Camp Quest UK – the secular summer camp mixing physical and traditional camp activities with sessions focused on personal, philosophical and scientific discovery – has a strong culture of neurodivergent leadership and inclusion, which the organisation will be preserving and developing in their new era.
After a six year break Camp Quest UK recently announced that it will be relaunching, with a two-night family camp in the stunning Peak District to mark the 30th anniversary of the Camp Quest movement.
The family camp (Saturday 2 – Monday 4 May) will provide an exciting community experience for families thinking about how to raise ethical critical thinkers, and test new approaches and set the groundwork for a return to residential summer camps for young people in future years.
Neurodivergent inclusion
“My involvement with Camp Quest UK helped shape a lot of my thinking about humanist parenting, community and my neurodivergent identity. I’ve found a lot of value, love and community in my local neurohikes group, and that’s been helpful planning walks and other activities for this upcoming camp. After a long hiatus, we need to rebuild our community, but I’m sure that neurodivergent people will continue to play an important role in that.” – Alastair Lichten, Camp Quest UK Programme Director
“I think Camp Quest (UK) as a whole attracted a lot of humanist/neurodivergent people who thought deeply about parenting and social issues, and that is probably what made it so special and what made many people return year after year.” – Samantha Stein, Neurodivergent mentor, strategist and author, founder of Camp Quest UK
“Camp Quest always felt like a safe space to share ideas with open minded young people. I was always a ‘quiet kid’ and even at Camp Quest I was one of the quieter campers, but Camp Quest certainly helped bring me out of my shell, for which I will always be grateful.” – Camper feedback, 2025 Camp Quest UK survey
“In adopting this Constitution, we recognise the particular historic contribution that atheist, neurodivergent, neuroqueer, and queer people have made to the development of the Camp Quest ethos and movement in the UK and beyond.” – Camp Quest UK’s 2025 constitution
May 2026 Family camp programme:
- Traditional camp cooking and games
- Educational walks and activities in the stunning Peak District
- Arts and crafts
- Adult campfire activities – sharing experiences and ideas for encouraging critically thinking kids.
- Kids campfire activities – using a Philosophy for Children (P4C) approach to explore big issues.
If you have any questions about Camp Quest, or our neurodivergent inclusion, please get in touch.
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