Eating and sleeping
Where will I sleep?
The best way to be part of the Conference community is to stay on site. There’s so much going on from early in the morning to late at night. What about Shabbat?
As usual, there will be an eruv (Shabbat boundary) and most Shabbat participants will be accommodated inside the boundary. Unfortunately, it’s not practical for us to extend the eruv to the family and hotel accommodation, so they will be outside the boundary. There will, however, be facilities to leave possessions like siddurim and buggies inside the eruv.
Most of our accommodation is in good quality, comfortable student rooms. There's lots of choice:
- family accommodation, for families with children under the age of 14
- lower priced single rooms with shared facilities
- some hotel-style double rooms with bathrooms and televisions; sorry, but these are not available to families
- single ensuite rooms
If you're not staying for the whole week
If you can't stay for the whole of Conference it is possible to stay on the following days:
- Sunday to Tuesday
- Sunday to Wednesday
- Monday to Thursday
- Tuesday to Thursday
What about family accommodation?
• Family accommodation – for families with children under 14 – is in the Scarman Building, close to Young Limmud and the crèche, and consists of ensuite rooms with double beds
• Scarman is on three levels and has a lift; families with babies and younger children will be situated on the lower floors
• Unfortunately there aren’t any inter-connecting rooms, but your rooms will be adjacent to each other
• We’ll allocate one room for every two people in your party – ie a family of three or four will get two double rooms, a family of five will get three and so on
• Please note that children under the age of 16 months will not be allocated their own room and you’ll need to bring a travel cot for them; we have a small number of travel cots that you can hire from us – please tell us in your application.
• We do understand that some parents prefer their child to be with them in their room even if they are older than 16 months; in these cases you may want to bring an airbed with you – you will still be allocated two rooms (so we comply with Warwick’s fire regulations and occupancy limits) and you can use the bedding from that room
• If you prefer not to share a room or double bed, or if you’re a single parent with an older child, we can provide you with additional rooms, subject to availability, for a nominal surcharge of £100
• We’ll locate families with children over 14 closer to the Conference venues; this accommodation will all have shared facilities although you can upgrade to ensuite if you want
Will I be hungry?
Not if we can help it!
We provide tasty, nutritious, fully supervised kosher food as part of your Conference fee. The menu will feature dairy, fish, vegan and vegetarian food. Food over Shabbat – including a meat meal – is included in the Shabbat Limmud fee.
There's tea, coffee (instant only - sorry!) and biscuits throughout the day and evening. And a tuck shop for your chocolate fix as well as a late night burger and hot dog stall.
If you have particular dietary requirements, please tell us on the application form.
What about Shabbat?
As usual, there will be an eruv (Shabbat boundary) and most Shabbat participants will be accommodated inside the boundary. Unfortunately, it’s not practical for us to extend the eruv to the family and hotel accommodation, so they will be outside the boundary. There will, however, be facilities to leave possessions like siddurim and buggies inside the eruv.
