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 activity must be purposeful - It is not a holiday!

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

Approval must be sought from the National Office for a Residential Project undertaken away from New Zealand, even if it is listed below as a suggestion.

• At Sea Sail Training - you can check out a PDF about this Organisation here (1.05mb)
• Blue Mountain Adventure Centre 
• Children's Holiday camps - eg YMCA camps, church based camps
• Defence Force Units - ATC's, Training Ships, Cadets - have a variety of courses that fufill this requirement eg - Junior/Senior Advaned Leaders, Junior/Senior Outdoor Leaders
• Discovery Foundation Incorporated - Discovery Teen courses
• Department of Conservation Volunteer Activities
• Everest Treks
• Girl Guiding New Zealand - Jamborees and Discoveries - extra adult volunteers are also required. Contact your local Guides New Zealand
• Liberty and Society - an initiative of the Centre for Independent Studies - an overseas opportunity
• Lions International - contact your local Lions group
• Lucca Leadership - an overseas opportunity
• Outward Bound
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award - contact your local Rotary Club about this
• R Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust
• Scouting New Zealand- Jamboree, Aviation School, Canoe School, Caving School, Photography School
• Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre
• Spirit of New Zealand
• Summer Camp USA
• TS Sarah Jane
• University hosted theme weeks eg:
• Hands on Science
• Genesis Science and Technology Forum
• NZ Business Week
• YES - Youth Environment for Sustainability
• WWOOFing - Willing Workers on Organic Farms
• Youth Camps - also contact groups (eg Asthma Society, CanTeen, CCS, MS) who often have week long events where they need extra helpers

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