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Your support makes all the difference.If you think your child might enjoy anything from raft-building to badger watching now is a good time to think about booking into a summer camp. The following are all members of The British Activity Holiday Association (BAHA) 01932-252 994
PGL Activity Holidays: A major company with centres in Perthshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, South Wales, the Wye Valley, North Devon, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Activities include archery, pony trekking, abseiling and climbing. Most holidays are "multi-activity" so children pick and mix exactly what they want to do. 6-18 yrs inc. Weekends pounds 79, 3 nights from pounds 99, four nights from pounds 149, one week from pounds 209 .
PGL Travel Ltd, Penyard Lane, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5NR. (01989 768 768)
Camp Beaumont: This American-style organisation runs day camps, residential camps and even camps abroad. British centres are in Norfolk, Surrey, Worcestershire and Shropshire. Some of the more unusual options include a stage and screen camp for aspiring young thesps or the Megachoice holiday where children can try their hand at motorsports and scuba diving. Easter camps runs 29 Mar- 5 April, summer camps every week from 5 July- 23 Aug. Prices range from pounds 245-329 per week.
Worthington House, 203-205 Old Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5QP (0171-724 2233)
Superchoice Holidays: Camps are for 7-16-year-olds at the Little Canada and Osmington Bay Centres. The first is an American-style camp with totem pole and log cabins, the latter over-looks the sea. Holiday weeks for both begin on 5 April, 19 and 26 July, and 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 August. Activities for younger kids include kite-making, karting and trampolining. For older children more specialist weeks include horse, technology and water sport centred activities.
191, Freshfield Rd, Brighton, Sussex BN2 2YE (01273 691100)
Mill on the Brue: This is one of many well-equipped independent centres. During the summer holidays it runs residential courses for children 8- 14 yrs. Up to 40 children come for a week or two and are placed in groups of 10 with children of their own age. Each group is supervised by trained instructors and has about six activities a day. Open Sun 13 July- 30 August. One week pounds 289.50
Mill on the Brue, Trendle Farm, Bruton, Somerset BA10 OBA (01749-812 307)
Llangollen YHA Centre: Youth hostels are also worth looking at. This centre in the Vale of Llangollen offers summer camps for groups of children from 9-12 yrs and 13-16 yrs. There's a maximum of 48 at each camp but children are split into gangs of 12 for activities, with two trained instructors for each group. Activities include mountain biking, kayaking, gorge walking and a "jungle run". Seven-day courses start 16 and 23 August. pounds 249.
Llangollen YHA, Tyndwr Rd, Llangollen, Denbighshire LL20 8AR (01978-860 330)
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