Residential Project

The Programme

Requirements

You need to be

• away from home for 5 days and 4 nights
• with people you don't know or don't know well and
• there needs to be a purpose for the event

The following is a list of suggestions for Residential Projects.  Some of them have links through to the website associated with that group. 

• Children's Health Camps - also contact groups (eg  Asthma Society, CanTeen, CCS, MS) who often have week long events where they need extra helpers
  
• Children's Holiday camps - eg YMCA camps, church based camps
  
• Department of Conservation Volunteer Activities
  
• GirlGuiding New Zealand Jamborees and Discoveries - extra adult volunteers are also required.  Contact your local Guides New Zealand
  
• Global Youth Foundation Discovery Course
  
• Lions International Youth Camp - contact your local Lions group
  
• Outward Bound
  
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award - contact your local Rotary Club about this
  
• Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre
  
• Spirit of New Zealand
  
• TS Sarah Jane
  
• University hosted theme weeks eg:
•  Hands on Science
• Genesis Science and Technology Forum
• NZ Business Week
• YES - Youth Environment for Sustainability
  
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• WWOOFing - Willing Workers on Organic Farms
  
• Blue Mountain Lodge
  
• Scouting New Zealand - Jamboree, Aviation School, Canoe School, Caving School, Photography School

If you have a suggestion for a Residential Project then let us know on info@challengenz.org.nz so it can be included in the list.