E 13 · Summer and day camps
Heritage-based camps are commonplace in the USA. In the UK small-scale schemes, run by the Young Archaeologists’ Club, the National Trust, the National Trust and Cathedral Camps, already exist for older teenagers. The task of gearing up the sector’s capacity to cope with much larger numbers may look formidable, but could be achieved by working with existing providers, the commercial sector, and universities and FE colleges. Day camps are already provided by many local authorities, based around leisure centres and offering sports activities, while the National Trust runs residential courses for schools in Pembrokeshire. The British Museum’s summer schools address a range of subjects, including issues such as how museums market themselves, the ethics of their activities and their relationships with their audiences, while the summer schools at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of London offer a broad variety of heritage-based activities throughout school holidays.
In the heritage field, some relevant summer camps already exist for young people of all ages: for example Canterbury Christ Church University College has based a creative arts and creative thinking Summer Academy, for gifted and talented young people, on the three buildings which make up the World Heritage Site in Canterbury: St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
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