The BUILD Charity has hosted a camping weekend for 12 of its members at the Kearns Foundation’s Log Cabin and Campsite at Trimingham in North Norfolk. Many of the BUILD members live in residential care or supported living, or with family carers, so the chance to be outside and learn open fire cooking skills, teamwork, self-management, as well as tent pitching takes them very much out of their usual comfort zone but according to CEO and event organiser James Kearns the benefits are wider. “These weekends build self-confidence, time management, budgeting and social skills in a fast, but fun environment showing our members that they are often capable of being more independent than they, or sometimes their carers, might think”. To find out more about BUILD’s GetAways programme visit GetAways and the BUILD Travel Service.
