We are delighted to invite you to Bears Camp 2024! Bears Camp is an annual weekend camp for primary school-aged children (Years R to 6) and their Dads or adult male carers. Each year we have a fun-packed camping weekend with a mixture of activities and relaxing time around the campfire. This is a great opportunity to spend some quality time with our children, building relationships and creating lifelong shared experiences and memories. Typical activities include:
- Wide games
- Team building/ construction challenges
- BBQ and cooking round the fire
- Playing on the field and in the woods
- Evenings talent show around the campfire
- Hot chocolate and marshmallows
Cooking and eating is a communal experience with everyone pitching in to help with preparation, cooking, washing up and chopping firewood.
Please feel free to forward this invite to any of your friends, we can have up to 90 people attending. Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so please get your forms and payments in as soon as possible to secure your space.
Contact us with any questions: thebearscamp@gmail.com
When
This year, the camp will be from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd June. As with previous years, you can start setting up camp from 3pm Friday afternoon (most people arrive srtaight after school).
On Sunday we leave around 1pm.
Where
A Scout Campsite not far away in the New Forest: www.fernycrofts.org.uk.
From Beaulieu Road Station heading south, turn left, and signed to Beaulieu. Ferny Crofts is on the Right after a couple of miles.
From Southampton, take the A326 south until you get to a roundabout with a right exit labelled Beaulieu Road Station. Take that right exit and follow the road across the crossroads and over the Ipley Bridge. Ferny Crofts is then a mile or so on your left.
Cost
We do our best to keep costs down and make the weekend as affordable as possible. In previous years, everyone attending received a t-shirt and now some of you might already have a collection of Bears Camp t-shirts at home. This year you can choose to have a new T-shirt or bring along one from a previous year, so we have two price options:
- £39 with a Bears Camp t-shirt
- £30 without a Bears Camp t-shirt (e.g. if you want to wear your t-shirt from a previous year)
Prices are the same for adults and children. Unfortunately, there are no concessions if you are able to stay on only Friday or Saturday night.