Information about the next camp will be
available here in the new year.
The 2010 camp was a great success as usual, and the photo gallery is available here.
33rd Annual Gurmat Camp
25th July to 1st August 2010
Special Features of the camp
are:
Community
Living: The Gurmat
Way
Gurmat Essay
& Painting
Competition
One Day
Outing
Introduction
to Archery &
Yoga
Workshops/Seminars
& Discussions
on Sikh Religion and Culture
Introduction
to Kirtan
Indoor and
Outdoor Games
Camp Fire
and Martial Arts Display
Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa
College, Roding Lane, Chigwell,
Essex, IG7 6BQ
(020 8559 9160)
Note: Minimum Age for Campers
is 10 years and the Maximum
age is 15.
Camp Fees - £75 for the
first child and £60
for other children from the same family. Special concession may be
available
in some cases.
Transport Arrangement - Seats for
the coach journey
from the Society in Southall to the camp and back will be available on
payment of £12 per child in advance
General Secretary: Teja Singh
Mangat (07882 102904)
Youth Wing Camp Organiser: Jankeesch
Kaur (07920
404528)
Camp Organiser: Chanchal Singh
Dhaliwal (07752 508338)
Assistant Camp Organiser: Bahadur
Singh (07877 781326)
For more information please
read -
Application
Form and Conditions for Campers
What follows is a press release
from the Essex Police
dated August 4, 2008
for the 2008 Gurmat Camp...
Police join in fun at Sikh
summer camp
By Denise Harvey
Essex Police joined in the fun and
games with 163 Sikh
children at the annual children's summer camp held at Guru Gobind Singh
Khalsa College, Chigwell last week. The camp ran from Sunday, July 27,
to Sunday, August 3.
 During
the week, the campers were given the opportunity to learn about and
experience
the Sikh way of life through prayer, music, activities, talks and
workshops.
The children were split into 14 groups monitored at all times by
between
two and three voluntary group leaders. Participants at the camp enjoyed
traditional Sikh and English meals each day. All the teaching was in
English
and was well organised with time aside for leisure and recreational
play,
sports and games.
Workshops were led by local police
officers and police
community support officers (PCSOs) in conjunction with Essex Police's
dedicated
youth participation worker, Dan Rankin. Subjects such as policing, the
extended police family, drugs, knife crimes and personal safety were
covered.
An interactive relay-race run in old police uniform (including riot
shields
and body armour) got the children's pulses racing.
Amardeep Singh Sidhu, from
'Signature' who was the runner
up on this year's television programme 'Britain's Got Talent' attended
the camp.
Amardeep, whose cleaning and sweeping
dance routine excited
the nation was helping out singing with the children.
He said: "Last year I helped all
week, but since the show,
life has been very busy. I am only helping out for a few days in
between
touring, but this time I have been doing some real sweeping!"
The annual children's summer camp
is run by the Sikh Missionary
Society U.K. The society is an established and respected presence in
the
Sikh community in the UK and the rest of the world. The camp itself has
also become an established event in the school summer holidays, and
this
year marks its 31st anniversary. It attracts Sikh children aged between
nine and 15 years from all over Europe. The camp has been held in
various
locations in its 30-year history, in towns and cities such as
Newcastle,
Southampton and Gravesend.
This year was so successful, that
despite only word-of-mouth
advertising, approximately 100 children had to be turned away.
Loughton inspector Simon Werrett
said: "The initial contact
was made by the Sikh Missionary Society through the Essex Police web
site
requesting our attendance in a joint partnership event. This is an
excellent
opportunity for us to engage with children from minority groups on a
variety
of subjects as well as providing officers the opportunity to learn
about
the Sikh way of life.
Often we are in involved in
enforcement activities with
young people, so it is good to share positive interaction with the
children.
All the team enjoyed being involved and have had a fantastic time."
Camp organiser Surinder Purewal,
who normally works as
the assistant director of internal audit for the Metropolitan Police,
said:
"It has been an educating and challenging week for the children, it's
been
good for them to get to know the local officers and understand the work
they do. They have received valuable lessons to help them stay
safe."
Useful Links
Online Photo
Gallery of Gurmat
Camp 2002
Powerpoint Presentation made at the
Camp on Banda
Bahadur Singh
Powerpoint Presentation made at the
Camp about Human
Hair and its significance
Online Photo
Gallery of Gurmat Camp
2008
Online Photo Gallery of Gurmat Camp
2010
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