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REGISTRATION FOR ENGLISH CAMP

Registration can be done through our website on our registration page here.

After filling out the initial registration form on the English camp website, you will receive a follow-up email with three more required steps until registration is complete. 

  1. Payment – payment is required to complete registration. For more details about payment, please see the FAQ question below.
  2. Information Form – You will be sent a link to our information form to fill out that will ask more detailed questions regarding your campers needs to help your camper have a great camp experience.
  3. Consent Form – You will be sent the English Camp Consent Form that will need to be read, signed, and emailed back to us.

After completing all three steps above, you will receive a final email from us saying your camper is fully registered to attend English Camp.

While considered one camp, English Camp is hosted at two different locations simultaneously: Salzburg and Westendorf. While both locations have unique offerings, campers will have a similar English Camp experience no matter which location they pick.

Yes payment is required at time of registration, your campers spot is not held until the full payment amount for registration is received (as well as the information and consent forms filled out).

Payment can be made to:
Recipient: English Camp
IBAN: AT44 1200 0094 4681 8808
BIC: BKAUATWW
Memo/Reason: ECamp, Name of your camper and camp week.

Your camper’s reservation may be cancelled before camp starts as follows:
– Cancellation before June 15th: 100% (minus a €30 processing fee) of the entire payment will be refunded.
– Cancellation after June 15th: 50% of the entire payment will be refunded.
Unfortunately refunds are not possible once your camper’s English Camp week has started.

We understand that you may have family circumstances or family size that creates financial difficulty. To help families who need financial assistance,  we do have a couple of options and discounts available: 

  • Families with multiple children signed up for English Camp receive an automatic family discount of €30 per camper.
  • For those looking for financial assistance, scholarships can be applied for by contacting us through email.

GENERAL ENGLISH CAMP QUESTIONS

Camp check-in is from 15:00-17:00 on the scheduled day of arrival. Due to rental circumstances, early arrival is not allowed.

We will suggest a train time when other campers will be traveling from across Austria to attend English Camp and recommend your camper take that train. If driving, directions depend on the camp location.
– Schwaigmühle: Latschenstraße 12, 5084 Großgmain
– Westendorf: Vorderwindau 20, 6363 Westendorf

Campers are placed in shared rooms known as Cabins consisting of 3-6 other youth who are around the same age or from the same location in Austria as your camper. Each Cabin is led by a trained camp staff member.

Please list any requests on the information form (the form you later receive after filling out the registration form) and we will try our best to place requested campers together. Cabin assignments are made before camp and we cannot guarantee placement of any campers together.

Due to the active and sometimes outside nature of camp, we encourage that your camper pack typical camp clothes that they can afford to get dirty and be active in. Our packing list can be found here: Packing list

Yes, campers should bring extra cash if desired. Each day campers have the opportunity to buy snacks or English Camp merch at our Kiosk.

The English Camp rules can be found here.

Cell phone and other electronic device use is prohibited at English Camp. Upon arrival, electronic devices will be given to camp program staff and returned the evening before departure day. By request, campers may be granted their cell phones back only for an urgent phone call with a parent or guardian.

While every day looks different, a general schedule at camp is usually as follows:

  • 8:00-8:30 – Breakfast
  • 8:30-9:00 – Quiet Time
  • 9:00-9:30 – Cabin Cleanup
  • 9:30-11:30 – English Lesson
  • 11:30-12:15 – Group Game
  • 12:15-1:00 – Lunch
  • 1:00-2:00 – Cabin Time
  • 2:00-2:30 – Kiosk
  • 2:30-5:30 – Afternoon Activity
  • 5:30-6:00 – Free Time
  • 6:00-7:00 – Dinner
  • 7:00-8:30 – Chapel
  • 8:30-10:00 – Snack and Games
  • 10:00-10:30 – Cabin Time
  • 10:30 – Bedtime

SAFETY AT ENGLISH CAMP

Your campers’ health and safety is one of our camp staff’s top priority. Because of this, we require each camper to submit any medical needs via our information form (the form you later receive after you fill out the registration form) before the start of camp. If your camper requires regular medication and you would like our camp program staff to safely help administer the medication, please make a note on the information form. Should your camper require medical care, every attempt will be made to contact you first.

English camp caters to the following dietary restrictions: Vegetarian, Lactose Intolerance, and Gluten Intolerance. Because of the added adaptations that need to be made to facilitate the above dietary restrictions, we charge an extra €30 per camper. To help facilitate your campers experience, we request that you list in detail any dietary restrictions during registration on the information form (the form you later receive after you fill out the registration form).

All of our staff are required to attend a 5-day training with us that includes a child protection and awareness training beforehand. It is part of our hiring process which also includes interviews, background checks, and references. Our program leads are also required to have first-aid training.

Before camp you will receive a cell number of the English Camp staff member in charge of the location your camper is at. Please refer to this email for details on how to contact your camper.

THE "ENGLISH" PART OF ENGLISH CAMP

We welcome campers at all English fluency levels at camp. One focus of English Camp is to give your camper a setting where they can deepen their level of English at their pace through engaging lessons, interacting with native English speakers, and being in an English-speaking environment for a week. 

At English Camp we focus on speaking and interacting in English for the entire week. This includes all activities, chapel times, cabin groups, and more. Each day includes a two-hour English lesson that will be built upon throughout the day as your camper engages with others in English. Your camper has the opportunity to speak English all day long with our many native speakers.

We have both native English and German speakers at all our camp locations. To facilitate an authentic English Camp experience, over half of our staff are native English speakers mainly from the United States. However, our main program staff are always fluent German speakers who are living long-term in Austria.

We think so! 9 out of 10 campers self-report that their English either improved or vastly improved due to attending one week of English Camp.

ENGLISH CAMP RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

Our English Camp is a Christian camp. We will openly share Biblical truths every day at camp through fun and interactive teaching, music, prayer, and cabin groups. However, your camper does not need to be a Christian or believe in the Bible to attend camp. We do not pressure campers in any spiritual matter and respect each individual camper’s right to make their own decisions regarding beliefs and values.

Our English Camp is associated with both the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) and the Federation of Evangelical Churches of Austria (BEG). Our statement of beliefs aligns with these organizations and can be found here and here.

AFTER ENGLISH CAMP

We keep every lost and found item at English Camp for a month after camp ends. Your camper has the opportunity to recover the item at our English Camp Reunion held in late August or September after camp. If necessary we can mail the item if shipping costs are covered by the camper.

As long as your camper has filled out the required picture consent form, your camper will receive pictures from their camp location the week following camp. As described in the consent form, pictures may be posted on official English Camp media sites including our website and Instagram. Follow our Instagram at @EnglishCampAustria

English Camp hosts a yearly English Camp Reunion in late August or early September in Innsbruck, Austria. Details are posted on our English Camp Instagram as well as through WhatsApp. We also highly encourage youth to attend one of the bi-weekly youth programs through the BEG where they can interact and connect year-round with other campers who attended English Camp. If you would like to find out more, please reach us by email and we can give you more details.

We would love your support of English Camp and you can help us out in three ways:

  1. Sign-up your camper and camper’s friends to English Camp – the best way to support us is by attending English Camp. Not only for your camper, but also for all your camper’s friends.
  2. Tell others about English Camp – Spread the word regarding our amazing camp. We would gladly send you flyers to hand out or share about English Camp digitally by following our Instagram Page and sharing our posts. 
  3. Give to the Scholarship Fund – You can help other campers have the best experience of their summer by giving to our scholarship fund. Gifts can be made out to:
    Recipient: English Camp
    IBAN: AT44 1200 0094 4681 8808
    BIC: BKAUATWW
    Memo/Reason: Scholarship Fund.