Eid Camp 2023

WHAT AND WHY: Seven Spikes Relief is pleased to offer our Muslim community members of all ages (especially families) a chance to stay together and celebrate Eid ul Fitr in a beautiful countryside campsite where they get to know one another more closely and enjoy a semi-local vacation and halal entertainment with various social, religious, sports and cultural activities. The campsite very close to London Thus, we can enjoy the beauty of the countryside and woodlands and get great social and religious benefits while still very close to our homes. Each family is expected to arrange their own transport and the campsite is easily accessible by car, taxi and train.

WHEN : Over the last weekend of April and early May bank holiday-from 11 am on Saturday 29th of April to 2 pm on Monday 1st of May 2023 (Bank Holiday). Participants are advised to attend all days to benefit from the full program and complete experience. Full payment is required if you decide to stay only one or two days.

WHERE: Thriftwood Scout Camp Site & Activity Centre. Address: Orchard Ave, Brentwood CM13 2DP. You can find more about the campsite on their website: http://www.thriftwood.org.uk.

SLEEPING ARRANGMENTS: There are two sleeping arrangements: in tents or in lodges.

Tents: If you want to stay only with your family members at night, then you need to bring your own tent and sleeping bags. Families using their own tents can stay together with their family members without any restrictions on gender. Due to the time consumed in setting up and dismantling the tents, Seven Spikes will NOT set up communal tents, so each family has to bring their own tent. Yet if you would like to hire a tent, please get in touch to book your tent which costs £ 10 per night for tents that sleep up to 4 and £ 20 per night for tents that sleep up to 8 people. It is your responsibility to erect the tent and put it down and clean before giving it back as received.

Lodges: If you would like to stay at night indoor in a bed, then we have booked a big lodge with multiple rooms with bunk beds and mattresses to be shared by people of the same gender. Majority of rooms sleeps 4 people per room and one room sleeps 6, so you will be sharing room at night with others. Beds at each room will be assigned to members of the same gender randomly. Members of the same family can stay together in the same room, but males with males and females with females. Kindly note that beds come only with mattresses, so you need to bring your pillow, pillowcase, sleeping bag and bedsheet.

As the campsite is close to London, some people may wish to go and sleep at their homes and then come back in the morning; we do not encourage this as it will deprive you of the full experience, but it is up to each individual/family to choose their sleeping arrangements. As fees are already heavily discounted, fees shall remain the same if you choose to sleep at home.