Parents and supporters who become Associate Members of FSC are eligible to attend weekend family camps especially for Associate Members and their families. The annual subscription is £10 per family.
Associates Camps allow new child and adult campers with no FSC background to get a taster of FSC life and to decide whether camping with FSC is for them. For those who camped with FSC as children, former staff members and active members of staff with small children they provide a continuing link to camp and an opportunity to introduce their families to FSC camping and to be part of a lodge
Associate Members and FSC staff are all welcome at family camps, with or without their children. There is no age limit, upper or lower, and these camps are particularly suitable for very young children who may be camping for the first time. Supervision of children is the responsibility of the adults who bring them , and there is no organised travel, allowing us to keep the fees to a minimum. Adults and children share in the communal cooking (clan), with food and cooking equipment provided by the camp. There will be many of the usual FSC activities like rally, singing around the campfire, games, walks, and whatever the site and our ingenuity can produce.
Further information and forms for Associate Membership can be found on /parents-reference/associate-membership/ Please note: Associate members (only) will receive details of how and when to apply for associate camps in an email that will be sent out in January at around the same time as the programme.
Note: A parent who becomes an Associate Member or attends a family camp does not give their child any priority on the waiting list to attend any of our main camps
Camp No. 53 - Spring into Assington
Camp Leaders: Tippy Wood & Ben Shaw Organiser: Piete Brooks
Dates: Friday 2nd May 2025 to Monday 5th May 2025
Ages: Family
Come and join us at the beautiful Assington Mill Farm. The camp will be a friendly and inclusive welcome to the full FSC experience, learning how to live outdoors, and immersing ourselves in this special haven of nature that will be bursting into Spring all around us. We will be camping, playing, cooking on open wood fires, singing, dancing, making music, exploring and creating an exciting and fun community.
Nearby Town: Assington, Suffolk
Travel: Independent travel
Camp No. 52 - Woodland Wonders at Magical Mildenhall
Camp Leaders: Lucy Shepherd & Quentin Rea Organiser: Megan Ruddock
Dates: Friday 23rd May 2025 to Monday 26th May 2025
Ages: Family
Come on down to Wiltshire’s Grove Farm Woods for a menu of traditional FSC activities served with a generous dollop of the unexpected! As well as clan-cooking, Lodge walk, camp-fires, the Commandy Pimpler World Championships, Merrymoot, arts and crafts, musical delights and the sharing of myriad woodcraft skills this memorable weekend also promises ‘such stuff as dreams are made on’. What on earth will that mean? Come and discover for yourselves!
Nearby Town: Marlborough, Wiltshire
Travel: Independent travel
Camp No. 50 - East of Eden
Camp Leader: Liz Grayson Organiser: Miranda Green
Dates: Sunday 25th May 2025 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
Ages: Family
We will be camping at our beautiful site between Penrith and the Pennines near the River Eden. The camp will run for three nights again this year. This will give us time for a lodge walk to the swimming/paddling places on the first full day and on the second for camp games, a pea fair, a merrymoot and as much country dancing and singing round the campfire as we can fit in.
Nearby Town: Glassonby, Near Penrith
Travel: Independent travel
Camp No. 51 - Glorious Gelt
Camp Leaders: Claire McCraw & Laz Allen Organiser: Miranda Green
Dates: Saturday 19th July 2025 to Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Ages: Family
And so it came to pass in the waning days of summer in the ancient forest on the bank of the river Gelt, when the golden light of the setting sun dappled through the towering trees, that the gorillas -noble and wise - departed from the mortal world. For many seasons they had lived in Gelt’s secret glades, hidden from the eyes of hunters and kings alike. Their kindness unmatched and their hearts attuned to the deep magic of the earth. Still, some say, on quiet nights when the stars shine bright and the air is thick with the scent of moss and rain, you can still hear their distant calls, carried on the breeze. Join us and we’ll listen, sing, eat, swim, celebrate and dance in their magnificent footsteps.
Nearby Town: Brampton, Cumbria
Travel: Independent travel
Camp No. 54 - August Assington
Camp Leader: Nick Martin Organiser: Piete Brooks
Dates: Friday 22nd August 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
Ages: Family
We'd love to welcome you to this beautiful Suffolk site, next to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. See the rewilding of nature and explore the ancient woods. There is a millpond with a rowing boat where we can swim. Bring an instrument and learn new songs. We will practise our woodcraft skills and give children a chance to light a fire. We'll have camp fires & music, a lodge hike and games.
Nearby Town: Assington, Suffolk
Travel: Independent travel