A transformational camp
for young people.
4th-9th August 2025
Step into knowing yourself, seeing yourself and being witnessed.
- Are you 14 - 17 years old?
- Would you like to live outside in beautiful countryside?
- Do you care about the living world?
- Do you want to express your creativity? Do you want to do dangerous things safely?
- Do you want to develop some real life-skills?
- Do you long for some stillness?
"I will take away a renewed appreciation for life away from technology, and a more open mind to the world"
About The Camp
Hill Tribe is a unique, magical and transformative camp for young people.
Our team of creative, dynamic and experienced facilitators bring groups of young people together to live here in the beautiful Teign Valley in South Devon.
Over 6 days we'll explore ways in which we can meet the present and future with creativity, courage, capacity and joy both individually and in community.
"Hill tribe is an antidote to our risk averse culture, production line schooling, over stimulated, nature deprived lives."
What is involved?
Rhythm of the Day:
The camp is created around the notion of stepping into yourself, seeing yourself and being witnessed. In order to do this, we will start our day together in stillness before moving up the hill to have our morning circle and sit-spot.
This early part of our day is in quietness.
Once up the hill we will come together again to create something beautiful, whether this is a fire, song, words or space. As the camp progresses, so will the abundance of beauty in creating our meaningful space for our mornings up on the hill.
Once down from the hill we will share our first meal together before stepping into being of service, whether this is to the land, or in the kitchen. This might look like harvesting potatoes or chopping onions for our dinner.
After our afternoon of work there will be free time for you to be with other people or by yourself. You may choose to spend this time in the cargo net, playing on the rope swing, reading a book, or sat by the ponds. This is a time for you to just be.
We will then come together for Camp Care! This will look like tending to the site, preparing dinner and generally making the site beautiful for our evening together.
We will then meet in the Cob Barn to engage in a session of taiko drumming. This is an opportunity for you to step into yourself and a new skill, to be witnessed, to engage in an empowering and accessible musical practice, to co-create and to cross thresholds.
After our shared dinner we will come together for an evening of fireside conversations, perhaps some pinch-pot making and playing games before bed.
Together
We will create a tribe. We are agreeing to live side by side in community, contributing to the camp and engaging in the offerings. We will work respectfully with an individual's wishes to push their own boundaries as we step into ourselves and are witnessed. This will support you to be yourself, not what others want you to be.
About Hill Tribe
Hill Tribe was created in 2020 in response to the uncertain times in which we find ourselves. The On the Hill team wanted to help young people meet the present and the future with joy, a sense of connection, capacity, courage and creativity.
Five years on, this iteration of Hill Tribe led by Paddy and Hannah offers young people a slightly different experience of On the Hill. This year in addition to our journeys up the hill each morning and the work on the farm, we will make use of the Cob Barn each day where we will explore our physical creativity in relationship with ourselves, each other and the drums.
Schedule
Morning
11am – 12 noon first meal – prepared for them, clean-up etc
12-2pm Work on the land, kitchen beginning to make dinner
2-3pm Snack (made for them) & free time
3.15-4pm Camp Care (chopping wood, tidying site, beautification, dinner prep)
4-6pm Cob Barn Sessions
6pm-7pm dinner
7.30- bedtime Fireside evening activities
"Hill Tribe was a magical experience for our daughter... one she will hold in her heart forever I think, so it was exactly what we were hoping for."
How to book
Cost: £550
To book a place for a young person we ask for a £150 deposit and completing a registration form.
The remaining balance will be collected 3 weeks before the start of camp.
(Book before 1st March 2025 for the earlybird price of £480.)
Dates: 2pm 4th - 11am 9th August 2025
Funded Places
5 Fully Funded Places
We are aiming to offer fully funded places on our camp in 2025 (subject to successful funding support)
If you wish to refer a young person please get in touch with paddy@onthehill.camp to express an interest.
All referrals to Hill Tribe are to be made through professionals working in a support role with young people. The title of professional goes to anyone working with young people, which could be anything from being a social worker; social prescriber; CAMHS therapist; Early Help Officer; youth worker; educator or any other mental health professional for young people.
Benefits for funders / parents
Emotional literacy, sematic literacy, leading to knowing what it is you might need at a given time.
To step into something new, learning how to fail in full sight, being seen meeting your boundaries and barriers, and reaching potential, crossing thresholds.
Living with some agency
Embodiment
Building relationships and community, Teamwork, Self-Reflection, Nature Connection, Fire making, Legacy.
Doing Dangerous Things Safely, Pushing Your Boundaries,
Cooking, Fire Craft, Rural Crafts, Music, Theatre, Play, Community Care,
Meaningful Conversations, Stillness, Time in the Woods and by the River, Sleeping Out under the stars.
Meet The Facilitators
Paddy Randall
