Over The Wall Camp: The Charity Providing Magic and Mischief for Children

Over The Wall Camp is a UK-based charity for young people with health challenges and disabilities to discover a world of magic and mischief and, they will be a partner charity at Ramathon 2026. Read more of Oscar and his family’s story, to find out about the impact of their work. 

Oscar is an energetic and busy 10-year-old, who lives with his Mum, Dad and sister Hannah, who is 12.  

But, in August 2023, Oscar received a life-changing diagnosis after he suffered a seizure. Oscar’s seizure lasted 35 minutes. An ambulance arrived and he was rushed to hospital and taken into the A&E resus area and later admitted into the High Dependency Unit.

Thankfully, Oscar recovered from the seizure and underwent lots of tests over the next few weeks to determine the cause of his seizure.

Oscar was diagnosed with focal epilepsy with secondary generalisation. Kim, Oscar’s Mum, explained, “Oscar’s life changed overnight after his seizure. Suddenly, he had to be supervised all the time. I couldn’t let him go to the park down the road with his friends. His freedom shrunk.”

When Oscar was in hospital, he met Dr Zoe, who volunteers for Over The Wall Camp in her spare time. She thought he could really benefit from the mischief and magic of camp when he was well enough.

“I heard from a member of the team how much Oscar was struggling with coming to terms with his diagnosis and the ongoing symptoms it was giving him.”

And his sister, Hannah, was struggling too:

“I heard how Hannah had found the process of Oscar’s diagnosis difficult and was desperate to meet another sibling going through a similar thing.”

Oscar returned from camp glowing with pride and much more confident, and his sister Hannah got just as much out of camp as her brother did. 

Their parents' advice to other families? “Go for it!”