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When you book a place at camp, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the Additional Information Form. This allows you to apply for a Sibling Discount, add more detailed medical information, and suggest friends your young person would like to share a dorm with.

Please fill this in as soon you receive the email from us so we can review everyone’s information. It’s really essential we get these returned as soon as possible.

If you’ve not done this already, you can find the link below.

bit.ly/fcycadditionalinfo

All our camps are available to book for summer 2026. Kid, Junior, and Senior camps are open to bookings.

Check out our website for more details about each camp and to secure your place.

With the new booking system, there’s changes to when camp bookings go live.

Here’s what you need to know. All bookings go live at 8am:

• Kid camps: Tuesday, 6^th January 2026
• Junior camps: Wednesday, 7^th January 2026
• Senior camps: Thursday, 8^th January 2026

Got questions? Email us at camps@freechurch.org and we’d be happy to help.

We’re running 12 camps in 2026 with some changes to the 2025 calendar to try help more young people go to camp. We now have space for over 390 young people in 2026!

Here’s what’s new:

Junior Adventure 🧗

We’re thrilled to announce Junior Adventure, our new outdoor camp in partnership with Abernethy at their venue in Dumfries and Galloway! We heard you missed outdoor camps, and this new week is designed to be bigger and more action-packed, featuring activities that may include climbing, kayaking, archery, paddleboarding, and much, much more!

Kincraig Seniors 👴

Kincraig Juniors is becoming Kincraig Seniors. The age range for this camp is moving up to better meet camper demand.

We understand those who loved Kincraig Juniors may be sad, but there are so many brilliant camps waiting for you! We highly recommend checking out Junior Adventure, Arbroath Juniors, Junior Football, Renfrew Girls, or Oswestry Juniors. They’d love to have you!

Renfrew Seniors is wrapping up, and the team is moving to Kincraig Seniors. The great news for previous Renfrew Seniors campers is that many of the team will be running the new Kincraig Seniors camp. It’d mean a lot if you joined them again next summer!

Bonus: We’ve amended the camps programme so that all our labels refer to the same consistent age groups which helps avoid confusion and makes it clearer when applying:

• Kids camps: P5-P7
• Junior camps: S1-S3
• Senior camps: S4-S6

Got questions? Email us at camps@freechurch.org and we’d be happy to help.

Big thanks to Sharon at Fivepenny Media for all the work behind the scenes! We’re rolling out a website refresh.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• New look: get ready for some new colours!
• Easy payments: Pay your remaining balance directly on the website (no more Free Church donation page)
• Dedicated Camper Support Fund Tab: We’re making the Camper Support Fund clearer and easier to access on it’s own dedicated section on the website making it easier to access, even after you book!

Got questions? Email us at camps@freechurch.org and we’d be happy to help. We hope these changes make navigating and managing your booking smoother for everyone!

To help run a safe and fun camp for every young person, we’ve put our shared expectations into the new FCYC Booking Agreement.

It covers both our commitments to you and the key commitments we expect from parents/guardians:

• We Commit To: Providing a safe, supervised camp with PVG-checked leaders and a Christ-centred programme.
• You Commit To: Supplying accurate information with no changes later than 4 weeks before camp and ensuring camp fees are paid on time.

Got questions? Email us at camps@freechurch.org and we’d be happy to help. You can find the full agreement on our website when it goes live at the start of December.

Big news! We’re upgrading our booking system to Pebble!

To support our move to first-come, first-served booking and to give you a better experience, we’re moving bookings to Pebble.

What does this mean for you?

• You’ll still find all our camps on our website as usual
• The ‘Book Now’ button will take you directly to Pebble platform to book
• Pebble offers a cleaner, modern interface, making it easier to navigate and secure your young person’s spot
• Bonus: If you booked for the Big Free Rally you’ll already be familiar with the system!

We’ll still be using school years to define all our camp age ranges. Pebble will show you the approximate age range for reference.

Remember: It is the current school year that your young person is in that determines which camp they can attend.

We kindly ask you to ensure your young person is booked into the correct school year. Bookings will be reviewed and spots with the incorrect year group may need to be released.

Got questions? Email us at camps@freechurch.org and we’d be happy to help. Get ready for more exciting updates coming tomorrow!!

We’ve got an important update to how you’ll book Free Church Youth camps.

To simplify the booking process we are switching from random allocation to a first-come, first-served booking system.

We listened to your feedback that the old system was often confusing and led to disappointment. This new approach, approved by the Youth Committee and Camps Working Group, is straightforward and easy to understand.

Camps will be divided by a limited number of boys’ and girls’ spaces, and adults will be asked to pay a £25 non-refundable deposit upon booking. Spaces will be allocated based on the order of booking until we reach our capacity.

We’re planning to launch Kid, Junior, and Senior camps on separate days to make it easier for parents and guardians to book. Dates will be announced in a separate post soon.

To save time when booking we’ll only ask a few basic questions and then send you an Additional Information Form. This has questions about shared dorm requests, sibling discounts, and a detailed medical info. This should make booking quick, simple, and easy.

We want to continue to support young people from vulnerable backgrounds and households. Ministers have been contacted with details on how this will work. Keep your eye out for more exciting updates coming soon!

There are some exciting changes happening at Free Church Youth Camps!! Watch the video here on Instagram to find out more about new camps, how bookings will work and more.

Now would be a great time to give us a follow on Facebook, Instagram, or X, for the best chance to keep up to date on the latest Free Church Youth Camps stories, photos, and updates.

We’ll post more updates in the coming days here as well so keep your eyes out.