Allergy 250K Melbourne School-aged Kids Camp

8 April 2025

The National Allergy Council’s Allergy 250K Melbourne School-aged Kids Camp held from 15-16 March was a huge success! We brought together 32 school-aged kids and 12 peer mentors with severe food allergies. Our allergy dietitians and the camp catering staff created such a tasty menu while managing 49 different food allergies and other special dietary requirements.

This camp was the first time we included 8 and 9 year old ‘day campers’ who only attended on the Saturday.

On the Saturday, the kids engaged in age-appropriate adventure activities such as flying fox, raft building, low ropes, canoeing and giant swing. During the interactive health education sessions, we had some fantastic group discussions with volunteer health professionals. We played lots of games then cooled off with some water games as it was a scorching 37 degrees!

On the Sunday, we merged our groups into just two groups and we did an activity called the Amazing Race. This involved campers completing different challenges around the campsite in teams.

We ran two question and answer sessions for the parents, which were well attended. They received helpful advice from a clinical immunology/allergy specialist and a psychologist. Some of our peer mentors also shared their experiences in response to the parents’ questions.

It has been pleasing to receive so much positive feedback about the camp from both the parents and the campers.

These camps rely on the support of healthcare professionals and peer mentors who volunteer their time to attend the camps. We would like to thank all the health professional volunteers and peer mentors who gave their time over the weekend and helped us make the camp a huge success!

View the full camp summary, photo gallery, camp video and recipes.