JROS 2026 summer camp appeal
Join our appeal to support the Junior Regional Orienteering Squads putting on their junior training camps this summer.
The Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) put on five different summer training camps each year for various ages:
- Lagganlia - 25th July - 1st August for 24x M/W14s plus ~18x coaches/staff
- Deeside - 25th July - 1st August for 16x M/W16s plus ~12x coaches/staff
- Czechia - 15th-24th August for 18x M/W16s plus 8x coaches/staff
- Stockholm - 18th-20th August for 20x M/W17s plus 6x coaches/staff
- Gothenburg - 21st-31st August for 20x M/W18-19s plus 2x coaches/staff
That is nearly 100 juniors and 50 coaches and other staff. All are voluntary roles but when you add up assembly costs (trains, flights, driving), vehicles and travel on camps, accommodation, food (hungry athletes eat a lot!), maps, access fees, competitions etc. etc. it comes to a significant expenditure.
How is it all paid for? Well here at the Orienteering Foundation we have been long time supporter for many years for specific targeted initiatives (see Projects Funded). JROS also receives donations alongside people's entries to some major events (like JK and British - you may have seen it on the entry form) and gets other occasional one-off donations. However, the vast majority of the cost is borne by the junior athletes (or their parents!). We want to make these camps as accessible as possible to juniors. We also want to make it possible for JROS to continue to take new and aspiring young coaches, as the camps provide an excellent way to develop coaching careers (and many of our previous grants have specifically targeted this).
Therefore we are launching a campaign to raise funds for JROS camps this summer.
To get an idea what your donation might help support, here are some examples:
- Maps / map printing for the whole camp - £6
- Access fees for the whole camp - £10
- Breakfast food during the camp - £12
- Rest day activity during the camp - £15
- Tour O top - £25
- Seat on a minibus for the camp - £90
All are for 1 athlete on a camp - multiply up to support multiple athletes! For example,
- Map printing for all the juniors at Lagganlia is £150
- A minibus and fuel for a whole camp can be over £1000
It is easy to make a donation to this campaign by clicking the button below which will take you to the campaign page on the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) website. Please give generously!