Applying as a festival volunteer in 2008

We will be using an online application system in 2008.

See our frequently asked questions for more information on stewarding and campaigning at festivals with Oxfam.

Apply to be a festival volunteer

Become an Oxfam steward or campaigner

To be an Oxfam steward or campaigner, we need you to pay a £165 refundable deposit and to work 3 shifts during each festival. You must be 18 or over and able to provide a reliable reference. You will be camping in a separate area with showers and toilets, and you will receive a free meal ticket for each shift you work. You will need to bring your OWN TENT!

To find out more, check out the frequently asked questions (FAQs), on the website, and the stewarding forum.

To complete this application form to volunteer at a festival in 2008 you will need the following.

• A valid debit or credit card
  This is to pay for your deposit, which this year is £165.  Unfortunately we are unable to accept payment by cheque or American Express. Your deposit can only be refunded onto the same credit/debit card as you used to pay the deposit. So ensure that the account you use will still be active at the end of your last festival. Contact stewards@oxfam.org.uk for stewards enquiries or festivalcampaigners@oxfam.org.uk for campaigners enquires, if the account is closed for any reason.
• Your diary
  a) Training: To decide which Health and Safety Training course to book on to. (You will need to complete this if you have not been trained by us in the last four years.)
  b) Festivals: To ensure you are available for the whole time we are at each festival. For example, to steward at Glastonbury you must arrive on Tuesday 24th June and be on site until late on Sunday 29th June.
• Details of your transport to the festival
  We need to know how you are coming to the festival, so we know how many car passes to order from the festival and how many buses to provide, (for some festivals only).
• A photo
  You’ll need to upload an up-to-date photo of yourself for your application. The photo should be a JPEG (.jpg) file type, less than 50kb in file size and no larger than 3.5 x 4.5 cm.
• Shift partners' details
  We try our hardest to ensure that you have the same shift times as your friends. But we need to know who they are – please provide details of their full name and date of birth so we can match your shifts.
• Referee’s details
  If you have worked at less than 2 festivals as an Oxfam steward or campaigner, you will be asked to provide contact details of a referee, including their telephone number and email address.
• Emergency contact & Doctor’s details
  In the unlikely event that you have a medical emergency we may be asked to provide your doctor’s name and contact details. These will only ever be passed on to medical personnel.
• For priority applications only:
  Steward ID or Campaigner ID:
  The ID number that you received in your priority application email or letter.

Children's tickets for Glastonbury

The following is the workers children's policy for Glastonbury festival:

Children aged 12 and under on June 25 2008 when they arrive at the Festival, and when accompanied by a working adult, are admitted free and do not need a ticket nor do they need to register with the Festival.

Workers' children aged 13, 14 and 15 will have to register with the festival this year.

• Child tickets will be the same price as adult tickets.
• Child tickets can be bought by the responsible adult accompanying the child; who may have a different surname from that adult. So, for example, a parent can buy child tickets for one of their offspring and a friend.
• Child tickets will carry the photograph of the registered child and will be overprinted with the word "child".

Stewarding festivals

We have temporarily removed the waiting list facility for festivals which are full. Some festivals will be reopening for application at the end of this week, please check back here for updates on which festivals will be reopened.

Last updated 14:00pm 9th May

Oxfam will not be stewarding at Wychwood, Green Man, End of the Road. They are all going to be recruiting stewards themselves. Places can be applied for by going onto their festival websites.

Campaigning festivals

Festival volunteer training dates

Details of course dates and locations are below.

If you are unable to attend a training session because they are all full, this will not affect your stewarding application. You will be fully briefed on site.

Training is not tailored to specific festivals, but is relevant for all the festivals where Oxfam has a pressence. If you do not attend the full training session you will lose your stewarding place. The training lasts for three hours so please bring a drink and a snack if you require one. Please be there in time for the session to start promptly.

Training session

Here are the training sessions for the campsite and fire steward training sessions delivered by Alan Daly. The training session for the Oxfam stewards training will be put up once we start the training.

• Campsite training presentation (5.8MB ppt)
• Fire steward training presentation (5.8MB ppt)

Festival reviews 2007

Check out Oxfams festival reviews written by our very own stewards.

• Cornbury review
• Glade review
• Glastonbury review
• Greenman review
• Leeds review
• Latitude review
• Reading review
• Summer Sundae festival review
• Womad review
• Wychwood review

Festival guides

Quick guide to Oxfam stewarding (1.5MB pdf)

Tips on preparing for a festival (77KB pdf)

Tips on arriving on site (1.3MB pdf)

created by Leigh Bazan.