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Cooking, Catering, Hospitality Lead

Time for a new challenge? Could you be the new catering lead here at Othona? ......

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Family holidays, art events, singing weekends, walking weeks...

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Community

We are an open Christian Community based on the beautiful Blackwater estuary...

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Othona for Educational Groups

Othona is a great place to bring groups from Schools, Colleges, Universities for field studies.....

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APR bursaries for Teachers

The Association for Promoting Retreats (APR) has made a number of bursaries available to support teachers and headteachers in Church of England schools in making a retreat at any APR member... Read More

New Warden

Our new warden, David Jenkins, has arrived at Othona this week. It's a real pleasure to meet him and we wish him well for the future here. Here is a short piece of bio from hi:

I will... Read More

David James Memorial

Last Weekend there was a wonderful memorial service here at Othona in St Peters Chapel for David "Dave" James, who had been part of the community for around 70 years. Over 100 people came to give... Read More

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Upcoming Events

Springwatch ***Full***

Mon 28 Apr — Thu 1 May 2025
A chance to enjoy the wildlife of the Essex coast

Spring Working Week

Tue 6 May — Fri 9 May 2025
Join us for a busy week of practical tasks

Essex Green Weekend ***CAMPING OR DAY VISITORS AVAILABLE***

Fri 23 May — Mon 26 May 2025
Join us for this weekend to find out how we can influence Climate Change

May Half Term ***Event Full***

Tue 27 May — Sat 31 May 2025
Families Activity Week

Herbs, Healing and Community

Mon 2 Jun — Fri 6 Jun 2025
Explore herbs, their histories and the grounds of Othona with Amanda and Angela