AVC Youth Voice

Each time a group comes to a camp we are asking them to share their opinions on their time at the AVC, whether it may be related to accommodation, activities and food or simply how they are feeling. We are trying to capture Youth Voice in all of our services and allow the young people to have their say!
 
We hope you enjoy their comments :)

                 19-25 September 2016
Comments from camp

• Action packed week, especially loved sailing and kayaking on the river
• ‘Good tasty, filling food all week’ – Young Person
• Great instructors!  Special mention for Jack (trainee instructor)
• ‘Sailing fast across the river and hitting a buoy was so much fun! I want to do it again in London’ – Young Person
• ‘High ropes was so scary in the beginning but I’m very proud of myself as I got higher than I thought I would. The instructor Meg really helped me not be scared’ – Young Person
• ‘It was really fun staying in a room with my friends, but It was hard to make my bed on the first morning!’ – Young Person

 
 
               26 - 30 September 2016

Comments from camp

• The young people enjoyed being on the river more so than the basin, felt calmer and more connected to the centre.
• Great instructors!  Special mention for Meg and Zoe (trainee)
• ‘Good food all week but could do with more choice’  - Young Person
• The Downs school had a conversation with a couple of their children about picking up things and keeping it for themselves (lollypops), and the dangers that can go with that…. Childs response was ‘nobody would want to hurt a child’. The teacher thought that this was a fantastic response as that child felt completely safe and secure at the AVC, praising our staff highly.
• A child was ill during the week and had to miss out on the Watersports on the river. As the river is so much closer than the basin, they felt not as cut off from the group whilst ill.
• Our climbing wall has been having a ‘challenge of the month’ and is proving incredibly popular with customers and young people using it every day!

 
 
                    10 - 16 October 2016
Hardship
In the month of October we help 33 children fund their stay at the AVC

Comments from camp

• Action packed week, especially loved launching the rockets we made in to the sky!

• ‘It was so windy on the river so we couldn’t go out but we did kayaking in the pool which was brilliant, especially the playing polo in the kayak’ – Young Person
• ‘I did climbing with Hannah (instructor) and didn’t get very far on my first go but Hannah helped get higher than I thought I ever would on my second go’ – Young Person
• ‘Me and my friends in my room kept our room really tidy because we wanted the teddy mascot from the housekeepers. We were really happy when we got him’ – Young Person 
• ‘I hit my toe on a door stop on the first day but did my best to do everything at Arethusa. It hurt my toe when I did climbing but I loved it anyway’ – Young Person