Attending camping and outdoor activities helps young refugees make friends, develop understanding of the rural British environment, and deploy some of the rural skills many have learned in their own countries.

SHARED Futures helped Martin and Michelle of Myriad Adventures to extend the country camping and activity weekends they provide for unaccompanied asylum-seeker children so that many more can benefit. Our key worker, Nadine, has been central to planning new activities, supporting Michelle and Martin to run aspects of the programme, and ensuring the engagement and sustained participation of volunteers.

Together with Myriad Adventures, SHARED Futures held a training/information day for new volunteers, supported by Refugee Action, the Refugee Council and past and present volunteers. Over 20 people attended the event and all enlisted to volunteer during three weekend camps (Kent and East Sussex) in July and August 2010. The training day and weekend activities in Kent were filmed.

For more information go to: http://myriadadventures.org/