Join Barretstown’s new Residential TY Experience in 2022,
here on the beautiful 500-acre Barretstown estate.
Launching in 2022, we will be hosting 4-day residential programmes for TY classes.
Building on the success of our popular non-residential TY programmes at Barretstown, every February and October, we are developing the Barretstown TY experience to make it even more immersive by being residential which allows us to broaden the scope of content even further to meet the needs of TY students.
We can cater for school groups of between 20-30, including 1 supervising teacher with each group of 10 students. Each 4-day/4-night programme will run from Monday morning until Friday mornings and will be restricted to one school only. Students will learn about Barretstown’s programmes and will actively participate in preparing the site for the next weekend camp and gain an insight into all areas of our operation, from programme delivery to facilities and fundraising. While here, students have access to the expertise of our amazing Barretstown Camp team and campus, including our new residential facilities, teaching spaces, outdoor activities, gardens, and media studio space. We offer full-board, a modern dining hall and a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Our mission is to facilitate self-education for maturity with the emphasis on personal development including social awareness and increased social competence. Participants will be facilitated in developing leadership skills through workshops on communications, decision making and problem solving.
Fun is the central element to everything we do at Barretstown. Making challenges fun is an integral part of therapeutic recreation. Fun entices participants to attempt more and to continually challenge themselves in a safe and supportive environment.
We are now taking bookings for 2022 between February and April.
Our residential TY experience is only open to schools rather than individual students. School groups must:
- Be TY students
- Be ready and eager to participate in the programme
- Fundraise to participate in our residential programme
(by fundraising, each student is facilitating another child with serious illness to come and experience the magic of Barretstown)
If you are interested in looking into a group from your school attending, please click on the link below and our TY Experience Coordinator Fiona will be delighted to answer any questions you may have.
Email us
You can fundraise as a school and also as individual students. The process of fundraising can be as much part of developing social awareness as the TY programme itself.
Make use of online fundraising platforms like JUSTGIVING so that many people can contribute to the one total and funds come directly to Barretstown so it's simple and transparent to use!
Here are some ideas of different ways to safely fundraise as a group and as individuals:
- Sponsored cycle / exercise bike challenges;
- Sponsored runs - 100km in a week
- Online busking or outdoor, socially-distanced buskathon
- Sponsored chores at home - gardening etc.
- sponsored car-wash
- Sponsored Fancydress day in school
- Neighbourhood raffles
- Readathon challenge
- Break-an-obscure-world-record challenge
- Sponsored silences : an hour, a day, a weekend
- Civi's Day in school (students donate to wear their own clothes to school, one day a month)
- dog-walking for neighbours
- Babysitting
- Sponsored cooking family dinner 1 night a week for a month
We have a few more ideas on our Cabin Fever Challenges page; check them out!
- Football / GAA challenges: keepy-uppy challenges, relays etc.
- Stair-climb challenge: certain amount of stair climbs per day for a month
- Make Christmas cards and sell them to raise funds
- Craft sale : make art, auction it off on your online JustGiving page
- Donate your Christmas: instead of presents, ask people to donate to your TY fund
- Donate your birthday: instead of presents, ask people to donate to your TY fund
- Sponsored hair cuts / head shaves
- Christmas Carols singing (get local radio involved?)
There are lots and lots of options; you can do one or do a few. Or come up with your own!
Make use of online fundraising platforms like JUSTGIVING so that many people can contribute to the one total and funds come directly to Barretstown so it's simple and transparent to use!