Posted Saturday, 27 August 2011 - 4:54pm
We're very pleased to announce the total amounts donated to charity from the various convention charity events and collection. A massive thank you is due to everyone who kindly donated, resulting in a fantastic donation of £4305.68 to the British Heart Foundation and £160.00 to the Japanese Red Cross.
Full details can be found here: http://www.ayacon.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1432.0
AyaCon is being held from 19th - 21st August 2011.
AyaCon is being held at the Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, near Coventry. See the Venue page.
See the Staff listing. It's largely the same team as Aya Revolution 09, with a few changes. The team are all experienced event organisers.
The convention will run from 12 noon on Friday 19th August, to midnight on Sunday 21st August.
We hope that AyaCon will be the biggest UK anime convention to date ^_^
See the Events page. If you'd like to suggest an event to be held at Aya, post to the Events section of the Aya Forum. If you'd like to run an event at the convention yourself please use our events proposal form.
See the Registration page. Registrations are open now.
Membership pricing is £45 for the weekend. This will not include the cost of overnight accommodation (see below).
We have no plans at this time to sell registrations "on the door". Registrations must be purchased in advance.
Yes. There is a minimum age of 18 for membership of the convention. Under-18s create awkward legal issues for us over guardianship.
Right now we are only planning to offer membership via Google Checkout so you will need to use a credit/debit card to pay online.
Yes, you are required to present an acceptable form of photographic ID and proof of age in the name of your registration to staff on arrival at the convention. The only acceptable forms of ID are:
* Passport
* Photocard driving license (full or provisional, must include photographic card)
* CitizenCard
* Prove It Card
* Validate UK Card
* Young Scot Card (the new version with PASS hologram, not the old one)
* Armed Forces photo identity card
* EU National Identity Card
* Other ID supported by the PASS scheme (with an authentic PASS hologram)
Expired ID is not accepted.
Yes, the Warwick campus is on a bus route from Coventry railway station, approximately three miles from Coventry city centre.
Four of the on-site car park will be available free for members over the convention weekend. These are numbered: 6, 7, 8a and 15. The machine at the park entrance will issue you with a token that can be redeemed at Rootes Helpdesk from 9 - 6pm and then at Rootes Reception from 6pm - 11pm for the exit code. If you are parking in carpark 7 or 15, you do not need an exit code as the barriers will open for the duration of AyaCon
There will be approximately 900 single rooms available on-site. These will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis: 600 of these will be ensuite with bath and shower, the remainder will have shared bathrooms.
Accommodation costs £40.00 + VAT (£47.00) per night. But with the impending rise on VAT, from 1st January 2011 this will be £48 per night.
Yes, all rooms include include access to a buffet breakfast each morning of the event.
Accommodation booking will be handled by Warwick Conferences (NOT AyaCon). They have set up a website for online booking using credit/debit cards. You will be given the link to this site when you register for Aya Revolution.
No, Warwick Conferences will only accept credit or debit cards.
No, Warwick Conferences will only accept bookings on the website.
Your card will be charged as soon as you make the booking.
No. Only one person may stay in a single room.
We cannot guarantee this as rooms are assigned at check in. However if you check in to your room at the same time as your friends and you all have the same room type then Warwick Conferences staff may be able to place you in adjacent rooms.
Yes. Warwick Conferences will have a space on their booking form to specify access requirements.
You can collect your bedroom key from Warwick Conferences reception, Rootes Social Building, during the hours of 15:00 - 23:00.
Please vacate your room and return your key to Warwick Conferences reception by 9:30am on the day of departure.
Yes. Warwick Conferences will provide a left luggage facility.
No, there is no key deposit.
A full refund is available up to 1 month before the date of the event. Contact Warwick Conferences to arrange this.
Post your question in the "Questions & Answers" section of the Aya Forums, and we'll do our best to answer it.
