Birmingham PHAB Camps runs action-packed holidays around the UK for disadvantaged young people who come from Birmingham. The holidays each take away twenty or so children or young adults, in various age groups during school holidays. On most of the holidays, half of the participants have disabilities and half are non-disabled with the aim of facilitating the integration of disabled and non-disabled young people. We also arrange holidays for groups with severe multiple disabilities and autism.
We provide a range of stimulating activities from skiing, canoeing, abseiling and archery to raft building and ropes courses, along with fancy dress parties, visits to theme parks, farms and swimming. The young people are given the opportunity to participate in new and challenging experiences and everyone can take part together, no matter what their ability. Many of the young people involved have no other opportunity of a holiday. We seek happy, vibrant, fun-loving and generous people who would like the experience of looking after others for a week and enjoy joining a dynamic team to give everyone the holiday of a life time. All of our camps are based in the lush countryside in the UK and are based at purpose built activity centres.
Function: To facilitate, with the leader and other volunteers, the smooth running of the holiday and to provide support for the young people on the holiday. Birmingham PHAB Camps is a small, totally voluntary, organisation whose aim is to encourage the integration of disabled and non-disabled young people. The charity is managed by a small committee of volunteers, there are no paid members of staff. We arrange holidays for groups of twenty or so young people, in various age groups, during school holidays.
Half of the participants have disabilities and half are non-disabled. We also arrange holidays for groups with severe multiple disabilities and autism. We try to provide a range of stimulating activities from canoeing and archery to raft building and ropes courses, along with visits to theme parks, farms and swimming. The young people are given the opportunity to participate in new and challenging experiences and everyone can take part together, no matter what their ability. Many of the young people involved have no other opportunity of a holiday.
