling landscape, large fields and forest. Volunteers will enjoy socialising with other counsellors and during leisure time can go biking, swimming and canoeing.

Project hosted by

PROJECT: Camp Crusoe is the quintessentially British Summer Camp experience, where campers feel connected, valued, challenged and supported. The host wants every camper to have a fun experience and is passionate about ‘making the most of every moment’. Camp Crusoe is a fun and adventurous camp and not a summer school. Camp Crusoe prides themselves on being a small camp that cares, there are no more than 80 campers per week stay; the host is passionate that community bonds are formed throughout their stay at camp and friendships that remain long after camp has finished.

The extensive programme of activities from water sports to drama, archery to photography, appeals to every type of child, offering the opportunity for each camper to grow in confidence, improve their decision-making skills and maybe discover a new lifelong hobby. We don’t try to cram too much in and allow just the right amount of time for campers to hangout, make new friends and play together. Camp Crusoe is a small, independent camp run by a close-knit team of friends and family who are committed to enriching children’s lives. The core group have many years’ experiences working with children both on summer camps and in the classroom and are supported by a highly trained and motivated team of camp counsellors, many of whom have worked at camp before and are planning a career working with children.

Directions to meeting point

Camp Crusoe staff will pick up from Thetford Train Station.

Additional comments

ACCESSIBILITY: Volunteers need to be able to work outdoors in various types of weather, walking on uneven ground is required.