Leadership
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Difficulty
Easy – Moderate
Duration
2 days – a few weeks
Location
Education centres, campuses, outdoor sites and training spaces
Season
All year, most often in the school holidays
Leadership camps for teenagers: what are they?
Leadership camps are personal-development programmes that help teenagers find what they are capable of leading.
Participants learn to communicate well, to work with others and to decide in real situations.
The activities rest on practical exercises, role play and team projects.
The aim is responsibility, initiative and self-confidence.
Leadership programmes: the kinds on offer
Personal leadership
Knowing yourself, gaining confidence and taking the initiative.
Leadership for teams
Running a group and working together properly.
Communication and public speaking
Practice at speaking clearly and at giving a presentation.
Project management
Planning group projects and seeing them through.
Entrepreneurial leadership
Building initiative and creative thinking.
Social leadership
Getting involved locally and running projects that do some good.
Leadership camps: how they work
Knowing yourself
Participants work out their strengths and their own way of doing things.
Building the skills
Exercises in communication, organising and deciding.
Team challenges
Real situations that put cooperation to the test.
Projects
Participants set up and run initiatives of their own.
Feedback and looking back
Going over what happened and working out where to go next.
Leadership camps: who are they for?
Teenagers
Programmes built for the skills this age calls for.
Leaders in the making
For young people who want to build initiative and responsibility.
Teenagers after more confidence
The activities help with speaking up and with handling nerves.
People who work well in a team
Right for those who want to learn to work well with others.
Project organisers
Useful for teenagers involved in school or community work.
Young people thinking about a career
It helps build skills that carry over into working life.
Level of the experience
Finding your feet
Exercises in self-knowledge and basic communication.
Building leadership
Team activities, making decisions and running projects.
Leadership — advanced
Demanding projects and situations that call for taking charge.
At a glance
What the programme is after
Some camps lean on communication, others on projects or on careers.
How old you have to be
It works best when the participants are close in age.
Trainers
How experienced the leaders are shapes the whole thing.
How big the group is
A well-sized group lets everyone take part.
How they work
The programmes that work best use practical exercises and simulations.
What you come away with
Some camps end with a final project or a certificate of attendance.
Gear
Workbook
Handy for exercises, ideas and personal notes.
Writing materials
You need them for the activities and the planning.
Comfortable clothes
Right for group activities and games.
Outdoor kit
Needed if the programme includes activities outdoors.
Personal things
Whatever the stay at camp calls for.
Digital devices
They can come in handy for projects and presentations.
Safety
Leadership camps have to make a place where it is safe to speak up and to grow.
Leadership camps: frequently asked questions
No. The camps are built to develop the skills from wherever you start.
They are aimed at teenagers, with groups set by age.
Communication, confidence, working together, organising and deciding.
No. The weight is on practical exercises and on doing things as a group.
Teenagers come away more independent and better prepared for real situations.
Yes. The activities are set up so that everyone gets drawn in.
Raising young people who can communicate, work with others and start things of their own.