HOLIDAY PROGRAMME REGISTRATIONS
How to Register:
- A credit card is not required to register online.
- If you are booking ahead for the year, full payment will be due 6 weeks prior to the programme commencing. Please note that your place will not be confirmed until we have received payment. If no payment is received within 3 days of registration you will be deleted from the programme.
- Payment options are explained in full in Step 4 of the registration process. Further details outlined below.
Click Here for a Secure Online Booking Form - (please also read important information listed below)
Holiday Programmes - 2008
Spring Programmes: 29th September - 10th October
Week one - 29 September - 3 October 2008
Week two - 6 - 10 October 2008
Wainui Camp
5 - 11 October 2008 (Saturday to Sunday)
Full Programmes - 2008
There are always cancellations at the last moment so it is worth going on a waiting list for programmes that are full. We will contact you as soon as a place becomes available.
Refund Policy
All our Day Programmes require two weeks notice if a refund is to be issued. In the case of a refund there will be an administration charge of $20.00 per programme.
All our overnight 'Camping Programmes' (Wainui Park, Ski camps, Sea Kayaking, Rock Climbing etc) require four weeks notice if a refund is to be issued. In the case of a refund there will be an administration charge of $50.00 per programme.
If you are unable to attend a programme at short notice due to serious illness, injury or family emergency please discuss your options with the Youth and Outdoors Manager.
The YMCA reserves the right to cancel any programmes where insufficient enrolments are received and offer a full refund in these circumstances.
Important Programme Information - Gear lists
Please download additional relevant holiday programme information relevent to you below. This information is not in the brochure, and includes general information for day programmes, gear lists for Wainui camps and our behaviour management and complaint procedures.
General Holiday Programme Information
Wainui Camp Gear List and Date/Times
Behaviour Management
Complaint Procedure
If you are unable to download this information please email holprog@ymcachchorg.nz and we can either email, post or fax it to you.
This information will also be available on the first day of programmes.
Oscar subsidies
Most of our day programmes are approved for an OSCAR Subsidy. Eligible families can claim to WINZ for partial or full subsidies. The programmes that have this approval are stated in our brochure. Full payment for the programme must be made at the YMCA when you register. WINZ begin processing applications four weeks before programmes begin. Forms must be signed by us before WINZ will process the forms. If you receive a subsidy the YMCA will post a cheque to you at after the completion of the programme. If this places you in a difficult financial situation please contact the Youth & Outdoors Department for a simple application form to have this requirement waived. In the case of this waiver being granted there will be very specific requirements in regard to attendance, payment and responsibilities for completing the WINZ paperwork in a timely fashion.
YMCA Subsidy
If you are ineligible for an OSCAR subsidy but due to genuine reasons are unable to afford the full fee for a programme please contact the Youth & Outdoors Manger for a YMCA Subsidy application form.
International students
If you are registering a student who is not a NZ resident or citizen but in NZ on a student or visitors visa, the cost of the programme will be 45% more than the advertised price. (For Ski Camp there will be a 20% increase). This is because the price is currently subsidised for our local community, by our local community and the NZ government. We encourage cultural diversity on our programmes but must also ensure that we are able to manage the challenges that different languages and needs can create. Please do not be offended if we ask for proof of visa status.
HFA Career Support & children with special needs.
We love having children with special needs on our programme and seeing them achieve great things! Children who are eligible for carer support and/or have a special need or disability are welcome on our programmes if they do not require a one-on-one carer to maintain our safety and behaviour standards. If they do require a one-on-one carer, it is the parents' responsibility to provide and pay for a suitably skilled person to be with the child for the duration of the programme. The carer will be required to attend a two hour policies and procedures training session as well as be police vetted. Please note that HFA carer support days do not cover the cost of a one-on-one carer, just the cost of the programme as it is before other government grants or donations from the public).