Monday 13th - Sunday 17th April 2026
Woodend Christian Camp

As a CCHCT-nominated camper, this is a free camp. There is never any cost to schools or families.

5 Days of fun for intermediate students

Featuring: Trampolines, Go-Kart, Flying Fox, Aero Jump, Water Slide, Mini Golf, Archery, Awesome Leaders and Yummy Food.

Where:
We meet in Riccarton and travel out to camp via bus and vans.

Once a childs place on camp is confirmed they will receive a flier with the pick-up and drop-off details and gear list.

Want to join in?

Once we have received their registration and checked the nomination from your school or organisation, we will be in contact with the camper’s family to confirm their child’s place at camp.

Contact:
CDN Office: 942 3434 Email: kidscamp@cdntrust.org.nz Emergency Contact: 0221112626

You are welcome to nominate as many children as you would like for camp. If we are unable to accept all of your nominees on the next camp we can put some on a waiting list for a future camp (we run camp every school holidays!)

Please nominate children who you can see would benefit from camp in some way. They may be children who:

– Need to make more friends
– Are having a tough time at home
– Family can’t afford holidays
– Need more good role models
– Have experienced a loss in the family

OR any number of other good reasons.

Here are some quotes from campers’ parents!


– This is her third camp and she loves going. Each time she hasn’t known anyone and she can be quite an anxious child… Thank you for looking after my daughter so wonderfully.


– My daughter wasn’t very keen to go beforehand, however she told me the other day that this was the best camp she has ever been on! She doesn’t praise things very much so it really is high praise! She said she would love to go to another one


– Camp was amazing as she has been very anxious since her dad and I separated… now they have seen some not great things, and so by her going and not worrying about things at home, I think this has really helped her. I was wanting to let you know how much I appreciate all you have done for kids!


– He’s always a very positive child after camp, happy, smiling and loves to talk about all the events that have happened there.

Who is CCHCT?
Christchurch Children's Holiday Camps Trust (CCHCT) provide funding so a number of campers can come to camp at no cost. CCHCT Camp nomination co-ordinator contact: Dave Nicol 027 3512538 holiday.camps@xtra.co.nz

Who is CDN?
CDN Trust is a Christian youth agency based in Riccarton and Hornby working with young people aged 10-17 and their families. Some aspects of our services are city-wide in scope such as Kids Camp. We also provide youth camps, a youth drop-in centre, school-based services, and other activities. We want to help young people put their energy toward constructive things that make lives better. The energy, abilities and dreams of young people can be a transforming powerful force for good in our community and our city.

Health and Safety 
Camp staff are police vetted and trained in health & safety as well as leadership skills.  We always have at least one leader trained in First Aid at every programme or event.
On the first day of camp, we will discreetly screen campers for head lice. In the event of finding signs of head lice, we will call home and give their caregivers the option of either sending their camper home to be treated or having the camper treated on camp.
Good behaviour and good discipline are important safety principles. If your child behaves inappropriately, we will talk with your child, if the problem persists we will call home so you can be informed and talk with your child. If there are issues that we believe are impacting safety and your child remaining at camp we will call home and have your child picked up as soon as possible.
CDN Trust will endeavour to exercise all due care, we will not be liable for any injury sustained by campers in the care of CDN Trust nor for any loss or damage suffered to any property in the camper’s possession.
In the case of an emergency, sudden illness, or injury, CDN will provide or seek medical care for your child. In the case of major injury CDN will take what they believe to be reasonable steps to provide medical care and will attempt to contact both of the contact people that have been supplied.
Campers will be responsible for their own property and behaviour while part of this programme.
If your child is unwell at the start of camp they will be unable to attend camp. Please contact the camp director as soon as possible as we may have children on the waitlist. If your child is unable to come to camp we will make every effort to accommodate them on a future CDN camp. 

Privacy 
We gather your personal information, including name, contact information and interactions with us, for the purposes of administration, assessment and reporting. This information will be used in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020. This information may be shared with other organisations for health & safety and administrative purposes, including venues, and external program providers. We may discuss your child's needs and well-being with their school or nominating organisation. We may also send you updates about future CDN camps and programmes. You may opt-out of these updates at any time. While providing some information is optional, most of the information we ask for is required in order to register you for our programmes. You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.
CDN may take audio and visual images of campers while on camp for promotional, funding and administrative purposes. It is the Trust’s policy that any photos for publication are positive depictions of the campers and will be used in such a way to preserve anonymity. A cabin/team photo will be taken during camp for administrative and keepsake purposes. Each cabin member will be given one of these photos to bring home. Please advise CDN if you have any concerns about the publication of your child's photo.

Marae-style camping
Most CDN camps accommodation is provided in single sex cabins. However CDN Trust camps periodically incorporate one or more marae-style teams.  This means that these teams participate in all the normal camp activities, but additionally may have some extra cultural elements, will sleep in a mixed-gender room which will have an open environment with experienced leaders. Separate, individual, gender-neutral cubicles are available for all changing, toilets and showering.  No one is to change clothes in the open-cabin environment.  
It is CDN Trust policy that in order to make camp a safe, enjoyable and inclusive place for all children, if your child is more comfortable in an open-mixed environment or for any reason needs access to an individual changing/bathroom area then the marae-style team(s) would be best for them.  If any of these apply to your child please do let us know on the email address listed below.
Whilst we are striving to accommodate all young people and their needs on all camps, unfortunately we are unable to offer marae-style teams on all of our camps. If by your preference or our policy, the marae-style team would be required for your young person, we may ask you to register them for our next available camp which can accommodate them instead.

Other Information
Lost Property: We collect lots of lost property after a camp; please contact the office if your child is missing something. We’ll hold on to unclaimed gear for 3 weeks, then unclaimed gear will be given to families and groups who could make use of them.
Inappropriate Gear: If campers bring inappropriate gear (cellphones, smart watches, other digital devices , cash, lollies, fizzy drink etc) we will name them and store them until the end of camp when they will be returned.
Clothing: We ask that campers bring modest clothing, for the interest of everyone on camp. If people wear bikinis or other revealing clothing, people will need to wear them under T-shirts etc.
Offsite Activities: During camp there will be an offsite activity, normally a trip to a swimming pool, all transport for this activity will be provided by CDN.

Responsiveness 
In the event that you have a suggestion, concern or complaint please follow these steps:
Raise the suggestion, concern or complaint with the Camp Director - JC 0221112626 or kidscamp@cdntrust.org.nz If it isn’t appropriate to do this then you can also raise your suggestion, concern or complaint with the CDN manager, phone 942-3434. Alternatively, put your concerns in writing and post them to: The Manager, CDN Trust, 44 Elizabeth St, Riccarton 8041

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