FAQs

REVIVE is a weekend away for all the church family of the churches in the Co-Mission network.

REVIVE takes place on Friday 27th – Sunday 29th June 2025.

Registration opens from 4pm on Friday. We then meet in church congregations for a church family dinner (organised by your church Rep), before heading to the Big Top for our opening night celebration at 9pm.

REVIVE finishes with our All Age Celebration at 2:15pm on Sunday 29th June. All guests need to leave the site by 4pm.

REVIVE 2025 is taking place at the University of Kent, Park Wood Rd, Canterbury CT2 7SR.

REVIVE is intended as an event serving the churches within the Co-Mission network – an opportunity to share fellowship with your church family and other Co-Mission congregations. Please speak to your church leader and/or church rep about visitors new to Co-Mission who would like to come along.

At REVIVE 2024, we had 2157 people attend. That’s 1478 adults, and 679 kids and youth!

Accommodation

Accommodation is in the student’s accommodation within the Park Wood and Keynes college. Images of the accommodation are listed on their website here, here and here. Standard accommodation is in a house or flat with shared facilities (5 or 6 bedrooms). Each has a shared kitchen/dining area and showers (there are no baths). Towels are not provided.

Bed linen is provided but if you have children sharing rooms they need to bring a mattress or travel cot and bedding as each room has one single bed (or a double bed in the flats). The kitchen only has basic equipment and crockery. There are bedrooms with disabled access and facilities available.

You will be allocated accommodation in areas together with your church. Your Church REVIVE Rep will allocate who is sharing with who. If you have any questions about this, please speak to your Church REVIVE Rep. 

Please note for kids and youth, this is shared accommodation. Kids and youth will be allocated to share a room with another child of similar age within the same church or a sibling. These allocations are managed by your Church REVIVE Rep.

In order to give you the best priced tickets, each Kids and Youth Ticket includes shared room accommodation. In general your child/teenager will be allocated a room to share with another child/teenager from your family or church. Each room only has one single bed (or a double bed in the flats), so please arrange to bring an extra mattress and bedding. However we understand that babies will need to sleep with a parent, so those aged 0-2 will be allocated a shared room with a parent.

Unfortunately, we do not offer these options for accommodation.

If guests choose to stay off site then they need to book online and select the necessary day passes. Guests are responsible for finding and booking their own accommodation.

Unfortunately we allocate the accommodation based on the different sizes of the churches and in a way that ensures that each church is allocated accommodation close together. Therefore we cannot guarantee any particular accommodation blocks. We try our best to move churches around so that if you were in a block further away in 2024, we will do our very best to put you closer to the field in 2025.

The university has excellent sports facilities which will be available to use over the weekend. If you would like to use the gym or tennis courts in the sports centre then you can arrange a temporary membership at the Sports Centre reception and then pay for any facilities you want to use.

Travel

By car: From London, Exit the M25 at junction 2 onto the A2 Canterbury. Continue on A2/M2 and exit at junction 7 then follow signs to Canterbury.

By train: The best train station for the University is Canterbury West but you can also take a train to Canterbury East. High speed trains run regularly from London St Pancras to Canterbury West. You can also travel from Charing Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge to Canterbury West (about 90 mins) or London Victoria to Canterbury East. The University is just a short bus or taxi ride direct from Canterbury East and Canterbury West railway stations.

By bus from Canterbury: There is a regular bus service to the University from both the train and central bus stations. Tickets can be bought on board the bus. The Unibus, and the Triangle bus 4X to Whitstable, stop at the University. There is a bus stop on the Campus at Park Wood which is marked on the campus map and is the closest to the main sports field. 

By taxi: A taxi from Canterbury station will cost approximately £10. If you are coming by taxi from the station then ask to be dropped off at the University of Kent, Sports Pavilion (near Park Wood).

By coach: National Express runs a regular service from London Victoria coach station to Canterbury bus station.

Parking

There is parking available near your accommodation. Parking on the field is reserved disabled spaces only. Please email revive@co-mission.org if you want us to reserve a disabled parking space for you.

During the weekend, once you have dropped your belongings off at the accommodation, you need to find a marked bay to park in. If there are no more spaces by your accommodation, there is plenty of parking available at the Oaks Nursery (a short walk from the accommodation). 

Registration will be on the main field by the Sports Pavilion. On arrival drive into the Sports Pavilion car park and you will be directed from here to receive your information pack and accommodation key.

Registration will close at 10pm on Friday. If you will be arriving later than this, please arrange for one friend or your Church REVIVE Rep to collect your keys for you. Email revive@co-mission.org to confirm this arrangement.

There is a Site Map in the booklet.

Tickets

Tickets go on sale on 31st January 2025. Contact your church to find out when your church discount is available.

Weekend and Kids and Youth tickets close at midnight, Tuesday 27th May. After this date, only Adult day passes will be available to purchase until Monday 23rd June.

All the ticket options are listed on the website.

Once you have completed your booking form online, payment is required to confirm your booking. All cards are accepted online.

Your REVIVE Rep can arrange for you to pay for your ticket in instalments through your church. Speak to them in the first instance to create your payment plan.

Yes! We want to make sure everyone can join us at REVIVE. Select the Supported Ticket option on the REVIVE website to arrange with your church your access to the Co-Mission REVIVE fund to help with the cost of the tickets.

Concession tickets are available for:

  • Full-time / part-time Students
  • Those in receipt of Unemployment Benefit
  • Self-selecting for those who feel they are in a circumstance where they would be helped by this price

The weekend passes include accommodation, tea/coffee in the breaks and access to all the talks, entertainment, activities and seminars. Meals are not included. 

The day passes do not include any main meals but do include the tea/coffee breaks.

Your confirmation email from Brushfire is your ticket. When you arrive on site, show this confirmation email to receive your REVIVE wristband. Your wristband will give you access to the programme for the days you have booked to attend. You must wear this wristband at all times you are at REVIVE.

Yes, you will be issued with a REVIVE wristband, so you may come and go as you choose.

If you need to cancel your booking for any reason, please get in touch with us at revive@co-mission.org and our team will be able to help you.

Ticket cancellations must be made in writing and sent to revive@co-mission.org. Full refunds will be offered for cancellations made up until the weekend ticket booking deadline (midnight on 27th May 2025).

After the weekend ticket bookings close (midnight on 27th May 2025), we are unfortunately not able to offer any ticket refunds but you can transfer your ticket to another person. Please email revive@co-mission.org if you wish to do so.

Unfortunately we do not allow any pets on site at REVIVE, with the exception of registered assistance and guide dogs. Please contact revive@co-mission.org should you require this.

Thank you so much for generously donating money to REVIVE. By becoming a REVIVE supporter, you can choose where your donation goes. You can donate money to your own church family, which will be used to pay for the Supported Tickets bought by your church family members. You can also donate money to the General REVIVE Support Fund. This money is used to pay for Supported Tickets and to ensure we can continue to discount our Kids, Youth and Concession tickets. 

Food

Each child ticket includes Kids Tea from 5:30pm on Friday and Saturday. Focus tickets include pastries and fruit on Saturday/Sunday morning. Adult tickets do not include meals.

Most churches arrange to eat together on Friday and Saturday evenings before the evening celebrations. Speak to your Church REVIVE Rep to understand what they are planning for Friday and Saturday evening. 

Breakfast is not provided. Packed lunches and Saturday dinner can be purchased when you purchase your ticket.

Team REVIVE will get a free drink from the cafe each day as part of their ticket.

Yes, there are options on site for food and drink. 

Please do feel free to bring your own food from home. There is a kitchen in each accommodation block with basic equipment provided.

Packed lunches and a hot meal on Saturday evening are available to purchase when buying tickets online.

There are a couple of shops on site. The Park Wood Co-Op sells basic food, newspapers etc. and is open 

Monday to Friday: 8am to 8pm

Saturday to Sunday: 9am to 5pm

It is located within the accommodation area. 

On the field, the University Caterers are selling hot food and the REVIVE Cafe (run by Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters) will be serving hot drinks and refreshments throughout the weekend.

Yes of course! Please let us know your requirements when you book and these will be provided for by the University.

Yes! There are multiple places to refill your water bottle around the REVIVE field.

Kids / Youth

Please book your child / young person’s ticket when you purchase your ticket. We will then allocate your child / young person into a group based on their age or school year. You can find the group’s information and age ranges on the Kids and Youth page.

The deadline for getting a place in the children’s or youth programme is 27th May 2025, even if you are only purchasing day tickets.

Please speak to your Church Rep or contact us directly at revive@co-mission.org to discuss options if you would like your child to be in a different programme to the one for their age group. We will review these on a case by case basis, and under advice from our Kids and Youth programme lead, will make a decision. We do not promise to move your child, but will aim to do our best to ensure they are able to have the best time possible at REVIVE. 

Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to discuss this.

We’re delighted to welcome children and youth with additional needs to our programmes. We will do our best to provide the support for their needs from the resources that we have available. Please give as much detail as possible on your children’s registration form online. Our SEND Coordinator will then contact you to make the necessary provisions to look after your child in the best way possible whilst at REVIVE. 

Please do take a look at the SEND section of our website (under Kids and Youth) to find out the provision available at REVIVE.

Accessibility / Disability

Reserved parking is available on site for people with disabilities. We have wheelchair access to the main tents and a route whereby guests with access needs can be dropped off at the Big Top so they do not need to walk from their accommodation. Please note, this event is held in a field. If you require disabled parking or have accessibility related queries please email revive@co-mission.org.

On booking, please fill in the access needs question to ensure we can quickly get in touch with you to discuss your access needs at REVIVE. 

Toilets are located in the Sports Pavilion on the edge of the main field including a disabled toilet. Portable toilets will also be located outside the Big Top and these will include ‘Easy Access’ toilets.

There are fully accessible bedrooms available within the Park Wood and Keynes flats which we will allocate to those who indicate that they need one.

There will be a live link for a translation service (transcription to individuals phones) for the Big Top sessions. Simply scan the code in the booklet to access and choose your language.

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