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Family Campfire Festival

Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July 2023

Hazel Hill Wood, East Grimstead, Salisbury SP5 1AU

Hello and welcome to the Joyful Minds Family Campfire Festival!

The Joyful Mind’s Community Campfire Festival is an intimate family nature event, creating a community for the weekend! Come for connection, nourishment, family time, fun, reciprocity, music and yummy food! Get involved in activities for the whole family, or enjoy the peace and quiet in this off grid woods.

There is the invitation for you to contribute to the community if you wish to share a skill, talent or interest, or there are plenty of jobs that need doing around the woods like keeping the fire stoked and wood chopped.

Activities will include forest bathing, den building, tree spotting, imagination games, cooking on the fire, forest play, sing a-longs, and a gong bath amongst others.

Please select your accommodation seperately in the shop.

Hazel Hill Wood is a secluded 70-acre conservation woodland and retreat centre with basic indoor accommodation in off-grid eco-buildings with hot showers. The event starts at 5pm on Friday 30th June and finishes at 2pm on Sunday 2nd July.

Upon booking, we will send you a participant information form to complete, which includes dietary requirements, emergency contact details and the opportunity to tell us about any relevant medical or mobility conditions and other additional needs, so we can plan accordingly.

Here are some further details:

• Friday 30th June at 7pm – Dinner will be a BBQ cooked on the open fire – please bring bbq food to contribute
• Saturday 1st July – breakfast and lunch are included.  Dinner will be from a local food vendor which you can purchase directly.
• Sunday 2nd July – breakfast and lunch are included.  Please bring a contribution to the ‘stone soup’!
• Drinks – hot drinks and water will be provided.  We will not provide any alcohol but please bring a bottle or two of wine or beers to enjoy in the evenings.

What you will need:

This list is designed as a guide to help keep you warm, comfortable and safe. More information on the buildings can be found here on our website – you will be staying in the Oak House or Hideaway.

• A sheet for covering a mattress
• A sleeping bag or quilt/duvet
• A pillow and pillow case
• Slippers or warm socks for wearing in the buildings as we ask for all other footwear to be removed at the door
• Comfortable, warm clothing. Long trousers and long-sleeved tops are advisable.
• Waterproof coat (and trousers if you have them)
• Suitable footwear for outdoor walking: waterproof walking boots/work boots/wellies
• A yoga mat if you have one for the gong bath
• Toiletries – please note that our grey water goes through a reedbed system, so natural and biodegradable products are preferred
• A towel
• Insect repellent (suitable for ticks)
• A portable torch
• A water bottle

Ticks are present in the wood – please read NHS tick and Lyme disease guidance.

Using mobile phones, and emergency contact

Please note that we’re off-grid, so there is no mains electricity at Hazel Hill Wood and you won’t be able to charge phones (or use other electrical appliances). Please therefore bring your own battery mobile chargers as necessary. There is patchy mobile phone reception at the wood, some providers get limited signal. We recommend you view this as an opportunity to immerse yourselves in nature and try a digital detox!

If this hasn’t answered all of your questions, please contact Sarah on sarah@joyfulminds.co.uk or 07891 294104. Otherwise, we look forward to meeting/seeing you soon!

Once you have made payment you will receive a digital download with the details and you will be able to access the information in the downloads section in your account.