http://www.internationalcamp.co.uk/ International Camp was first organised to bring young people together from different parts of Europe to re-establish positive links which had been lost due to the Second World War. The Main focus was a range of activities, camping and the opportunity for young people to discuss issues facing them in the aftermath of war and to share cultural interests and experiences. en-gb Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:30:21 GMT Copyright: (C) Dr Adept 3 images/rss_120x60.gif http://www.internationalcamp.co.uk/ International Camp 2008 is the official 60th Anniversary of International and we want to celebrate in style. International Camp 2008 will take place between 4th August - 16th August 2008. We need a theme, village names and any other ideas you may have. Hopefully everyone who has ever been to camp as a helper, worker, village leader, assistant, host or camper can visit for the day or maybe even a weekend, let us know your opinions. Give us your thoughts, opinions, feelings and ideas leave your comments below or Share your special camp memories and pictures with us. Visit [BLINK:eddas-menu.com/camp/welcome1.html]Edda's Reunion site and take a trip down memory lane. http://www.internationalcamp.co.uk/news.php?article=701 2008-03-17 16:32:31 16 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:32:00 GMT 0 0 International Camp has received funding from the European Commission through its Youth in Action programme. The funding has supported preparations for and the places of European participants from several different countries and has enabled us to widen the range of cultural backgrounds that the young people can experience whilst at camp. Through its diverse range of activities and non-formal and innovative learning opportunities, the camp promotes anti-racism and anti-xenophobic attitudes alongside the young people's active citizenship in both Europe and the international community. Here's what some of the members from previous partner groups have had to say about their time at the camp: "International camp was a great facility for me and my group... In that expedition program we had a chance to meet all of the participants from our village and we still communicate with lots of friends from different countries... People from different countries come together and make a team. These activities have showed that we can do well although we are from different countries and we speak different languages. Moreover before camp we have never met with any black people. And after we met them we recognised that there are no difference between them and us." Turkish participant "I have learnt that language barriers are not important and that there are many more ways to communicate with others. It has also been very interesting to understand more about morals and values that other societies hold." English participant "I have learnt lots of things about different cultures and countries. Camp has also showed me that stereotypical views of certain nations is wrong and that you get all different kinds of people from each different nationality." English participant "It was an amazing camp, lots of different people from different places have seen that we are not so different from each other. In one football team there is English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Turkish and German. I think I will never have a chance to play a team like this." Turkish participant For more information about the Youth in Action programme visit www.britishcouncil.org/connectyouth . http://www.internationalcamp.co.uk/news.php?article=724 2007-10-05 09:02:30 09 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:02:00 GMT 0 0 Is it that time of the year again? OMG! Fancy Dress Party Get your superman costume out of storage and put your party legs on for the development weekend. Fancy Dress Party tickets available for £7.50 Saturday 24th March 2007 At Mersea Outdoors Main Hall. We need to raise funds and make the event as big as possible so get your friends together and join us. Contact Shirley for further details: 01206 383226 or email her "Shirley at MerseaOutdoors dot com" Development / Planning weekend Friday 23rd March to Sunday 25th March 2007 For those involved in the planning committee it will be a similar format to last year (it did work so well). FRIDAY 23rd Friday night will be purely social, turn up when you can after 7:30pm and accommodation will be provided in the Blackwater village. SATURDAY 24th Saturday morning after breakfast at 9:30am the meetings will start. This year we plan to do as much planning as possible during Saturday. Fund Raiser disco and fancy dress party should get things going in the evening. SUNDAY 25th Sunday will be planning and finalising the programme for 2007. INTERNATIONAL CAMP 2007 Will be taking place from Monday 30th July to Sunday 12th August 2007 http://www.internationalcamp.co.uk/news.php?article=665 2007-03-12 08:27:52 08 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:27:00 GMT 0 0