Camps for teenagers
Camps for teenagers: pick what suits you. Options for beginners, families or groups, in the finest settings there are.
Camps for teenagers: types of experiences
Choose a specific type of experience
Leadership
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Adventure
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Sport
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Socialising
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Difficulty
Easy – Advanced
Duration
A few days to a few weeks
Location
Education centres, campuses, mountain country and places abroad
Season
All year round, above all in the school holidays
What are camps for teenagers?
Camps for teenagers are programmes that mix learning with time off, and that set out to help young people grow.
What they do there is meant to leave them more independent and more sure of themselves.
The programmes bring together adventure, learning, working with others and finding something new to care about.
The emphasis falls on responsibility, on talking to people and on getting ready for adult life.
Kinds of camp for teenagers
Adventure camp for teenagers
Walking, orienteering, outdoor activities and challenges to take on together.
Leadership camp
Building up how you speak, how you organise and how you lead.
Volunteering camp
Taking part in social and community projects.
Careers camp
Working out what interests you, what jobs exist and where you might go.
Technology camp
Coding, robotics, digital work and building things of your own.
International camp
Meeting other cultures and using a foreign language for real.
How a camp for teenagers works
Getting your bearings
The group, the rules and what the camp is aiming at.
Themed activities
The teenagers join workshops, challenges and projects.
Working as a team
Exercises in talking to each other and working together.
Standing on your own feet
They make decisions and take on responsibilities.
Looking back over the day
They look back over what happened and what they got from it.
Who are camps for teenagers for?
Teenagers
Programmes pitched at that age and at what it needs.
Sociable young people
Right for anyone who wants to meet people and work in a team.
Young people after independence
It helps build up responsibility and confidence in yourself.
Adventurous young people
Right for anyone drawn to outdoor activities and challenges.
Young people thinking ahead
It takes in careers, leadership and personal development.
First-timers
Plenty of camps are open to people coming to it for the first time.
Level of the experience
Company and time off
Group activities, games and time to enjoy yourself.
Personal development
Workshops, projects and exercises in working out who you are.
Adventure and challenges
Outdoor activities that ask more of you.
At a glance
The age group
It matters that the participants are close to each other in age.
What the camp is about
The choice should follow what the teenager is actually interested in.
How much is left to them
Some camps put more of it on the participants themselves.
How big the group is
A well-balanced group makes it easier to mix and to work together.
Location
It can shape both what you do and how the whole thing feels.
How long it lasts
It can run from a themed weekend to something a good deal longer.
Gear
Suitable clothes
Clothes for the activities and for whatever the weather does.
Outdoor kit
Boots, a rucksack or other bits for time in the open.
Your own devices
They may be needed for the technology or digital camps.
A notebook
Handy for ideas, plans and exercises of your own.
Personal things
Whatever the stay at camp calls for.
Sports kit
Needed at the camps with physical activities.
Safety
Safety at a teenage camp is a matter of balance: room to decide, and someone keeping an eye out.
Frequently asked questions about camps for teenagers
Most camps are for teenagers, with age groups set by the organisers.
Yes, but within the rules and the safety limits that are set.
Adventure, sport, personal development, projects and time with others.
Yes. Plenty of camps are set up so that people settle into the group.
It depends on the kind of camp, but plenty of programmes take beginners.
It builds independence, the ability to talk to people, confidence and social skills.
Making it an experience worth having — one that leaves the teenager better off.