Friday 30 January 2009

February LOT Weekend CANCELLED

Unfortunately due to lack of applications we have had to cancel the February LOT weekend. Our minimum was 4 participants and we did not meet this.

Thank you to those who have applied and we will get in touch to inform you of other projects that you can do.

Please contact us at info@deafcamp.org.uk for any information or check our websites at dcfprojects.blogspot.com and www.deafcamp.org.uk.

Thank you

Wednesday 7 January 2009

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year for 2009 to all our participants and visitors to our blog.

Why not get involved in our Leaders of Tomorrow teamwork and leadership weekends for 2009 and learn skills that will allow you to develop confidence in your abilities to work in teams? The weekends are completely FREE and we refund your travel expenses.



You can download application forms and posters from the downloads box to the right, or contact us for more information. Deadline for applications for the February weekend is January 30th 2009. Get your application in early!

We are also advertised on the NDCS website at http://www.ndcs.org.uk/news/other_news/deaf_communities_fwd.html.

We look forward to working with you during 2009!

Wednesday 24 December 2008

Happy Christmas from DCF!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



We look forward to seeing you in 2009!

From all the team at DCF.

Monday 24 November 2008

Leaders of Tomorrow 2009 Weekends

Places for our Leaders of Tomorrow 2009 Level 1 weekends are now available!

If you are deaf, aged 16 to 24 and are looking to learn new skills this is the course for you!

We have two Level 1 courses available for 2009:
February 13th - 15th 2009
October 30th to November 1st 2009




Join us in beautiful Edale to learn teamwork and leadership skills to prepare you to work with us as a group leader at Deaf Camp 2009.

We will stay in Edale YHA with delicious food and comfortable beds, with fun teamwork and leadership activities in the great outdoors!

Travel will be refunded, and the course is FREE!

Application forms can be downloaded from the right, please contact us for more details.

Friday 10 October 2008

Leaders of Tomorrow 2009

Leaders of Tomorrow will be continuing for 2009, and dates will be advertised shortly. You will also be able to download the new application form and poster when they are finished.

I will get in touch with you about the next Level 2 so you are able to join us to learn more leadership skills and get ready to volunteer for Deaf Camp 2009!

Duke of Edinburgh's Award groups underway!

We have two Bronze Award groups now being run at two deaf schools in London - Blanche Nevile in Harringey and Oak Lodge in Wandsworth with the help of 3 teachers who have now completed their Award Leader training.

DCF will be supporting the two groups to complete their Bronze Award which will include an Expedition at the end of the 2009 academic year. The sections the groups will be doing are:

Volunteering - undertaking service to individuals or the community.

Physical - improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities.

Skills - developing practical and social skills and personal interests.

Expedition- planning, training for and completion of an adventurous journey in the UK or abroad.

I wish both groups the best of luck and I look forward to working with them!

Monday 22 September 2008

Leaders of Tomorrow Weekend 19-21 September 2008

The 4th LOT weekend is now finished! We had beautiful sunny weather in Edale and 3 eager participants after a few people withdrew.

We had fantastic weekend and were able to do a lot of activities due to the smaller group - Crate Tower, Leap of Faith, Raft Building, Canoeing, Night Walk and Jacobs Ladder.

Everyone performed very well and the group worked together to beat the Hostel record for highest crate tower - 25 crates high! There is still the staff record of 32 to beat and we're working on it...

The raft building was impressive with the group designing and constructing the raft without any help from the YHA staff! Unfortunately half of the raft came apart which meant some people getting wet but it stayed together to allow us to get back to shore.

We tried Jacobs Ladder for the first time which was challenging but everyone performed well and we reached the top with no accidental falls!

See the photos from the weekend below:


We will advertise when the next LOT Weekends are on, please check back for more information!