GO South West

Dates

Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th August

Arrivals and Departures

Please arrive at 3.30-4.30pm

(Adventure age are arriving 3-4pm, if you are NOT dropping an ADVENTURE age child please aim for 4-4.30pm)

Follow signs to Lisbury / McMillan boarding houses NOT reception, this may mean you drive past the school to get to the turning. 

GO is in the first boarding house so park up along the edge and drop your bags inside. 

Then park up at the fields – and walk back to meet our teams, hand over any medication, phones and join in our welcome games. Parents can have a cup of tea. 

We will have people directing you!

If you are going to be late please contact: Marie Betts 07722 827919 

On the last day:

We would love parents to join us for a response meeting on the last day to see what we have been up to. Arrive at 11.30am and park on the field for a response meeting 12-1pm followed by a picnic lunch 1-1.30pm (young people will have a packed lunch, please bring your own). The meeting will be in the sixth form centre. 

(If you have a child at Adventure they have a parents meeting earlier at 11.15-11.45, you are welcome to come and munch your lunch in our GO parents meeting after theirs.)

accommodation

Bedrooms are a mixture of 2 or 3 young people in a room, with a shared bathroom on their corridor, with really nice cubicle showers. There will a few leaders situated on each corridor. There is a boys house and a girls house with a shared common room. And lots of space on site for us to have great fun! 

What to bring

• Clothing appropriate for a range of weather and activities
• Shoes including those suitable for running/activities
• Bible (We will be teaching from the New International Version)
• Pens (young people will be provided with their own teaching booklets for writing notes in)
• Swimwear
• Clothing suitable for water games
• Old clothing suitable for colour wars, you may want to bring a white t-shirt
• Fancy dress – farming theme (checked shirt, denim!) 
• Toiletries, sun cream, hat and sunglasses
• A water bottle
• Small light up alarm clock or watch (young people will not have their phones overnight)
• Sports equipment, games, musical instruments for free time (please note these are brought at your own risk)
• Money (cash) for the tuck shop and bookstall

PLEASE DO NOT include any snacks that contain nuts as we have others attending who have severe nut allergies.

Mobile phones will be collected in by leaders during the first day, they will be given out for an hour each day in free time between 4.30-5.30 each day.  Leaders will charge their phones for them, please remember cables and plugs.  If your young person likes to know the time, a watch or alarm clock is a good idea.

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 GO we are happy for children and young people to bring their phones to Contagious though we cannot take responsibility for their loss or damage. We require that all electronic devices are handed to their SUS leader on arrival. We will keep the phones safe and give them out for an hour each day (this will be between 4:30 and 5:30pm) for young people to contact parents/carers and friends. We understand that you may wish to speak to your child, so in an emergency you can contact the numbers at the bottom of this page.

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?

The day starts with wake up followed by a filling breakfast. We then go into our morning meeting together. This meeting includes singing, activities and challenges, and teaching from one of the leaders. After the morning meeting there will be a short break followed by some time in SUS (small) groups going through part of the Bible together. After SUS we will have our lunch and then go into afternoon activities. The activities are a mix of all-together activities (such as water games, wide games and inflatables) and option activities (sports, craft, alternative). After dinner, there is another meeting similar to the morning meeting, followed by an evening activity (these have included junk heap challenges, wide games, quizzes and film nights) before bed.

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?

At Contagious 2026 we are going to be looking at Proverbs: The way of Wisdom. 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.