This Years Holding Group

Hello, we're this years Holding Group. If you see us around the camp we'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions you might have.

Clare link with Creativity Area Coordinator, Stuart Dunlop

I have been coming to camp for the last 16 years and my children have grown up through it. The experience and opportunities camp offers to children and young people of all ages is invaluable. Now my own children are all adult I bring my great nephews to camp; to play barefoot in the field, to dance, make new friends, cook on open fires, learn new skills and to be held and cherished in this open - hearted community.  I love the community that camp offers, the deep friendships that evolve, the supportive networks that develop; so much more than just a week in a field. 

Linda link with Administration Area Coordinator, Diane Cheshire


My daughter had school friends who loved camp……..she hassled me relentlessly until I reluctantly agreed to forego a beach holiday in the sun for a week of changeable British weather in a tent.  That was 25 years ago and I have only missed one camp since!  I love the dancing, the singing, the workshops, the camp fires, community and chance to meet up with old friends as well as make new ones each year.

Daren link with Programme Area Coordinator Darvesha Misani


I am a grandfather, father of two adult daughters and of a teenage son. My son was in my wife’s womb at the first meetings of Sacred Arts Camp and he has learned to socialise, to be compassionate, to cook on open fires, living in small groups with nature on the land, to play music for pleasure with other musicians, to dance etc each year at camp.  I believe being a part of this temporary community has made him more whole.  It has me!  This is a place to be mindful with your family and I heartily recommend it.



Deborah link with Site Area Coordinator, Tim Mills


I love this land, and relish the sense of community and acceptance that exists so strongly here.  I enjoy the great range of workshops and activities, and the freedom to do as much or as little as I like, and to still feel loved and appreciated.  I could talk for hours of the benefits of being here,  but mainly I encourage people to come and feel it for themselves . .

Phil llink with Facilities and Support Area Coordinator Rowan Brook-Thompson


Being at SAC has become a chance each year for me to become more open hearted in a place safe and magical. It is as if a promise made at birth that there could be so much more to life than our normal experience of it is fulfilled here, simply and really.

Jilani Camp Adviser


In a way, my children were only born because of camp. Having decided children were not for me, I saw a way of life on the field where children and families were included and supported. Seeing the little ones sleeping in the middle of the dance circle, amongst the musicians, held safely at the very heart of the spiritual and physical community, my heart was touched and changed. My children grew up in this community and they have lifelong friends and a wealth of positive experience, independence and emotional maturity as a result. And most of my own closest and deepest friendships are those I have made through camp. Each year is a chance to deepen and reconnect, and these relationships now extend far beyond a week in the field, to nourish and sustain me all year round.  .