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@stuie I haven’t seen any “rants” here just @StoneCircle explaining what happened to them and warning others. I want to have a positive thread about the practicalities of volunteering. Let’s move on without people triggering each other

I think that the clear up crew do the cleanup after the festival has finished

Okay I’ve had a drink now. overrated by whom? By me? Yes, possibly, but by critics, the general public? For me her singing Horses on the Pyramid then giving the Dalai Lama a birthday 🎂 was a moment for nearly everyone there

It’s down to personal preference. I love her. Her music speaks to me and formed a large part of my life. I can see why she’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Sorry not to pile on. If you want I’ll have a few drinks, get some coke in and be Mr Angry

Oooh please

So if there were about 4000 off-site glampers paying a total of £6.5 million that means the average cost is £1625 each. 😱😱😱

See you in the Temple at 6 then

It’s even better than that it’s a small town having an autumn fair to celebrate music arts and sustainability. We had Dreadzone play at our closing party last year. Blackberries might be celebrated particularly in some of the drinks sold by stalls but their not the main focus sorry https://www.blackberryfair.co.uk/

So the cost of putting on the festival has tripled since 2007. Not surprising that tickets have gone up

I am in a terrible shape for my early 60s! I can still do an 8 hour manic bar shift at our local Blackberry Fair for charity. I would not even consider doing clear up crew as I’d imagine that’s a totally different ball game, even without seeing the job description Im sure that LightChance will be fine with the shifts if she does a bit of prep work and doesn’t stay in The Temple until 6am

I can’t see from last year’s map how using space in Avalon for the SE corner will work. There is far less space there than in Cabaret. The only reason might be to make it one way all day and use Avalon for daytime access. Maybe it means secret sets in the SE corner as it would be easy to shut off for crowd control

Fantastic. I think that any training should be suited to the goals you want to achieve. Maybe start this week by standing at the bar of a local establishment for an hour and build it up until you can spend eight hours standing at the bar. 😉😉

I think there’s a confusion with the term Reasonable Adjustments. It is a legal term in Equality Act 2010. It covers those with a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term effect on the ability to carry out day to day activities. It is a legal requirement to make reasonable adjustments for those people. There should be no limit on the number of people with those conditions. Others who request adjustments who have temporary impairments or just want an easy life are not covered by the Act and it will be up to the supervisors/organisation to decide if they can accommodate them but it’s not a legal requirement. Personally I am 61 fat and lazy and still at times treat my body as though it was 30. I would not expect adjustments to be made for me, but if my supervisor noticed I was struggling and gave me a cushy half hour I would be very grateful.

No I am not, nor ever have been a supervisor for Oxfam. I have volunteered for them once at Shambala last year and enjoyed it so much that I am doing two festivals with them this year. I volunteer for a different charity at Glastonbury.

Tickets still available for under £200!

£233 seated in the presale 😱😱

I’ve just done the same!

Wet Leg insisted that they keep the original spot apparently when they were asked to move. More hype if you play an overcrowded small stage than fill a larger one

Where will Lloyd Grossman go?

If the cafe stage has gone will that mean there will be fewer small bands? I know people like 3 daft monkeys used to play the cafe stage several times. Presumably to get enough tickets for all of them

I think that there is some confusion about what Reasonable Adjustments are. They are a legal requirement to prevent people with a disability from being prevented from doing something. Being old/fat/lazy/hanging is not a disability. If you have a disability such as SC does then you should have Reasonable Adjustments made by law as well as morally. The idea that you have pots or quotas of volunteers eligible for RAs is morally wrong and illegal. To me the problem is people asking for adjustments when they don’t have a disability causes the problem. If you have a disability then you know that you have it and can request RAs before the event. These need to be met if they’re reasonable. An injury is temporary and not a disability and though supervisors might be understanding there is no requirement to make adjustments. ps I do not volunteer for Glastonbury with Oxfam and am not an apologist for them. What they did to SC is totally wrong

No cafe, no stage or no both?

It would look to me that you could report them to CC as they could have risked the Health or safety of @StoneCircle There should be adequate Risk Assessments in place to ensure the Health and Safety of volunteers who require Reasonable Adjustments. How much work the CC would do on the case is debatable and they would probably just pass the concerns on and ask for a response. As SC has already raised the issue and had an apology it probably wouldn’t achieve anything

What to report to the Charity Commission You can report things that have happened, are happening or are likely to happen. Only report issues to us that could seriously harm: the people a charity helps the charity’s staff or volunteers services the charity provides the charity’s assets the charity’s reputation Examples of serious harm include: if someone’s health or safety is in danger, for example if a charity does not use its safeguarding policy a criminal offence, for example theft, fraud or financial mismanagement if a charity uses its activities as a platform for extremist views or materials loss of charity funds, for example when a charity loses more than 20% of its income or more than £25,000 if the charity does not meet its legal obligations, for example if someone uses a charity for significant personal advantage https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-serious-wrongdoing-at-a-charity-as-a-worker-or-volunteer#what-to-report-to-the-charity-commission

Apply to the Charity Commission or report to them?