Quaker Camp 2025

Musical fun at Quaker Camp 2024

Saturday 2nd–Friday 9th August 2025

NWQ Camp provides an opportunity to spend a week as part of a community. 

We camp in a large circle with communal eating and meeting spaces.

Our camp is for all ages. Everyone is asked to attend the morning Meeting For Worship as this brings the community together and offers a place for announcements to be made.

Activities evolve throughout the week such as writing, crafting, playing games, music,

sports, yoga and reading in the sun.

Camp fees include all food and communal expenses, marquee, firewood, toilets. Campers bring their own sleeping tents. Work teams cook for all campers, and each camper joins a work team for one day. As the site is on a farm, no pets may be brought to camp.

Adult: £155 /  students and 10-18 year olds: £65 / 6-9 year olds: £35 / 3-5 year olds: £15 / 0-3 year olds: free 

To book – please:

1. Read the important information and camp safety briefing below before completing the booking form.

2. Complete this Quaker Camp Booking Form  Booking Form

3. Payment: Norwich and Lynn MM / Quaker Camp - 08-92-99 - 65113987 ref – your name

4. A 25% deposit will hold your place

5. Full payment by 31st May will secure your place

6. We may be able to offer financial support to those who would not be able to afford a  holiday otherwise. 

If so, please complete this Bursary Request Form Bursary application and Supporting statement form by the 30th April so we can respond to your request by 30th May. 

Important Information and Safety Briefing

Please read this information before signing your application form.

Food 

The application form has a space for you to let us know if you have any specific

dietary requirements beyond standard vegetarian (e.g. vegan, allergies). Please do

make this known to us so we can ask Olly Williams and Beth Bear, who will be in

charge of the food this year, if they can make accommodations.   

Camp Safety

Quaker Camp involves a week’s living in a community on a working farm. On behalf of

all campers, the committee books the camping ground, marquee, toilets, wood and

buys the food supplies. It also organises a work team rota, which includes every

camper, so that everybody gets a fair share of work and play.

Camp activities tend to evolve from things which we bring to camp and share. Camp

doesn’t offer a planned itinerary of activities, singing, writing, yoga, games… tend to

be things which we invite others to join in with. We remain responsible for our own

and the safety of others when taking part. For example, by not leaving bicycles on

the ground in the doorways of the marquee.

Quaker Camp is for all ages. The site is a working farm, and all campers must ensure

that they do not put themselves in danger or interfere with farm activities, eg,

they must keep out of barns or areas with farming equipment. There are ponds on

the farm, and children are not to go into areas which have ponds without an adult.

Parents and guardians responsible for children, please explain the risks at camp to

your charges in the way you know best.

Care of and responsibility for children  

Whilst we love having children as part of our camp community and they are treated

with care and respect by all, they do remain the responsibility of the adults they

booked onto camp with.

Safeguarding 

There will be a are two named safeguarding people at Camp and there is more

information about safeguarding here: Links to safeguarding policies and documents

Outings 

Many individual campers organise informal outings, games or trips to the beach or swimming pool. Please note that if you organise such an activity all due care should be taken in the organisation to ensure the safety of all involved. However, anyone taking part in, or allowing their children to take part in such an activity, does so by private arrangement and Camp Committee does not take responsibility in the event of personal injury or damage to belongings.

This is the Summary risk assessment. A laminated full risk assessment

folder is available in the main marquee at camp. There are a number of appendices,

one for each key risk area, so this runs to 13 documents.

A few specific things to be aware of before booking camp:

Fire safety 

Camping is usually in tents (very occasionally in caravans). To minimise risk of fire,

lighted cigarettes and naked flames must not be taken into or near tents, and fires

must not be lit near tents. However, to prevent any fire spreading, campers must

ensure that all tents are pitched at least 6 feet away from any other tent, and a

bucket of water should also be kept outside each tent. Cooking at Camp is done over

a large open fire. Only the day’s work team members are allowed in the fire

enclosure during meal preparation and clear up. There are serious risks associated

with others being in the fire area during these times. It is vital to respect this

rule, or else work teams will not be able to continue working in the area.   The only

fire allowed on site is the kitchen fire and a small, supervised children's fire within

the circle.  

Pond and farm buildings and equipment

This is a working farm so beyond our camping field, children must not climb on or enter farm buildings or touch farm equipment. 

There is a pond in the field adjacent to our camping field - families will be briefed on this at camp but should be aware that this field is out of bounds to children unless accompanied by an adult.  

Glass 

The farm has animals on site who graze in the field at times in the year. No glass vessels are to be brought onto the site except for those required for the kitchen.

No-one under twelve is permitted inside the cooking area without specific adult

supervision. Health and safety regulations require that this rule be complied with. 

Insurance - Camp’s insurance covers public liability only, which means that campers’

belongings and personal safety are their own responsibility, both physically and in terms of insurance.  

Good hygiene is vital at Camp, with so many people living and eating together.

Everybody must take great care to wash their hands regularly, in running water, and

in particular after using the toilet and before handling food or kitchen equipment.

Children especially need guidance and frequent reminders about this. 

Alcohol and illegal drugs 

Illegal drugs are not permitted at Camp, and anyone found using or in possession of

such substances will be asked to leave. With regard to alcohol, the Quaker

tradition is of moderation and self-discipline and we encourage campers to adopt

this ethos. We ask that alcohol is not consumed before the younger children’s

bedtime at 9.00pm and remind parents that the law requires young people under the

age of 18 to have parental consent to drink alcohol. We acknowledge that

consumption of alcohol is a sensitive issue and ask that people remain respectful

and considerate. 

A fire bucket 

with water must be kept beside your tent and you must camp with at least 1 meter between guy ropes of adjacent tents. No naked flames or smoking in tents thank you. If you do smoke, we ask that you collect your butts in a tin, are extremely careful of naked flames, especially if it is a dry summer, and dispose of cigarette butts off site. 

Sun

Heat stroke - Drink water and bring hats and maybe an umbrella to protect yourself from the sun. Use the shade where you can.

Finally, do get in touch if you have any questions about booking payment or camp

In Friendship

Tracy Sheppard and Jo Smith

Bookings

On behalf of Quaker Camp Committee