Lots of images of a campsite and children having fun looking out of their tents.

  • When: Saturday 28 June to Sunday 29 June

  • Who: 10 to 13 years

  • Location: Bromham, Bedfordshire

  • Closing date: Friday 2 May 2025

Get a taste of the outdoors with VICTA

Whether you’re a first-time camper, or experienced expeditioner, come and join VICTA and other 10 to 13 year olds as we spend a night under the stars at a beautiful campsite location.

Based in Bedfordshire, at a local Scout campsite, you’ll get to take part in an overnight camping experience to help build confidence, resilience and team working skills. While there, we’ll try to hit the bullseye on their onsite archery range, explore the local countryside, cook our own meals on camping stoves and get to grips with pitching and breaking camp.

This is a perfect opportunity for those aged between 10 and 13 who have an interest in the outdoors, would like to try something new or develop their existing skills further. This is also a fantastic opportunity for those who are thinking of undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award when they turn 14, to have a taster of what the expedition section holds.

Why apply?

  • A great opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals
  • Develop or foster an interest in the outdoors
  • Increased confidence, resilience and team working skills
  • Opportunity to have an outdoors experience in a safe and supportive environment

Who can apply?

Applicants must be:

  • Registered or registrable blind or partially sighted
  • At least 10 years old on 28 June
  • Aged 13 or under on 29 June
  • Physically, socially and emotionally able to take part independently in a group setting with peers of a similar age
  • Able to communicate their needs independently
  • Able to maintain their own personal hygiene
  • Able to take medication independently (if applicable)

Apply for the 10 to 13 Camping Experience

Note for applicants completing this form After completion, if you have successfully submitted the form, you should receive a successful submission message. If you do not it may be because you have not completed a required field. After your form has successfully gone through you will also receive notification via email. If you do not receive an email please contact the office on 01908 240 831 as there may have been a problem with your application.

Applicant details

Contact details

Emergency contact (EC)

Medical details

Independence skills

Please indicate your level of independence in the following areas by selecting your response and giving details if the assistance is required.
In order to ensure that activities are adequately staffed we need full and accurate information about all participants. Please note we reserve the right to refuse admission to the activity or ask a participant to leave the activity if the information given proves inaccurate or the conduct of the participant reaches an unacceptable level.

General information

The overall theme of this activity is about having fun, but we would like you to gain confidence and develop life skills through a programme of leisure, cultural and social activities. To help us plan our activities and staffing levels please describe your ability in the following areas:

On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being not at all and 5 being absolutely; please rate yourself with the following statements:

Eye condition

If this is the first VICTA activity that you are applying for, please note that applicants must be registered sight impaired or severely sight impaired, or be able to provide proof that they are registerable. Any information or documents supplied must include the applicant’s name, date of birth and visual acuity.
Supporting documentation
If the applicant is registered, please include a copy of one of the following registration documents: - Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) - Blind Registration Card issued by local authority If the applicant is not registered, please provide: - a letter from an ophthalmologist confirming visual acuity. Please note, applications cannot be processed without these documents.

Uploading documents

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Photographs and filming

Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant or a responsible person.
a. I agree to take part in VICTA's activity and have read all the information sent to me.
b. I acknowledge the need to behave responsibly at all times during the activity.
c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change.
d. In the event of an emergency/accident, I consent to emergency medical treatment, which may include the use of anaesthetics.
e. By signing this form I consent to VICTA using the information supplied for the purpose of administering the named event. All the information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and made available only to those staff working with the participant. We may need to share your details with third-party suppliers in relation to this activity. Contact information will be retained and used for marketing of other relevant services.
f. I give consent for VICTA to carry out the following in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 and related laws and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.
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