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- The camps are spread across the UK in areas including Dorset, Northamptonshire, South Wales, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Perth and Fife.
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Over The Wall Camp is where many children and young people with health challenges grow their confidence, form lifelong bonds, and feel more independent than ever before. To make camp possible for you, our medical team of nurses, doctors and paramedics are there at all times.
Unlike other camps in the SeriousFun Children's Network, Over The Wall has no permanent site and holds camps in multiple locations in the UK, including at Bryanston School, Tulliallan Castle, and Strathallan School, allowing it to serve families from across the UK.
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, based in Ashford, Connecticut, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, residential summer camp, and year-round center serving children and their families coping with chronic illnesses such as cancer, sickle cell disease and many others.
The camps are spread across the UK in areas including Dorset, Northamptonshire, South Wales, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Perth and Fife. Over The Wall continues to keep Paul Newman’s dream alive in the UK, by providing a safe environment where children with illness can thrive and ‘raise hell’, in a world of mischief, magic and new possibilities.
Founded by legendary actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, SeriousFun Children’s Network (SeriousFun) is a global community of 30 camps and programs delivering life-changing camp and recreational experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families, always free of charge.
Feb 28, 2019 · Bryanston School near Blandford has hosted the camps for many years, and this year a record number of children are expected to attend camp – so more volunteers are needed.
It was founded by Hollywood actor Paul Newman in 1994 and modeled on his renowned Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut, USA. Excellent, unobtrusive medical supervision helps children with cancer and other diseases forget illness, learn to have fun and rebuild their confidence and self-esteem.
