Press

Check out the latest press coverage relating to our projects, achievements and volunteers here.

If you are a member of the press and need further information on any aspect of our projects and trips please feel free to call either Jim  or Jamie on the details below:

Press Contacts

Jim Chetwode
Marketing Manager
Phone: +44 (0)1425 485 390
Mobile: +44 (0)7872 548 440
Mail: jamesc@campsinternational.com

and

Jamie Donald
Press Officer
Phone: +44 (0)1425 485 390
Mobile: +44 (0)7921 780 498
Email: press@campsinternational.com

Address:
Camps International Ltd
Unit 10 Kingfisher Park
Headlands Business Park
Salisbury Road
Ringwood
BH24 3NX
United Kingdom

Overview

Camps International are a multi award-winning expedition company with 11 years experience running Gap and School trips around the world. We are happy to assist you with any issues relating to outdoor education or volunteering abroad. Please find below links to our latest press releases, if you need to contact any relevant member of staff for an interview please use the contacts above.

For Immediate Release

24 January 2013

Volunteer on your gap year to gain “Transferable Skills” says University Admissions Tutor.

One of the many challenges when applying for university is to show any level of life experience outside of that gained in the classroom. In a very competitive environment, what can you do to make your CV stand out.

“Voluntary work, especially expeditions abroad can help students gain transferable skills relevant to university study.” says Karen Pichlmann, Head of Admissions at Bournemouth University.

To find out more contact: jamesc@campsinternational.co.uk

16 January 2013

How to make your gap year work for you.

It’s a new year and the 15th January was the last chance to get your UCAS application in. Now is the time to make some of the most important decisions of your life. With the current economic downturn, it is more important than ever to improve your career and university applications in any way you can.

For more information please contact: press@campsinternational.com

20 December 2012

Team GB Gymnast swaps the 2012 games to volunteer in Ecuador.

Jennifer Pinches was part of the fantastic Team GB Gymnastic team who reached the Finals at London 2012. Just one day after she enjoyed tea with the Queen, Jennifer flew out to join Camps International on a 2-month gap year volunteer programme in the mountains and jungles of Ecuador.

“As well as being an amazing experience, the Olympics was really hard work physically and mentally so I was ready for something different, a new challenge,” said Jennifer. “With Camps you have a lot of freedom inside and outside the programme, at weekends volunteers are encouraged to explore the local area and have fun. There were so many unforgettable highlights; snorkeling with sea lions and alongside giant turtles was unreal. Also, spontaneously running fully clothed into the clear turquoise ocean on the Galapagos Islands, and floating down the rapid current of the Amazon River as a monstrous rainstorm begins to lighten.”

For more information please contact: jamesc@campsinternational.co.uk

1 December 2012

“Best Volunteering Organisation” Camps International reach the finals of the British Youth Travel Awards.

Camps International have been shortlisted by the judges of the British Youth Travel Awards that take place on the 6th December at Westfield Stratford. The company based in Hampshire has been providing life-changing expeditions for volunteers all over the world since 2002. In the last 10 years they have helped send over 9000 young people to volunteer in some of the poorest and remote areas in the world.

7 November 2012

Camps International wins the prestigious “Outstanding Social Enterprise” Global Angels Award.

The Global Angels Award is in recognition Camps International’s work in their network of community and wildlife camps in East Africa, Asia and South America. Thanks to the help of over 9,000 volunteers since 2002 the company has helped improve the lives of over 30,000 people, particularly in education.

To find out more please contact: jamesc@campsinternational.co.uk

Notes for Editors

Camps International own and manage camps in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The camps are set at the heart of local communities and the work undertaken by volunteers benefits these communities in a sustainable way.

Before a camp is established, Camps International agrees and guarantees objectives with the local community to enhance their way of life, protect their environment and conserve the local wildlife. These objectives translate into the projects that pupils on school trips and gap year students will be involved working with.

When school trips and gap year students embark on their expedition, they are not handed over to agents or other organisers. They stay within the Camps International infrastructure at all times as the company runs all its ground operations – the only company of its kind that does.

The camps are all well supported – they are built using both local materials and workforce and Camps International buys whatever resources they can locally. Camps International also employ over 150 staff locally to provide around the clock communications, vehicle servicing, food supplies, stores, security and operational support.

As Camps International employs and trains these people who run the camps, they are of the highest standard. All camps are strategically located near to approved medical facilities and the local staff rehearse medical and emergency procedures.

The accommodation in camp ranges from traditional thatched buildings and longhouses to a simple dome tent or even a hammock in the jungle. The kitchens act as the heart of any camp and the staff work hard to create a great standard of food for most dietary requirements, regardless of power cuts, monsoon rains and supply trucks breaking down.

Working on the camp’s projects forms the majority of the expedition, but depending on which trip students go on, there are also opportunities for mountain trekking, jungle trekking, Scuba courses and wildlife watching.

Volunteers all fund their own expeditions. The whole experience teaches them to be independent, resourceful and opens their eyes to the larger world apart from their own home experience. This is a great boost to either their university or future career application.

Camps International In Figures

• £5,000,000 plus invested
• 600,000 plus trees planted
• 30,000 plus people benefitted
• 5,000 plus volunteers
• 200 plus schools travelled
• 150 plus locally employed staff
• 30 plus schools built
• 10 plus tonnes of marine refuse removed