Mobile reception is not very good at Ashburnham – it is, after all, deep in the beautiful countryside of East Sussex. There are limited patches of call coverage around the house, but little-to-no 4G/5G access.
There is a limited wifi service available for those staying in the house, but nothing for campers, unfortunately. Luckily Revive takes place amongst wonderful scenery. Instead of going on Facebook, have a nice walk around the lake.
A camping corral is a group that camp together under a specific church name. To be allocated a corral for your church there must be at least 5 tents within your group. If there are less than 5 tents we will need to allocate you to a mixed corral with other people from different places.
The Revive programme is packed with things to do, but each day looks broadly the same. There are early-morning prayer meetings for the hardy, all-together family worship in the main marquee before the young people go their various venues, with an extended worship and word for the adults. Seminars and workshops take place in the morning and afternoon, followed by an evening celebration. Wednesday is the traditional day of our village fete, where there’s all sorts of fun and game to be had. We will have an exciting and varied programme for every age.
More details will be published on our programme page as they become finalised. If you would like to view Revive 2023’s programme to get more of an idea you can click here
One of the great things about Revive is that it genuinely is for the whole family – there are programmes for everyone from toddlers and upwards. Our teams love what they do and work hard to create an experience for your children that will set them up for a new school year or life beyond.
Not at all! –People come from all over the country (and indeed the world!) because they enjoy the friendly, family atmosphere of Revive.
It depends what session you go to – the day starts and ends with reflective worship in the morning and evening sacrifice sessions, altogether family worship in the ‘Good Morning Revive!’ sessions and powerful moments of praise and exaltation in the evening celebrations. Check out some of the songs we’ll be singing on the Ichthus worship page.
Unfortunately we don’t have the facility to provide electricity hookups for caravans.
Ashburnham Place is a country house for 51 weeks of the year, but we bring along enough creature comforts to provide a good standard of campsite for Revive guests. There are toilets, hot showers, washing-up stations, water taps and mobile charging points at various points around the site. We can’t guarantee the weather, but we do try to make things as nice as possible.
The Village Shop near the main marquee is well-stocked with everyday food basics and camping essentials, including gas and ice.
Unfortunately dogs and other pets are not allowed on the Ashburnham site. There are exceptions for guide dogs – get in touch with the office so that we can make arrangements.
If you are staying in an en-suite, towels will be provided. Otherwise you will need to bring your own.
House accommodation is half-board, meaning meaning breakfast and lunch, or dinner. For lunch you could eat at the food court near the main marquee.
When you come to book in for Revive, there’s a section you can fill out to apply for a position on one of the Revive teams. Click here to find out more about volunteering. Alternatively, get in touch and we’ll send you a staff application pack.
There are loads of opportunities to volunteer at Revive – stewarding, site team, working with the children and youth – you don’t have to have previous experience for many of the roles, and you get a discount on coming to Revive too.
En-suite rooms have their own bathrooms, standard rooms generally share a bathroom between two rooms and value rooms in Tent Hill House have a large communal bathroom in each wing. The en-suite rooms are in the newest part of the estate, but value rooms have recently been refurbished.
Lost property will be handed in and kept at the Admin desk situated just inside the main marquee. Any items left at the end of the week will be brought back to the Ichthus office and held for 30 days, before being donated to chairty, or discarded.
- 2024 was our Jubilee Year to mark 50 years since Ichthus began in 1974.
- To mark this, we created a Jubilee Camping Invitation which allowed you to come to Revive for 10% of the usual camping fee.
- This was a one off and left us with a huge faith gap.
- For 2025 camping tickets are back to normal.
- We have implemented this policy because making changes to bookings requires significant time and resources from our administrative team as they can only be done on the phone and sometimes people amend their bookings many times!
- For more information click here
- Unfortunately you are not able to pre-book for any ad-hoc camping.
- You can pay on arrival and you will be allocated to a mixed corral or overflow camping area, but please note you cannot camp with a chosen corral unless you come for the full week.
- The only exception to this is if you are camping in an existing tent with someone who is already camping for the full week. In that case you pay on arrival and go into their tent.
- The corral maps are drawn up before Revive and space is allocated according to campers attending for the full week.
- This is to make sure the camp sites are safe and there is enough space for everybody.
- You may be able to stay with a chosen corral if you are staying in someone’s tent and that space has been allocated and paid for through the other camper’s booking.
- The “Empty Bed Policy” applies when you book a room but not all the beds are filled. In this case, you’ll pay a fee for the empty bed(s) The person staying in the room will receive a wristband for meals and these will be the only meals allocated.
- Click here for more information
- There must be at least one person coming to Revive at time of booking.
- This is to avoid holding rooms for people that may never be filled which stops others from booking in.
Is your question not here? Get in touch by emailing us at revive@ichthus.org.uk