The Heff board had a call on Sunday 10th January and we decided we need to give you as much of an update as we can on Heff 2021 and Covid.

We have not made a firm booking for the Newark Showground, or paid out any deposits for Heff 2021 because of the uncertain situation. We have also not put tickets on sale for the moment.

We are grateful for the confidence many of you placed in us by carrying over your tickets, but don’t think it's really fair to hold on to your money for the moment. We will start processing refunds in about a week’s time which will go back to the original payment card. If that won’t work because your details have changed please email sales@hefestivals.co.uk To show our appreciation anyone getting a refund now will be entitled to a 5% discount for our next event. This will be calculated on the ticket price total after all other discounts have been applied.

One ray of hope is that our planned date (the week starting 3rd August) is still available at Newark. We think that it would be possible to pull together a Heff event if we start even as little as 8 weeks beforehand. Heff 2016 was done in 12 weeks and we have more experience now, and a venue we know. We can only start the process if the situation has improved sufficiently that we can run safely and without risk of cancellation or onerous social distancing conditions imposed by the Local Authority. Please keep safe and we hope we will see you all later this year, and if not then we plan to run in 2022. ... See more

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Home Education Festivals will be held on Saturday 31st October at 2pm. The meeting will be conducted via a Zoom call. Connection details will be posted here and sent by email in advance of the meeting. The meeting is expected to last no more than one hour. Anyone who held a ticket for Heff 2019, Winterheff 2020, or Heff 2020 may attend and vote

AGENDA

1. Motion to recieve the report of the directors
2. Motion to recieve the accounts for the period ending 30th September 2019
3. Motion to extend the terms of the current directors by one year due to the Covid situation
4. Motion to appoint Mark Grief to the board of directoras for an initial term to run to 30th September 2021
5 Any other business as allowed by the chairman of the meeting ... See more

If you haven't filled out the refund request form yet you have until tomorrow (Tuesday 30th June) to make your choice or your tickets will default to rolling over until next year.

For more details on the full situation please visit the website at https://hefestivals.co.uk/coronavirus ... See more

Thank you to everyone who has already filled out the HEFF 2020 refund form. If you requested a refund we are currently up to date on issuing them so the money should reach your accounts soon.

Those of you who haven't filled out the form please note that you have until Tuesday 30th June to make your choice else your tickets will default to rolling over until next year.

As mentioned before, refunds involve quite a lot of manual work for our volunteers. We are processing refunds as they come in but it can take up to two weeks to receive it to your account.

For more details on the full situation please visit the website at https://hefestivals.co.uk/coronavirus/

Regards,

The HEFF Team ... See more

Announcement:
We are now starting to process refunds. An email has gone out today to all ticket holders with details of your options and what you need to do. You can choose to forward your payment to secure tickets for HEFF2021 or you can choose to request a refund.

For all the Covid-19 updates and more information please visit the website page - https://hefestivals.co.uk/coronavirus/ ... See more