We are very excited that this is our 50th year taking kids camping. Watch this space for news on some of the stuff we will be doing to celebrate.
The Flysheet Camps were established in 1973.
We were originally part of the Forest School Camps (FSC) organisation, involved with the production of the associated magazine, ‘A Fly Sheet’. Our work eventually led us in a different direction from FSC, and we began to run our own camps which were more focused on the inclusion of working class children and a more collective system of leadership.
Later an associated group called Flysheet Scotland was developed, which was based in Finniegill, near Lockerbie.
The camps were intended from the start to involve the children in various organisational aspects of the camps.
We forged links with various associated groups such as school student unions, community groups, alternative education, unions and the women’s movement. After several years of affiliation with FSC, the two organisations ended up becoming distinct.
