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Faith and Community Camp Behaviour and Respectful Disagreement

Teach a few practical expectations for respecting people, using equipment and asking for help. Respond to disagreements with dignity and clear limits. Distinguish everyday support from concerns that need safeguarding or emergency action.

Use a few clear behaviour expectations: respect people, use equipment safely, follow activity boundaries, and ask for help. Explain them through actions children understand.

Respond to the actual behaviour rather than judging a child's beliefs, character, or family. A question or disagreement about teaching is not the same as harming another person.

Do not use public shame, withheld food, forced physical activity, unwanted touch, or spiritual threats as discipline. Keep consequences proportionate, safe, and consistent with the reviewed policy.

Offer support when a child is overwhelmed or confused. Adapt instructions, provide a break, and involve the appropriate care lead. Do not label every unmet need as defiance.

Have a fair complaint process for families and workers. Provide a route outside the person involved and protect people from retaliation.

If a participant must leave, arrange a safe authorized handover. Do not abandon care because the family disagrees with a decision.

Your task: Write responses to a rule breach, a respectful belief question, bullying, and a complaint about a senior volunteer.

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Optional · Putting your plan into practice

Using Bookify for this goal

This part starts with your own planning and judgement. Use the guide and its worksheets to work through it with your team.

When you are ready to put your camp plan into a booking system, you can explore a sample camp in Bookify or see what the software can help you do.