Personally I believe the law is already being broken if what you describe is true.....if the organisation has organised a night out then they have a duty of care by law to ensure adequate supervision by qualified responsible persons who are there for the whole time, I also believe by law that there needs to be 1 adult supervisor to every 8 kids, even more if there are more of the younger age groups attending. The Health and Safety Executive along with social services would have a field day with any adult involved in this abuse, and believe me that is the correct term for this so called event, and I am also convinced there would me a few court hearings if they were told about this. I could not agree more that this type of event must be changed before someone gets hurt, more than likely one of the youngsters........ It has amazing potential to be a thrilling and educational experience for these kids, and bearing in mind no risk no fun, so by good supervision and training, thereby educating these youngsters in skills such as shelter making, fire making and fire safety, cooking a proper meal using a campfire, and a miriad of other useful and enjoyable activities, this could be, the trip of a lifetime (ok I'm exaggerating a bit now) but it could be something very enjoyable and memorable too ......instead of something to be endured. Plus they don't even get a badge for it, these adult organisers are not fit to be within 100 miles of our kids let alone plan and run this kind of S & M assault on them.
They should be cremating sausages and dripping melting marshmallows or a BBQ and drinking hot chocolate after a hearty meal of stew whilst sitting around a good fire and sitting on logs and having fun......they are kids for god's sake.....instead of being wet and miserable with nothing to show for their endeavors!