This location is available for a youth group coming with a group leader. If you are interested in bringing your group, please reach out to us!

About

The 2000-year-old Transylvanian city of Cluj is home to approximately 420,000 people from a mixture of Romanian, Hungarian, and international backgrounds making it a bustling and vibrant city. It remains a central hub of innovative development in the region that attracts job seekers, university students, and refugees looking toward the future.   

The YWAM staff in Cluj work in several key areas which visiting teams can join in with, such as running youth day camps, holding small group Bible studies and evening gatherings, serving refugees, visiting schools in nearby villages or even participating in one of the location’s Homes of Hope Building projects. 

Every team gets a day to enjoy some down time, take in the sights and experience local culture. There are a lot of beautiful places to see, such as the Botanical Garden, National History Museum, panoramic views of the historic downtown, or head 400ft underground and visit the incredible Salina Turda Salt Mine theme park. The Salt Mine will have some additional costs of about £50 per person as it requires hiring a coach, entrance fee and activity costs.  

Neighbours & Nations Camp

Your time will begin by joining Neighbours & Nations Camp from the 24th-28th July, where you will join with other young people pursuing missions opportunities both overseas and at home. There will be fantastic worship, teaching and a ton of fun! You'll have a few required workshops during the camp and on the last day join the "Missions Track" where all of our mission teams will be prepared for their upcoming trips!

Your NN Camp ticket is included in the costs for the mission trip of £550 + Flight. Once you've applied, you'll need to purchase your £170 NN camp ticket (£150 if using the EARLYBIRD code before December 31st), and also add the Mission Track Extra to your ticket which is a £50 deposit for the mission trip. For youth groups this will likely be arranged by your team leader, for individuals, they will need to do this themselves. Dorm room accommodation will be prioritised for applicants travelling overseas, however it is limited and if at capacity we may ask UK based groups to camp. 

You can find more about N&N camp here: https://www.neighboursandnations.co.uk/youth-camp

Go!

You'll head to Romania on the 29th July and serve in various ways there until 6th/7th August  depending on flight times. On the 7th you'll spend the day back at YWAM Harpenden reflecting and processing your time overseas, all that you did, how God used you and how you might apply some of what you have experienced in your home communities. You'll also prepare for your group to give a short presentation of your time. 
 

Celebration

On the final day, 8th August, parents, friends and family are all invited to YWAM Harpenden for a celebration of what God did this year! Each group will have a chance to share how God used you and your team and of course, obligatory snacks... maybe chocolate fountains... who knows?... 
 

How To Apply

We use a system called ServiceReef to manage our mission trip applications. It is a fantastic tool to help us organise everything for your mission trip! Once this location is assigned to your group, we will remove it from public access and provide your group with a private link to ensure that only your group members are able to apply. You'll just need to click the apply link on this page and fill out the application form! It's really important for applicants under 18 to ensure a correct parent email is entered during your ServiceReef account creation as it ensures they are kept in the loop with all communications. 

Once you hit submit on your application, it will be reviewed by our admin team, and then you'll be added to the outreach opportunity (this may take a day or two). You'll then be able to log back into ServiceReef and access all the remaining tasks you will need to complete to finalise your application (references, upload a scan of your passport, submit a background check (for over 18s), upload insurance details etc). For those under 18 the first task you'll have is to add a parent to your "household" in ServiceReef, It can easily be done from your "Dashboard" and there's even a handy help guide here Helpdesk : ServiceReef , once done they'll be able to help you with any of your tasks and access any documents for the trip. 

You'll be sent a weekly reminder on Fridays of any outstanding/overdue tasks still needing to be completed. As the trip gets closer, it's possible that additional tasks may be added to your account if extra information is required; again, an email will be sent if this is the case.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our admin team at [email protected] 

COST - £570 + Flight

NN Camp Ticket - £170 - Including food voucher (Only £150 with discount code EARLYBIRD before 31/12/2025)
Outreach Fees - £400 - Covers all food, accomodation ministry resources etc on the mission trip)
Flight - £300 - £400 - This wont be known until finalised but historically flights to our locations have been in this range. 

House Build
Groups coming to Cluj can optionally raise an additional £12,000 - 15,000 to build a house for a family in need. If this is something you want to explore with your group please reach out. It is not required to have an amazing time serving in Cluj, Romania.