YMCA Daycamps

February Half Term

Monday 13th February – Friday 17th February

Easter Holidays

Week 1: Monday 3rd April – Thursday 6th April

Week 2: Tuesday 11th April – Friday 14th April

May/June Half Term

Tuesday 30th May – Friday 2nd June

Summer Holidays

Week 1: Monday 24th July – Friday 28th July

Week 2: Monday 31st July – Friday 4th August

Week 3: Monday 7th August – Friday 11th August

Week 4: Monday 14th August – Friday 18th August

Week 5: Monday 21st August – Friday 25th August

Week 6: Tuesday 29th August – Friday 1st September

The staff that make up the Day Camp team have several years’ experience with youth work and early years backgrounds as well as National Governing Body qualified instructors. All staff that work for YMCA Dulverton Group have been thoroughly trained and all hold up to date DBS and safeguarding certificates. There will a first aider on site at all times.

Yes, all children will require a packed lunch* and need to bring a refillable water bottle that they can fill at our water station throughout the day. We will also have two snack breaks during the day so something healthy to keep them going until lunch!

*Please avoid putting anything that may contain nuts into your child’s packed lunch, as we do have children who have nut allergies attending

Yes, if they would like to purchase a treat from the tuck shop. We would recommend no more than £1 per day.

No, all equipment needed will be provided by the YMCA and has been fully safety checked prior to use. We would strongly discourage anyone from bringing personal equipment to prevent any loss or damage occurring.

Below is a full list of what your child will need at Day Camp.

•  Appropriate clothing for activities
•  Coat
• Spare change of clothes
• Food and drink
• Hot days – sun cream, hat, plenty to drink
• Cold days – gloves, hat, coat
• Closed toe shoes such as trainers not flip flops
• We do not recommend wearing jewellery as most activities will require this to be removed for safety reasons.
• Mobile phones, iPods and other similar items are not recommended if brought they will need to be put in a safe place during activities, these are the responsibility of the owner.

Please ensure that all property has your child’s name on. In the event that your child has misplaced something, please see a team member at the end of the day.

Your child may be able to be with their friend or sibling depending on their ages, our day camp children are split into age groups. If your child and their friend or relative falls into the same age group you can request they be put together, however they will definitely make lots of new friends!

Throughout the week, your child will be able to try a range of activities including Archery, Climbing and Boating as well as some super fun, different themed activities. Please click here to see a sample timetable (subject to change as necessary)

You can drop your child off at 8:30am and pick them up at 5pm each day. Throughout the school holidays, we offer Daycamps Monday-Friday except on Bank Holidays. Bookings are made by week and cost £175.

You can book your child’s place at YMCA Daycamps using Magic Booking here. The link for this is at the top of this page. Follow the link to create an account or log in if you have used it before. Follow the steps to book!

Please note that your booking is only confirmed once a payment has been made. You can pay using a credit or debit card or using Childcare Vouchers or Tax Free Childcare which is all processed by our secure booking platform.

Yew Trees

Sodexo 887272

Edenred P21181594

Computershare search for Yew Trees, BS26 2SA

Tax Free Childcare – search for Yew Trees Nursery, BS26 2SA

Barley Wood

Sodexo 844535

Edenred P20984488

Computershare – search for Barley Wood Nursery, BS40 5SA

Tax Free childcare – search for Barley Wood Nursery, BS40 5SA

If using either of these methods, please select this option at the checkout and once complete, please log into your childcare account and arrange for the funds to be transferred. Please note, you have 7 days from booking to arrange these funds, if this is not completed within this time frame, your booking will be cancelled and space may be reallocated. Until we have confirmed the transfer has been made, your Magic Booking account will show as having overdue payments and you won’t be able to book further spaces. This will change once payment has been confirmed by our team.

For any questions, such as which codes to use for any providers not listed, please contact us on daycamps@ymca-dg.org for details.