Thanks for visiting our JustGiving Page! We are walking to raise funds for the running of the annual St John Bosco Children’s Camp which is affiliated to the St Vincent De Paul Society (SVP).  On Saturday 21st November 2015, a group of helpers from the camp intend to complete a 20km walk along the river Thames, starting at Fulham and ending at Tower Bridge, crossing over 16 bridges.  The group currently consists of Nick Wells, John Wentworth, Claude Warnick, Charlie Theisinger, Andy Sinnott, Dave McDonnell, Aaron Marchant, James Doherty, Tom Appleton, PJ McEvoy, Christopher Haynes, Gemma Nosworthy, Asa Peach and Dominic Doige.

The St John Bosco Children’s Camp has now been running for over 65 years. The camp is inspired by the life and work of St John Bosco and St Vincent de Paul. 

John Bosco believed that there was no such thing as a bad child, only bad circumstances, and he worked hard to give children a place to play, and to learn to trust again.

The Bosco Children’s Camp has now been running for over 65 years and runs for three weeks each summer, two weeks for boys and one week for girls. It has been on its currently site of Fordham in Essex for 30 years. Each week we aim to give 130 children a fantastic holiday, with the help of up to 70 volunteers, many of who were once children at the camp themselves.

Children come to the camp from a variety of backgrounds which can include, one parent families, overcrowding at home, alcohol and drug abuse within the family, recent bereavements, or perhaps they may be in care.  We aim to give these children a holiday to remember in a caring environment, which they may not be used to.

In order for this camp to run each year, a large amount of fund-raising needs to take place, to cover the deficit between income and expenditure.  Additionally, we are always looking to improve the quality of the holidays we provide, and are continually looking to raise funds for special projects. 

It would be great if you could donate and share our Page so we can raise as much as possible. Thank you.

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