Oxfam is seeking music-lovers to volunteer for its biggest year of festivals.
Last year, Oxfam volunteers gave more than 206,000 hours of their time over the summer and helped raise £1.5 million for the charity.
Michael Lever, head of Festivals and Events, said: "We have been providing volunteer stewards at the UK’s biggest and best festivals for over 30 years now, after first taking our volunteers to Glastonbury in 1993. We’ve come a long way since then and people can now join us at 15 festivals across the UK and by doing so raise money for Oxfam.
"We’ve built a friendly and passionate community of volunteers and many of them have been coming back year after year, with some attending over 100 festivals with Oxfam.
"We’ll also continue to have volunteers to support our campaigning and last year we provided an opportunity for tens of thousands of people to sign our Climate Justice campaign and join in Oxfam’s collective activism."
How to volunteer for UK festivals
Applications are open to apply to be a volunteer from today (Thursday, February 1). Places will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Volunteers can apply for as many festivals as they like, with one deposit which will be returned to them once they have completed their shifts. The price of the deposit varies depending on the festival.
By volunteering at two or more festivals in one season, volunteers are given priority status for the following year and able to sign up before applications open to the general public.
They’ll also have access to a secure camping area in the Oxfam campsite and be given a free meal voucher per shift, free phone charging, and free tea and coffee.
Oxfam also offers support to make volunteering accessible, such as allocating volunteers to specific accessible roles, providing a closer parking space, or bringing a personal assistant on-site.
What festivals can you volunteer for this year?
Here are the full list of festivals you can volunteer for:
Bearded Theory
Download
Isle of Wight
Glastonbury
2000Trees
Latitude
WOMAD
Wilderness
Boardmasters
Boomtown Fair
ArcTanGent
Beautiful Days
Shambala
Reading and Leeds
