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[Alex Capes]

We are looking for 250 volunteer stewards to work at the festival in 2010.

You must be prepared to work a minimum of 3 x 5 hour shifts over the 4 days. All other times you are free to enjoy the festival. Work is available in such areas as: Box office, Garden Stage, Big Top, Gates, Wristband Exchange, Traffic Control & the Village, full training is given for each area and safety equipment is provided.

We receive lots of applications, so please apply early as we do offer places on a first come first served basis (subject to approval).

Please download the application form PDF, fill it in and send it back to the address on the form.
http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/pdf/st...cation-2010.pdf

[Completewasters]

Any details for volunteering with the litter picking/recycling crew?

[canan]

One of my friends refer me to this forum and I really enjoyed it

[bigbass]

hi i've just been accepted for stewarding does any one know when the shift times are sent to you or any imfomation on steward camping,food , etc etc

[Lauz_Abbott]

ive been accepted too!! cant wait

[RedRockRick]

 bigbass, on Mar 13 2010, 09:26 AM, said:

hi i've just been accepted for stewarding does any one know when the shift times are sent to you or any imfomation on steward camping,food , etc etc

You should receive your shift rota etc. when you receive your festival steward blazer a week or so before the obligatory induction meeting and training brief over the August bank holiday weekend. So far as I recollect, the stewarding shifts are 4.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.; 12.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m., with two hour adjustments for the second & third days. The stewards communal sleeping tent is just behind the first shower & toilet block, so it's quite convenient, and you should of course remember to bring your own sleeping mat and duvet, notwithstanding that sleeping is generally discouraged. Breakfast is at 4.00 a.m, there is a light lunch at 11.30 a.m. and dinner is at 8.30 p.m. You are otherwise free to do as you wish, and as a bonus stewards do have the exclusive use of the cinema tent between 2.30 a.m. and 4.00 a.m., though understandably, so as not disturb sleeping festival goers, the sound is turned off during this period. I hope this helps, though with the early start on Thursday, you may have to be prepared to make some sacrifices.

[bigbass]

cheers for that, lots of useful information , is the induction a whole day thing or a few hours

[Lauz_Abbott]

yeah cheers for that

[RedRockRick]

 bigbass, on Mar 17 2010, 08:09 AM, said:

cheers for that, lots of useful information , is the induction a whole day thing or a few hours

It will of course be the whole weekend.
Following a comprehensive medical, there will an early morning cross-country run on each day to guage general fitness. Obviously, there will be a full and detailed tour of the site so you will be familiar with the festival layout before the start of the festival.
In addition, there will be compulsory courses over the two days covering the following essential topics:
First Aid & Life Saving Techniques
Tent erection & maintenance
Basic language primers in French, German, Spanish, Hebrew and, understandably, Swedish
Map Reading
Car maintenance
Marching
I think you will find it a quite full & rewarding two days. I have assumed you are standard size, and will not require custom-fitting for your blazer.

Edited by RedRockRick, 18 March 2010 - 11:00 AM.

[Hotcider]

 RedRockRick, on Mar 18 2010, 11:57 AM, said:

It will of course be the whole weekend.
Following a comprehensive medical, there will an early morning cross-country run on each day to guage general fitness. Obviously, there will be a full and detailed tour of the site so you will be familiar with the festival layout before the start of the festival.
In addition, there will be compulsory courses over the two days covering the following essential topics:
First Aid & Life Saving Techniques
Tent erection & maintenance
Basic language primers in French, German, Spanish, Hebrew and, understandably, Swedish
Map Reading
Car maintenance
Marching
I think you will find it a quite full & rewarding two days. I have assumed you are standard size, and will not require custom-fitting for your blazer.

You are just a couple of weeks early with this

[jo hoyle]

FIRST AID HELP

Hi, im struggling opening any attachments with my lap top, just wondering if there is any first aid volunteering availabe and how do i go about applying?

Thanks,

Jo

[Super-Girl]

I applied and was accepted to steward back in February but now I've seen on the website we should have been sent our shifts etc it says: If you wish to be placed on the reserve list, or havent heard about your shifts, please contact our steward manager Sue on info@wickedevents.co.uk

Has anyone else heard about their shifts? Seems a bit early but I am used to Oxfam and being told when you turn up. I've sent an email off to that address too but haven't heard back.

[Super-Girl]

Got a reply, the website is wrong, we'll be told 'a few weeks prior to the festival'.

[marooned]

...agreed, got the same e-mail from Sue, give the gal a break !

ALL steward positions now filled, although 'likely' to be some drop-outs nearer the time.
Punter Tickets ALMOST sold out too.............

[ize69]

i'm working the campsite on saturday evening and am pretty desperate to swap, i'll do almost any other time

[marooned]

 ize69, on 20 August 2010 - 12:52 PM, said:

i'm working the campsite on saturday evening and am pretty desperate to swap, i'll do almost any other time

Get there early (I'm aiming for 12.01 on the Wednesday) - get into the Steward's Tent, and register your 'swap request' on the board provided.

I doubt if you'll be able to swap via this forum - but, you never know......

Good luck anyhow, I've always found the shift system to be quite fair in a 'swings n'roundabouts' kinda way - although my Friday night jaunt ends at 12 midnight - haven't been up that late for 20 years !!!!

[Super-Girl]

Does anyone know what 'main & garden' entails? All the others are a bit descriptive like office, wristband exchange etc. But I'm on main & garden....

[marooned]

 Super-Girl, on 21 August 2010 - 12:52 PM, said:

Does anyone know what 'main & garden' entails? All the others are a bit descriptive like office, wristband exchange etc. But I'm on main & garden....

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MAIN and GARDEN arenas, just a guess - could be way out!

Sounds like you'll be busy though..

[Super-Girl]

No i got that would be WHERE i would be... just wanted to know if anyone knew what I would be doing, like if you got car park, you can generally guess you would helping people to park etc. but this is a bit more vague.

[marooned]

 Super-Girl, on 21 August 2010 - 02:34 PM, said:

No i got that would be WHERE i would be... just wanted to know if anyone knew what I would be doing, like if you got car park, you can generally guess you would helping people to park etc. but this is a bit more vague.

In that case, I ain't got a clue, I think there's loads of possibilities - but, at the Larmer Tree Festival there were day-glos dotted all round the arenas and stages - hopefully you won't get stuck on the Trader's Access Gates, the bloke I was chatting to said it was the most boring job he'd been assigned to.

At Larmer Tree and at EOTR I was (and will be) working the road in - great job, mental buddies, keeps you busy, and the punters are usually more than happy at that stage !!

Best of luck anyhow............it'll be great !