Pre-reg for Art-Show & Auction is now OPEN! Go here to pre-register your items: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2JLJD3Y

(you can submit the form more than once if you are selling multiple items).

Closing date is 9th May, 9PM

Need help? Check out https://confuzzled.org.uk/events/art-show/ or email auction@confuzzled.org.uk

Reminder! We're still open to your suggestions for Community Spotlight 2025! Let us know your ideas here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VDRH36

Psst! A little butterfly tells me that you can follow ConFuzzled on Bluesky too!

https://bsky.app/profile/confuzzled.org.uk

Community Spotlight (Branston) is looking to run a panel at ConFuzzled 2024 that acts as a round-table / Q&A covering how to get into volunteering and charity work.

If you are interested in speaking on the panel please fill out the form here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H263GZC

Mark is one of the founders of the furry community, and also a co-founder of the very first furry convention (ConFurence).

Following a stroke and a diagnosis of stage-4 cancer, he is in all our thoughts.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-true-fandom-original

Sponsor upgrades are now sold out! Thank you all for your continued support of the convention!

We are very sad to hear of the passing of Mark Merlino, aka Sy Sable. Founder in the community, and true fandom original.
We share our condolences with the Prancing Skiltaire house, and all those closest to him at this time.

Party suite lottery applications go live Monday 11th March at 7PM, closing Monday 18th March at 7PM.

For all the details, please see https://confuzzled.org.uk/attending/hotels/party-suites/

Questions? Please contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk for any help!

We just want to bring you all up to speed on some changes that are occurring with our Security team, as well as to explain why this is happening.

After the end of the last convention cycle the Directors began looking into what budget we could provide for training and courses for our staff and crew that could improve our services for attendees, and give something back to those crew and staff members. This includes mental health first aid courses, SIA training, manual handling and other training.

In the course of this investigation we sought legal advice from our solicitors as to how we could recompense volunteers and whether professional licensing such as SIA (for security) would be appropriate for our kind of event. The solicitor informed us that current legislation prevents volunteers providing any SIA licensed services (for example physically stopping people) in any part of a licensed premises (An area where the sale of alcohol is allowed). After this we confirmed with the Hilton that their entire premises (including the outside) are licensed premises.

Our legal advice suggests that we should repurpose our security team, and rename it to avoid confusion. This suggested team name would be called “Stewards”, and provide stewarding, similar to what you will have encountered at any festival, theatre, or gig, but that they cannot engage in the physical interventions that come under the purview of SIA licenses.

At ConFuzzled, the safety and security of our attendees is of paramount importance to us. With that in mind, we want to take the opportunity to reassure you that this will in no way compromise our ability to deliver on this front.

First, whilst our own stewards will not be operating in an SIA capacity, the Hotel itself does have their own security personnel onsite and we are consulting to bring in external security like what you’ve seen at ScotiaCon. As such, we will still have the ability to respond to any security incidents that may occur. Our Welfare team will operate closely with those security staff, and indeed already do this as part of their normal routine.

Second, the reporting mechanisms for you are likely to remain unchanged. If you need to talk to our team to report a problem during the convention, you can follow the same processes as before. This includes options like approaching a member of the stewarding staff, or speaking to Convention Operations, at the Con-Ops desk.

Work is ongoing to ensure the best possible safety is provided for our attendees, and we want you to be confident that our team will always give this the highest priority.

Best wishes

Yinx, Russet, & Fioxy

ConFuzzled is excited to announce some amazing news - for one night only during the convention, Animalz is taking over the nightclub!

For those of you who've been to Animalz before, you'll know what to expect! If you haven't - then be prepared for a wilder nightclub experience. Both pups and furs will be welcome - and yes, that means gear too!

We'll be sharing some fresh guidance around what you can wear for Animalz@ConFuzzled, along with a sign-up process for a free entry, exclusive for all registered ConFuzzled attendees (both advance and on-the-door signup available).

We're not changing the convention away from being a furry-focused event, but we know people express themselves in a range of different ways, and we want to ensure we're inclusive of that, and this is a great step in the right direction!

We'll have more to share soon, but in the meantime, get hyped!

ATTENTION DEALERS: Action Required

Our Den team are now into the final planning stages for table locations, and as such, by 17th March, we need to ensure you’ve supplied the following (via the registration system Dealers Den Dashboard):

+Neighbour Requests (must be mutually agreed)
+Any requests not to be located near another particular dealer
+Any and all medical information (especially anything that might impact your table location)
+Double check any trade name, shop description etc is correct.
+Ensure you have entered assistant badge numbers (only one per table permitted - unless by special arrangement with our Den team)

It’s vital that we have the relevant information supplied in advance, as these will be the details that go into our conbook to help identify you and your table location to attendees visiting the den, and in turn help you share with your customers where they can find you!

Please ensure all the above information has been supplied by the end of 17th March. If you have any questions or concerns, or are having problems accessing the Dealers Dashboard in the reg system, please contact dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

Many thanks!

Party suite applications are now OPEN!

For all the details, and to apply, head here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/attending/hotels/party-suites/

This will be a lottery process, and you have until 1900 on the 18th March to submit an application.

Questions? Contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk

Pop-Up Shop Applicants!

If you have not filled in the essential application survey, please ensure you have by midnight tomorrow!

REMINDER!

We'll be closing our registration system 31st March! That means transfers, changes, badge picture uploads etc will end!

If you have questions, please do contact registration@confuzzled.org.uk

To help make it easier to find, we've brought together everything we do for those with accessibility requirements, into a single page here: https://confuzzled.org.uk/about-us/accessibility/

This is something we plan to add to over time with more information.

If you have suggestions on how we can help make the convention more accessible, please do let us know! Contact innovations@confuzzled.org.uk with any ideas.

Party suite entries have closed - we'll run the lottery process soon, and those who have secured a suite will be advised via email. Stay tuned!

The stage is set! Do you have those colourful moves and ready to show what you got?

We are pleased to announce that the ConFuzzled 2024 Fursuit Dance Competition registration is now OPEN!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dance2024

Back for another year, we bring you Paws on Water!
You can join these epic dance battles as either a fursuiter OR as non-suiter!

Are you ready to bust some moves?! We want YOU!
Register NOW!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Paws2024

All winners of party suite offers have now been emailed.
Please check your inbox, junk mail etc.
If there are any non payments, we'll send out further offers in due course.
We'll let you all know when all party suites are paid up.

In a change to our previously announced DJ lineup, we're bringing you Ambi Enceladus (taking the place of ImpulseTheFox) in the Friday night club