Forest School Camps - Camps

Camps

Each camp has a different agenda and model, set by tradition and the Camp Chief. There are several different identifiable types:

Standing camps

These are set in regularly used locations, at sites generally used for many years, and where a relationship has been built up with the landowners. Most camps are in this format and children need to attend at least 2 of these camps to experience FSC life before being able to try activity camps as below. A variety of standard and novel activities take place on these camps, and they can be exciting and challenging, but they are less demanding physically than some of the mobile and activity camps. They may have a theme or special interest depending on the interests of the camp leaders and staff.

Mobile camps

These camps generally do not have a single fixed campsite but move on most days (mobiles) or some days (semi-mobiles) and can be based around walking in lowland or mountain environments, cycling or canoeing, and while most are based in the United Kingdom some take part abroad.

Semi-mobile camps

Semi-mobiles are basically Mobiles except they either have a period of time where they stay in one place and then they go, or that they have one fixed location and they go every morning (except for rest days).

Caving camps

These camps usually have a fixed base camp but with day adventures out into local caves in parts of the UK such as the Mendips, Devon, or Yorkshire.

Conservation and Skills camps

These are a special form of standing camps focussed on a particular work project, usually an environmental project of some sort. These camps restricted to over 16s or over 18s depending on their nature and leaders.

Associate Camps

These are run and organised by FSC associates, usually parents of child campers, but can also include staff from children's camps. They are generally shorter weekend camps, and do not follow exactly the same structure as standard child camps, but are similar in ethos and are open to family groups, children are cared for by their own parents/guardians rather than staff.