This is the information page for Contagious ADVENTURE South West for 2026. If you’d like some general information about what a Contagious ADVENTURE Conference is like then please click here.
Dates and times
Contagious ADVENTURE South West will run from Monday 3rd August to Sunday 9th August 2026.
The Conference will begin with registration between 3-4pm on Monday 3rd August.
If you have Adventure children ONLY, please try to arrive between 3pm and 3.30pm.
If you have GO AND Adventure children, please try to arrive between 3.30pm and 4pm.
This will help the flow of traffic on site – thank you.
Arrivals
Contagious ADVENTURE SW is at Sexey’s School, Cole Rd, Bruton BA10 0DF. When you arrive, please follow the map below to the Macmillan Boarding House for registration (do NOT follow signs to School Reception).
You will be able to drop off bags here then continue to one of several carparks nearby. Make your way back to Macmillan boarding house to register your child and settle them in – we won’t be going to bedrooms at this point, there will be activities for the children to join in with.
At the registration desk you will be able to hand over any medication your child needs and speak to our medical supervisor Kate Tett if you need to.
At 4pm we will gather the children together and head over to our welcome meeting in the main hall, this will be your cue to head home.
If you are going to be arriving later than this, please contact admin@contagious.org.uk in the weeks before the Conference or Jenny on the day (phone number in email to parents).
Departures
Please arrive to pick up your children from 11am, when the children will be out in the playground for breaktime. Refreshments will be available for parents before our response meeting starts at 11.15am, where we’d love to show what we’ve been enjoying and learning about during the week.
At 12pm we’ll head outside (weather permitting) for a picnic. Lunch is provided for the Adventure children, please bring food for yourselves (no nuts). (If you also have GO aged children, you can take your lunch into the GO response meeting which will start at 12pm.)
If you are going to be delayed for any reason to pick up your child, then please contact Jenny (phone number in the email to parents).
What to bring
Please DO NOT bring any food. We have children with severe allergies and if a child does bring food to Adventure, it will be taken off them as soon as they arrive.
Please could all items be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
- Clothing appropriate for a range of weather and activities
- Towel
- Shoes including those suitable for running/activitie
- Bible (we will be teaching from the New International Version)
- Swimwear and swimming towel and any small toys for the pool (diving sticks/water balls)
- Clothing and shoes suitable for water games
- White or light cotton clothing suitable for tie dye activity (optional)
- Toiletries, sun cream and hat
- A named water bottle
- Small light up alarm clock or watch (there is a no phone policy at ADVENTURE)
- A small night light if you need one – the main bedroom light will be off overnight
- A reading/puzzle/sticker book if you think you might wake early and need something to do quietly
- A small rucksack might be useful for our offsite activity time
- An empty bag for your dirty clothes
Photographs and social media
We are hoping to take some general photos or videos during the week that may be used for publicity, uploaded on our website or shared on social media sites.
If you have particular concerns about social media, photographs or publicity, please inform us by emailing admin@contagious.org.uk.
Mobile Phone policy
At Contagious ADVENTURE we discourage children from bringing phones, but we understand that some parents will want their children to have one with them.
We cannot take responsibility for their loss or damage. We require that all electronic devices are handed to the ADVENTURE Coordinator at the beginning of the Conference. We will keep the phones safe and give them out if requested at an appropriate time for the children to contact parents/carers.
We understand that parents may wish to speak to their child so in an emergency you can contact Jenny (phone number available on the email sent to parents).
MEDICAL, Pastoral and Dietary Information
You should have given us all relevant medical, SEN and pastoral information when you signed up on Brushfire. If you have any further information to give us or need to update anything then you can do that by accessing your booking on Brushfire. If you wish to update anything less than six weeks before the conference please email admin@contagious.org.uk. This is because we often pull the relevant information for each Conference from the booking website around six weeks before the conference, and by emailing us we can make sure that the necessary people are notified.
Expectations
When you booked onto Contagious, we asked you to agree to our terms and conditions. You can access them here. In particular, please note our expectations with regards to behaviour throughout the week.
Contacting us
You should have contact information from the parent communication email that you have been sent (this is usually about a month before the conference).
If you have any non-urgent enquiries that you can also contact Contagious at admin@contagious.org.uk. In an emergency or if you can’t find the phone numbers on your email you can call our safeguarding number on 07300 044 849 and we’ll get you the information that you need.
FAQs
What does a typical day look like?
7am is wake up time, followed by a filling breakfast at 8am before having our morning teaching session. After a short break we’ll have time studying the Bible in small groups.
In the afternoons there are a range of activities available with a break for refreshments in the middle. Some of the activities are all-together while others are in smaller groups.
Dinner is at 5.30pm and then we join back together for the evening teaching session. We have evening entertainment before getting ready for bed. Each day finishes with hot chocolate (or an alternative). Lights out is 8.30pm so we have plenty of energy for all the fun we get up to in the daytime!
How are young people kept safe at Contagious?
We are serious about keeping all children and young people safe at Contagious. If you would like to read our safeguarding policy then you can access that here.
How can I be praying for Contagious?
We would love it if you could be praying for us throughout the week! It is only through God’s word applied to the hearts of the young people through the Holy Spirit’s work that lives are changed. Please be praying for faithful teaching and for hearts opened to the good news of the gospel. For particular points for prayer check out our dedicated page.
What is being taught at Contagious this year?
This summer we’ll be seeking the Way of Wisdom in the book of Proverbs, and see how this points us to the fact that it is only through union with Christ that true wisdom can be found.
Proverbs invites us to listen to the words of wisdom from a father to his son, written to encourage youth to grow in wisdom. This summer we want to see lives shaped and changed as we listen to God’s wisdom for all of life. Proverbs is both poetic and practical. It is not just a series of moral sayings but is a story that is filled with rich truths and points us forward to Christ.