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Lighthouse Policies
Lighthouse has policies in place that are updated annually or when relevant legislation changes
What's Our Story?
Bringing churches and communities together around children.
Lighthouse began in Great Missenden and Prestwood in 1987. There are now 16 Lighthouses - Beaconsfield, Bicester, Burnham, Cressex, Denham, Great Missenden, Haddenham, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Loudwater, Mansfield, Marlow, Princes Risborough, Safe Harbour (a specialist Lighthouse for children who have additional behavioural needs), Shelswell and Water Eaton.
Many people describe Lighthouse as 'the best week of the summer holidays'. It is a Christian holiday club that delivers a fun week-long non residential summer holiday programme for children of primary school age run by local churches working together, open to children of all backgrounds. It is run by volunteers from the age of 12 to 90 and is free to attend.
At Lighthouse our aim is for children to discover God’s amazing love for us all. We allow children to explore the Bible and give opportunities for them to accept Jesus as their Saviour and friend.
The children enjoy Craft, Drama, Sport, action songs, messy games, gunge and Discovery (teaching) sessions.
Explore Our Range of Volunteer Roles Available:
We would love to have you help us this year. You can find out more about what's involved by clicking the button below. Each Lighthouse will have specific roles that you will be able to see when you apply as a volunteer.
Safeguarding
As an organisation Lighthouse takes safeguarding of both the children that attend and all the volunteers extremely seriously. Each volunteer must provide two references and we run Enhanced DBS checks for volunteers over the age of 16 whose role involves direct contact with children. Every volunteer must attend Safeguarding Training.
Our safeguarding policy is here
How are we Doing?
We are so pleased to welcome so many children and volunteers to Lighthouse every year! We are limited mainly by the numbers of helpers we can attract so think about signing up for 2026 and tell your friends about us too!
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Children Attended in 2025*
Lighthouse is a great place for children and volunteers alike to make new friends and meet up with old ones. Many people describe Lighthouse as 'the best week of the summer holidays'!
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Volunteers Attended in 2025*
It takes a lot of volunteers to put on Lighthouse - and there is almost certainly something you can do to help!
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Locations
Lighthouse runs in many locations including Beaconsfield, Bicester, Burnham, Cressex, Denham, Great Missenden, Haddenham, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Loudwater, Mansfield, Marlow, Princes Risborough, 'Safe Harbour' (in Bourne End, designed for children with additional needs) Shelswell and Water Eaton.
Lighthouse Central
Lighthouse Central offers administrative support for the Lighthouses and plants new sites. See Start a Lighthouse for more information!
Our vision: Bringing God’s Kingdom to children and young people
Our mission: Growing and supporting the family of Lighthouses across the UK
Lighthouse Central is passionate about seeing children and young people from all walks of life and with any ability encounter God. We support a family of Lighthouses across the UK to provide non-residential holiday clubs for children and young people. We help churches to build strong ties with their local communities, bringing them together to provide fun-filled activity weeks with teaching, sport, craft, performing arts and music.
We are proud that many describe Lighthouse as “the best week of the summer holidays!”
The Lighthouse Central team (at Christmas!): Richard Peters (Chair of Trustees), Edda Lindner (Operations Manager), Pat Reading (Director), Sarah Coope (Trustee), Caroline Bird (Trustee), Cathy Rayner ( Trustee)
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*Figures from 2025 registration numbers across all Lighthouse locations.