EURORDIS - The Voice of Rare Disease Patients in Europe

EURORDIS - The Voice of Rare Disease Patients in Europe

PATIENTS, ORGANISATIONS, SERVICES

Read about living with a rare disease and the services available Dynamo Camp - a place where children suffering from serious or chronic illnesses can simply be children

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ASEM
Associação Spina Bífida e Hidrocefalia de Portugal
"Badger" Camp, Lithuanian Hemophilia Association
Barretstown
Bátor Tábor
Campamentos Verano Asociación Española para el Síndrome de Prader-Willi
Campo de Férias da Apofen
Camps de Vacances Jeunes Adultes Myophates - ASRIM
Camps de Vacances pour Enfants Myophates - ASRIM
Centre Thermal
Dynamo Camp
L'Envol
Encuentro Nacional de Adolescentes con Cáncer, Federación Española de Padres de Niños con Cáncer
Family Camp Federation of European Williams Syndrome
Hungarian Rett Syndrome Foundation
Loisirs Vacances Prader-Willi France
Muscular Dystrophy Ireland Respite Camps
OIFE Youth Meeting 
Over the Wall
Séjours de répit en famille avec VML 
Stare Assieme-Be Togheter Summer Camp
Summer Camp of Association Française des Hémophiles
Vacanza in Romagna - Associazione Emofilici Talassemici di Ravenna 
Waldpiraten-Camp 
Youth Exchange Federation of European Williams Syndrome
Yuppi

ASEM - Semana de Respiro Familiar

Activities: Summer Camp with Recreation, Sports and Educational Activities
Dates: Summer
Target Population: Children with Neuromuscular Diseases
Age-Groups: Children
Countries of Origin: Spain
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Country: Spain
Webpage: http://www.asem-esp.org/index.php/semana-respiro-familiar
Email: info@asem-esp.org
Telephone: (0034)  934516544
 

Associação Spina Bífida e Hidrocefalia de Portugal

Activities: Patient empowerment, Leisure Activities
Dates: Summer
Target Population: Patients, Spina Bifida
Age-Groups: Teenagers, Adults
Countries of Origin: Portugal
Languages Spoken: Portuguese
Country: Portugal
Contact Person: Luís Quaresma
Webpage: http://www.asbihp.pt/
Email: sede@asbihp.pt
Telephone: (00351) 218596768
 

"Badger" Camp, Lithuanian Hemophilia Association

Activities: Summer camp with recreational activities and training activities on self-medication
Dates: June-July
Target Population: Patients; Hemophilia
Age-Groups: 9 to 17 years old
Countries of Origin: Lithuania
Languages Spoken: Lithuanian
Country: Lithuania
Webpage: http://www.hemofilija.lt
Email: stovykla@hemofilija.lt
Telephone: (00370) 674 05 493
 

Barretstown

Activities: Residential Camp with several recreation activities
Dates: Residential Camp (March-November);   Site hire for other groups available outside of camp dates
Target Population: Patients, Families, Serious Illnesses
Age-Groups: 7-17 years old
Countries of Origin: Ireland, UK, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Poland
Languages Spoken: English; use of interpreters for other langauges
Country: Ireland
Contact Person: European Family Liaison Department
Webpage: http://www.barretstown.org/
Email: info@barretstown.org
Telephone: (00353) 45864115
 

Bátor Tábor

Activities: Camps, Sibling Camps, Family Programmes
Dates: April-November
Target Population: Patients, Familes, Cancer, Diabetes, JRA or Haemophilia and Families
Age-Groups: 7-18 years old
Countries of Origin: Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Languages Spoken: Hungarian, English
Country: Hungary
Webpage: http://www.batortabor.hu/
Email: batortabor@batortabor.hu
Telephone: (0036) 14573848
(0036) 14573840
 

Campamentos Verano Asociación Española para el Síndrome de Prader-Willi

Activities: Summer Camp with recreational activities and sports
Dates: Summer (July)
Target Population: Patients; Prader-Willi Syndrome
Age-Groups: Children, Teenagers
Countries of Origin: Spain
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Country: Spain
Contact Person: María Ferrer, Administración AESPW
Webpage: http://www.prader-willi-esp.com; http://www.aespw.blogspot.fr/
Email: aespw@prader-willi-esp.com
Telephone: (0034) 915336829
 

Campo de Férias da Apofen

Activities: Leisure and pedagogical activities
Dates: Summer (August)
Target Population: Patients; Phenylketonuria and other metabolic diseases
Age-Groups: Children (>8 years old)
Countries of Origin: Portugal
Languages Spoken: Portuguese
Country: Portugal
Contact Person: Rui Barros Silva
Webpage: http://www.apofen.pt/
Email: apofen@gmail.com
Telephone: (00351) 960 231 590

Camps de Vacances Jeunes Adultes Myophates - ASRIM

Activities: Summer Camp with recreational activities and sports
Dates: Summer (10-18/08/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Myopathies
Age-Groups: 18 to 24 years old
Countries of Origin: Switzerland
Languages Spoken: French, Italian
Country: Switzerland
Contact Person: Pierre Froment
pierre-sin@wanadoo.fr
(0033) 680594016
Webpage: http://www.asrim.ch
Email: info@asrim.ch
Telephone: (0041) 24 420 78 00
 

Camps de Vacances pour Enfants Myophates - ASRIM

Activities: Summer Camp with recreational activities and sports
Dates: Summer (15-22/07/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Myopathies
Age-Groups: 0 to 18 years old
Countries of Origin: Switzerland
Languages Spoken: French, Italian
Country: Switzerland
Webpage: http://www.asrim.ch
Email: info@asrim.ch
Telephone: (0041) 24 420 78 00

Centre Thermal

Activities: Therapeutic camp with thermal treatments; programme of therapeutic patient education; courses on personal care activities and social-psychological workshops
Dates: Spring (12/04 to 03/05/2013)
Target Population: Patients and carers; Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Age-Groups: All ages
Countries of Origin: Any country
Languages Spoken: French, English
Country: France
Contact Person: Nelly Serre, President of ED Association
Webpages: www.ased.fr - www.chainethermale.fr/le-mont-dore.html
Email: contact@ased.fr - lemontdore@chainethermale.fr
Telephone: (0033) 649453774"
 

Dynamo Camp

Activities: Camps, Family Programmes
Dates: June-August
Target Population: Patients, serious or chronic illnesses in therapy or in post-hospitalisation convalescence
Age-Groups: 6-16 years old
Countries of Origin: Italy
Languages Spoken: Italian
Country: Italy
Webpage: http://www.dynamocamp.org/
Email: info@dynamocamp.org
Telephone: (0039) 57362171

L'Envol

Activities: Camps, Sibling Camps, Family Programmes
Dates: July-Agust
Target Population: Patients, Oncology, Haemotology, Prader Willi Syndrome
Age-Groups: 6-17 years old
Countries of Origin: France
Languages Spoken: French
Country: France
Webpage: http://www.lenvol.asso.fr
Email: contact.lenvol@lenvol.asso.fr
Telephone: (0033)144184493
 

Encuentro Nacional de Adolescentes con Cáncer, Federación Española de Padres de Niños con Cáncer

Activities: Leisure activities, rest and sharing of experiences in the scope of a programme of psychosocial therapy for teenagers
Dates: Summer
Target Population: Patients; Cancer
Age-Groups: Teenagers
Countries of Origin: Spain
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Country: Spain
Contact Person: Almudena Docavo
Webpage: http://cancerinfantil.org/
Email: federacion@cancerinfantil.org
Telephone: (0034) 915572626
 

Family Camp Federation of European Williams Syndrome

Activities: Games, sports, dance, concerts and other leisure activities; hydrotherapy, gymnastics with physiotherapy, sensomotor training, music therapy; sharing of good practices
Dates: Summer (07-14/07/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Williams Syndrome
Age-Groups: 0-99 years old
Countries of Origin: Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
Languages Spoken: Hungarian, English
Country: Hungary
Contact Person: Beata Boncz
Webpage: v4fcamp.williams.org.hu
Email: info@williams.org.hu
Telephone: (0036) 17883881
 

Hungarian Rett Syndrome Foundation

Activities: Summer Camps; Possible for Parents to Participate
Dates: Summer (30/06 to 05/07/2013)
Target Population: Patients, Families, Rett Syndrome
Age-Groups: Children, Teenagers
Countries of Origin: Hungary (open to other countries)
Languages Spoken: Rett Syndrome patients (almost exclusively girls) ; all age groups
Country: Hungary
Contact Person: Danijela Szili
Webpage: http://www.rettszindroma.hu/
Email: szilidanijela@gmail.com
Telephone: mobile +36205427128 (online map)
Home + 361 7842017 (only for EURORDIS contacts)

Loisirs Vacances Prader-Willi France

Activities: Family holidays with different leisure activities
Dates: Spring (duration: 1 week)
Target Population: Patients; Families
Age-Groups: All ages
Countries of Origin: France
Languages Spoken: French
Country: France
Contact Person: Catherine FILLEBEEN
Webpage: http://www.prader-willi.fr/loisirs-vacances/
Email: rakata2@wanadoo.fr
Telephone: NA

Muscular Dystrophy Ireland Respite Camps

Activities: Residential Camps, Leisure Activities
Dates: March, May, June, July, August (5 Camps/year)
Target Population: Patients, Families, Muscular Dystrophy
Age-Groups: Children, Adults
Countries of Origin: Ireland
Languages Spoken: English
Country: Ireland
Contact Person: Youth / Respite Workers:
Sandra O’Donoghue, Eastern Region
Aisling Tarmey, West Region
Sinead Glennon, Midlands
Mary Rose O’Driscoll, South Region
Brian Kenna, North East
Lorraine Duffy, Dublin Office
Webpage: www.mdi.ie
Email: info@mdi.ie
Telephone: (00353) 6236414
 

OIFE Youth Meeting

Activities: Youth gathering with leisure activities
Dates: Autumn (8-10/11/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Osteogenesis imperfecta
Age-Groups: Adolescents, young adults
Countries of Origin: Europe
Languages Spoken: English
Country: Spain
Contact Person: Anna Rossi, OIFE youth coordinator
Webpage: http://www.oife.org/index.php/EN/youth-meetings
Email: youth-coordinator@oife.org
Telephone: (0039) 3315994494
 

Over the Wall

Activities: Camps, Sibling Camps
Dates: April-October
Target Population: Patients, Serious Illnesses
Age-Groups: 8-17 years old
Countries of Origin: United Kingdom
Languages Spoken: English
Country: United Kingdom
Webpage: http://www.otw.org.uk
Email: info@otw.org.uk 
Telephone: (0044) 2392477110

Séjours de répit en famille avec VML

Activities: Family respite weeks with recreational and leisure activities
Dates: Summer (July)
Target Population: Patients, families; Lysosomal diseases
Age-Groups: Children, adults (family)
Countries of Origin: France
Languages Spoken: French
Country: France
Contact Person:
Webpage: http://www.vml-asso.org
Email: accueil@vml-asso.org
Telephone: (0033) 169754030

Stare Assieme-Be Togheter Summer Camp

Activities: Assisted family holiday with the support of specialised assistants: leisure activities, meetings, self-help groups
Dates: Summer (2 weeks)
Target Population: Patients; Siblings; Parents; Tuberous sclerosis
Age-Groups: Children, Adults
Countries of Origin: Italy
Languages Spoken: Italian, English
Country: Italy
Contact Person: Giulia Mariani
Webpage: www.sclerosituberosa.org
Email: giulia-mariani@libero.it - info@sclerosituberosa.org
Telephone: (0039) 0665024216

Summer Camp of Association Française des Hémophiles

Activities: Educational, leisure and sports activities
Dates: Summer (13-27/07/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Hemophilia
Age-Groups: 9-14 years old
Countries of Origin: France
Languages Spoken: French
Country: France
Webpage: http://afh.asso.fr/
Email: info@afh.asso.fr
Telephone: (0033) 145677767
 

Vacanza in Romagna - Associazione Emofilici Talassemici di Ravenna

Activities: Summer Camp with recreational activities and sports
Dates: Summer (July)
Target Population: Patients; Hemophilia
Age-Groups: 9 to 13 years old
Countries of Origin: Italy
Languages Spoken: Italian
Country: Italy
Contact Person:
Webpages: http://www.hemoex.it/; http://www.hemoex.it/workO/i/i-214-file-vacanza2013.pdf
Email: info@hemoex.it 
Telephone: (0039) 0544452466
 

Waldpiraten-Camp

Activities: Educational, leisure and sports activities
Dates: February-October
Target Population: Patients; siblings; oncology
Age-Groups: Children, Teenagers
Countries of Origin: Germany
Languages Spoken: German
Country: Germany
Contact Person: Gabriele Geib, Educational leadership
Webpage: http://www.waldpiraten.de/
Telephone: (0049) 06221-180466
 

Youth Exchange Federation of European Williams Syndrome

Activities: Games, sports, dance and other leisure activities
Dates: Summer (07-14/07/2013)
Target Population: Patients; Williams Syndrome
Age-Groups: 15-25 years old
Countries of Origin: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
Languages Spoken: English (official language)
Country: Belgium
Contact Person: Paul Pyck
Webpage: http://fewscamp.williamsbeuren.be
Email: info@williamsbeuren.be
Telephone: (0034) 495592503
 

Yuppi Camping Motion Association

Activities: Therapeutic Recreation Activities
Dates: Summer
Target Population: Patients, Diabetes Type 1 (including rare form)
Age-Groups: 13-17 years old
Countries of Origin: Romania
Languages Spoken: Romanian, English, Hungarian
Country: Romania
Contact Person: Dora Aczel
Webpage: www.yuppicamp.ro
Email: yuppitabor@gmail.com
Telephone: (0040) 0726773656

Page created: 19/09/2012
Page last updated: 28/10/2014