Crossing Borders Youth Camp

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Some of you might be wondering what is Crossing Borders Youth Camp for? The vision and purpose for this camp is to support Deaf/Hard of Hearing youth aged 13-17 years old to develop their self-esteem, personal and leadership skills as well as expanding and building their friendship networks. At the camp, participants will be involved with teamwork building workshops, outdoor adventure activities and environment education. The program itself is designed to be entertaining, caring, and challenging with a variety of activities. For many Deaf/Hard of Hearing youths, attending camps is a difficult experience due to communication barriers so this camp’s goal is to provide all with a camp that is accessible and empowering for youths.

The 2023 Crossing Borders Youth Camp supports Deaf/hard of hearing young aged 13-17 years old to develop their self-esteem, personal and leadership skills as well as enhance their friendship networks. At the camp, participants will be involved with teamwork building workshops, outdoor adventure activities and environmental education exercises. The overall camp program will be entertaining, caring, challenging and at times sporty over the week.

When: Wed, 12 – Sun, 16 April 2023
Where: QCCC Brookfield, Brisbane
Registration Fee: $415

If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Erin Davies, Camp Coordinator at [email protected].

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Download the Information Booklet PDF

Flight Information

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Hi everyone! This video is specifically about flights for the Brisbane camp. There are two arrangements: flights arriving Wednesday 12th April and Sunday 16th April. This is important information for the Wednesday. Your child MUST arrive at Brisbane Airport by 12pm the latest. They can arrive at 7am, 8am, 9am, 10am, or 11am, that is up to you, but they MUST arrive by 12pm. A coach will arrive and pick up all participants and their bags to be taken directly to camp to arrive at 2pm. Camp leaders will be present at the airport ready to meet your child and ensure everyone is together ready for the bus' arrival at 1pm. When you register, you will receive an information booklet that specifies the airport meeting point as well as an emergency phone number that you and your child can access to contact camp leaders if anything urgent happens when travelling. For Sunday April 16th, all campers who are flying out of Brisbane will depart camp at 1pm on a coach directly to Brisbane airport for 2pm arrival. Camp leaders will be with the campers. All campers can not fly out until after 3:30pm to ensure enough time is available to drop off bags and board their flights. Camp leaders will remain at the airport until all campers have flown out safely. The same emergency phone number to contact camp leaders if anything urgent comes up when travelling. If you have more questions, please contact me by emailing me at [email protected].

Arrival on Wednesday April 12

Local Arrivals
All participants will arrange to arrive to the meeting point by their own methods of transportation unless they are flying into Brisbane Airport. All participants who are from Brisbane/Sunshine Coast/Gold Coast or are driving to camp will go directly to QCCC Brookfield for 2pm arrival.

QCCC Brookfield Address
179 Gold Creek Rd, Brookfield QLD 4069

Interstate Arrivals
Exact timing for rural/remote and interstate participants flying into Brisbane Airport is confirmed with each participant individually. All participants must fly into Brisbane Airport by 12pm on Wednesday 12 April 2023 and CBYC camp leaders will be present at the meeting point to collect the campers when they fly in. A coach provided by CBYC from Brisbane Airport to QCCC Brookfield will be present at 1pm to collect all campers to be delivered directly to QCCC Brookfield for 2pm arrival.

Departure on Sunday April 16

Local Departures
All campers who are not flying out must depart the camp by 2pm (the last activity ends at 1pm – Lunch).

Interstate Departures
All rural/remote and interstate campers will travel by a coach provided by CBYC from Brisbane Airport to QCCC Brookfield departing at 1pm for 2pm arrival at the Brisbane Airport. All interstate participants must book their flights for 3:30 or later departure time to ensure that enough time is allowed for them to catch their flights.

For participants

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Exciting news! Crossing Borders Youth Camp Applications is open now! If you want to come to camp – go to Deaf Australia’s website and you can find the registration for the camp under the events section. If you have any questions or issues – please email me at [email protected]

Download the flyer in PDF

For leaders

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Are you Deaf or Hard of Hearing and love working with youths? Exciting news – Crossing Borders Youth Camp Leader Applications is open! If you love working in a team, organising and leading activities, being creative, and camp then this is perfect for you! You will be expected to work in a team with other leaders to help facilitate the camp, attend a training weekend and be available for the whole duration of camp. More information and application form are on Deaf Australia’s website.

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Participant Registration

For 13-17 years old.

CLOSED

Full payment is due by Friday 3rd March 2023

Leader Application

For 21-30 years old

CLOSED

Applications close Sunday 15th January 2023

Video Updates from our Camp Coordinator, Erin

Dates & Venue Announcement (26/11/2022)

Transcript:Hi everyone! Crossing Borders Youth Camp 2023 have an exciting announcement about the dates for the camp and the venue.The dates for camp will be In next year 2023 Wednesday 12th to Sunday 16th of April. It will be a perfect timing as this is the Easter holidays for most states. The camp will be 5 days long.Where will the camp venue be - NSW, Vic, Tas, SA, WA, or NT? Well, it will be in Queensland in the capital city of Brisbane.The camp is QCCC Brookfield for those who are between 13 to 17 years old.Camp is very close to the city so you can just fly in and pop over to camp which is ideal for everyone. If you have been wanting to visit Brisbane or Queensland - this is your opportunity!See you there, bye.

Tour of the camp venue (16/12/2022)

Transcript:This is the front area and the front reception area. The bus will arrive here and drop you all off here to enter the camp.This is the pool area where you can swim, there’s tables and chairs where you can relax and chat.This is the dining room where your breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be. There will be tables and chairs here. How exciting!This is the auditorium where we will have big gatherings, movie night, and other activities. We have cabins along here and you will be allocated in different rooms. Have a look!This is the volleyball court where you can play volleyball in the sandy area.This is the game room, it has a pool table and table tennis as well as couches here and a room over there where you can chill and chat.

Introduction to 2023 (10/01/2023)

Transcript:Hi everyone! Happy New Year, how exciting 2023 already! That means camp is just 4 months away in April already. Camp leader applications close on 15th January which is very soon. Youth applications close next month on 17th February. Make sure you don’t miss out on applying. We will be posting on our Facebook page and website with updates regarding camp schedule, how to book flights, how to get to and from camp, what activities we have, also who will be our presenters, interpreters, and camp leaders. So exciting! Make sure if you have any questions, please email me anytime at [email protected]. See you there! Bye!

Flight Information (10/01/2023)

Transcript:Hi everyone! This video is specifically about flights for the Brisbane camp. There are two arrangements: flights arriving Wednesday 12th April and Sunday 16th April. This is important information for the Wednesday. Your child MUST arrive at Brisbane Airport by 12pm the latest. They can arrive at 7am, 8am, 9am, 10am, or 11am, that is up to you, but they MUST arrive by 12pm. A coach will arrive and pick up all participants and their bags to be taken directly to camp to arrive at 2pm. Camp leaders will be present at the airport ready to meet your child and ensure everyone is together ready for the bus' arrival at 1pm. When you register, you will receive an information booklet that specifies the airport meeting point as well as an emergency phone number that you and your child can access to contact camp leaders if anything urgent happens when travelling. For Sunday April 16th, all campers who are flying out of Brisbane will depart camp at 1pm on a coach directly to Brisbane airport for 2pm arrival. Camp leaders will be with the campers. All campers can not fly out until after 3:30pm to ensure enough time is available to drop off bags and board their flights. Camp leaders will remain at the airport until all campers have flown out safely. The same emergency phone number to contact camp leaders if anything urgent comes up when travelling. If you have more questions, please contact me by emailing me at [email protected].

Using Your NDIS for Camp Registration (18/01/2023)

Transcript:Hi everyone! This video is for those with an NDIS plan and how to use it to pay for camp registration. Check that your child has an NDIS plan, look through their plan and check if it has one of the three funding categories: core funding, social and participation funding, or capacity funding. If it has one of those, then NDIS can definitely pay for camp registration. But the process of how to depends on your plan; whether you are self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA managed. If yours is one of the latter two: plan-managed or NDIA-managed then you need to check with them first for approval before proceeding to use your NDIS funding. Once it is approved then you can go ahead and use it. If you are self-managed it is easy, you can straightaway use your funding through two options. You can either register and pay for your child's camp registration then receive an invoice to submit to NDIS to be reimbursed. The second option is to request for an invoice first to claim with NDIS and get the money reimbursed first before paying for registration. If you need an invoice - please email me at [email protected]. If you are plan-managed or self-managed you do not need to check with your LAC for permission to use the funding.

Registration Deadline Extended (21/02/2023)

Transcript:Hey! You’ve not yet registered for camp – you’re thinking it’s closed, all spots are full and you’re disappointed you’ve missed out.Well, hold on a sec, I’ve exciting news to announce! You’re all so lucky; we’ve had people contacting us to tell us they’re disappointed to have missed out on registering for camp…Our team are as keen as to make sure that people who want to go to camp can do so. So we contacted the camp site to negotiate and they’re good-hearted – they’ve agreed to extend the registration by two weeks until Friday 3rd March. But: we’ve only got 10 spots extra. That’s our maximum capacity. So if you want to come, book your spot NOW before these spots are gone! See you there!

Camp Leaders Announcement (14/03/2023)

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You’re probably wondering who the Deaf and hard of hearing leaders of camp are! We’ve shortlisted to 7 Deaf and hard of hearing leaders; they’ve put in a lot of work to prepare for camp. They are very passionate, have a look at who they are!

Hello! I’m Thomas gives name sign and I’m based in NSW! I’m really excited about camp because I’ll be getting to meet and play games with you all. So excited, see you there!

Hello, I’m Shanleigh gives name sign from Central Victoria. I’m excited to meet you all, I’m looking forward to helping you participate, build skills and confidence on camp. Important to have fun!

Hello I’m Nicholas Steer gives name sign and I’m from Melbourne, Victoria. I’m really excited about youth camp and I’m excited to meet you all Deaf people who are the Australian Deaf Community’s future.

Hello! I’m Drisana Levitizke-Gray gives name sign and I’m from sunny Western Australia. I’m excited about the camp, the opportunity to socialise and connect; I’m looking forward to that.

I’m Sam gives name sign and I’m from two places; currently at Melbourne in Victoria and in the past, I was from New Zealand, in Christchurch. Am I excited for camp?! Yes! Why? To meet you all, I’m excited!

Hello, hello, everyone, hello! I’m Shadrach gives name sign I’m from Far North Queensland, in Cairns. I’m looking forward to meeting you all, socialising and chatting and creating a good camp experience too. See you there!

Hello! I’m Shara gives name sign and I’m from Brisbane, Queensland, meaning I can travel to camp, to meet all of you, get to know you and learn some new skills. Bye!