Holidays!

Soul Appeal

Interested in finding out more about holidays with soul appeal — perhaps for this year, or the next?

Caitlin Coages, 16, went on a girls’ retreat with Urban Saints

Fancy something similar?

Caitlin went on an Urban Saints’ all-girls’ house-party. If your youth group would like to organise one, contact Anita on 01582 589832. Urban Saints also offer activity weeks and youth group weekends. www.urbansaints.org

Francesca Cundy, 16, from Essex, went on a Scripture Union holiday

Fancy something similar?

Scripture Union offers year-round holidays for girls and boys aged 8-18 — from activity holidays to singing, acting, and computing; or weeks spent building campfires in the woods! www.scriptureunion.org.uk

Jess Wheadon, 17, from Cornwall, visited Taizé with her youth group

Fancy something similar?

Groups or individuals can register to go online at www.taize.fr. For a contemplative break closer to home there are youth pilgrimages to the shrine of Walsingham, in Norfolk. Look at www.megabite2008.org for details of this year’s pilgrimage

Jess’s youth group wrote the book Teenagers in a Monastery . . . Yeah Right! about their experience of Taize. To order, price £4.95, call Andrew Nicholson on 01872 520295.

Other holiday ideas

There are loads of Christian-run holidays. These are just a few!

Adventure Plus
For an action-packed holiday full of outdoor adventures. www.adventureplus.org.uk

YFC Impact
Adventure holidays with great God slots! Various locations and costs. Prices start from £175, but help with funding is available.
www.yfc.co.uk/residentials

WEC Camps
WEC offers three age-related camps in Wales: Warrior Camp (10-13); Teen Camp (13-17); and Ignition (16-21). Prices start from £70.
www.weccamps.net

Camp XL
Offers Christian holidays including Showtime (age 13-17) — get involved in music or drama and stage your very own show. Price £189.

NGM
The Luv Esther Summer School offers training from the cast of the Christian musical Luv Esther and a chance to perform at the end. Age 14-18yrs. Price £259.
www.ngm.org.uk

Can’t afford to go?
The David Chilcott Fund helps pay for young people to go on Christian holidays. A typical grant is around £70. For an application form, send a stamped addressed envelope to:

The Treasurer,
The David Chilcott Fund,
11 Bay View Court, Bay View Road,
Northam,
Bideford,
Devon.
EX39 1TJ.

 

Thanks to Jupiterimages and Abi Renshaw for images.