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StoneCircle last won the day on May 10 2019

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  1. It was in 2022 and eventually I got a suitably apologetic response. Due to my appalling treatment I do try and warn people with reasonable adjustment needs that they need to assertive with Oxfam if they are given a role or shift times not agreed to in their reasonable adjustments. And to stand up to the management team and Oxbox staff, some are lovely but some are absolutely despicable.
  2. No, you need to recharge before you get there. πŸ™‚
  3. Scroll up and read my comments, or in a brief summary - Oxfam bullies people with disabilities to do their shifts or they will cut off their wristbands and they are forced to leave the Oxfield. They couldn't do that to me as I was in Spring Ground Accessible Campsite within the festival. I will happily share their letter of apology that I forced them to make by calling them out.
  4. At all the festivals with the exception of Glastonbury I didn't have a mobility scooter, my mobility wasn't as bad back then but I still seated position in my reasonable adjustments. I also hired from Event Mobility when I was there via Oxfam in 2022, this was my first time in Spring Ground as I have always opted for East Campervan Forward Campervan Field. I was back in there last year and will be there this year too. If you do get offered a place to volunteer make sure that you are not expected to work on the Monday post festival and don't ask for early shifts which can be from the Saturday before the festival as Event Mobility don't arrive until Monday and leave the following Monday morning. A friend of mine had her staff wristband removed when volunteering for Oxfam a few years ago as she was taken ill in the Oxfield and had to get someone to come and collect her as she was too poorly to drive. They don't know the meaning of compassion. 😭
  5. All of the issues I have encountered are due to my RA's not being taken into account by whoever did the rota and at Glastonbury made worse by the way I was spoken to by Oxbox when I reached out to change them. Oxbox also contacted me about an hour before my first shift (also at Glastonbury) asking me to go to the Oxbox to sign in for my shift. I explained I was not in Oxfield, I was in the Accessible Campsite and as my shift was at the Accessible Arrivals Marquee I physically couldn't get there and back in time. Yet again I was spoken to with a complete lack of respect as if I was a naughy school child. The supervisors I have worked with have always been supportive. We didn't have one at Glastonbury despite the close proximity to Gate A hence why they wanted me to spend 2 hours signing in due to their oversight.
  6. After Glastonbury I cancelled Boardmasters as my health comes first and I was so ill at Glastonbury I barely left the Accessible field. They tried to charge me a cancellation fee and I threatened them with further action if they did. It was the principle of the matter not the amount. They soon refunded it along with a begging email for another chance. Not a prayer I would go through this again! πŸ˜‚ I have MΓ©niΓ¨re's Disease which as well as causing hearing loss I get severe vertigo attacks. I need a gentle and late start to the day, a quiet place so I have a chance of hearing and a seated role. I advised and they agreed to this including no early starts. I just can't cope with 6am starts which I was given 2 of at Glastonbury. Working on a 3 directional vehicle gate (Beautiful Days), being placed in the furthest field from Oxbox to man an information tent when they could have placed me a lot closer (Boardmasters) and the taxi rank position at Camp Bestival turned into crowd management on the final night. This is despite requesting a seated position as I am unsteady on my feet. I was refused buggy transportation at Glastonbury and Camp Bestival and only received it at Beautiful Days after having a MΓ©niΓ¨re's attack on duty brought on by the stressful stewarding placement and being unable to hear lorry drivers asking questions over the vehicle noise. Thankfully I have another way in these days if I don't get tickets in the main sale! πŸ˜‚
  7. I had heard of him, I hadn't heard of SZA until the rumours started. πŸ˜„
  8. SZA would be a strange choice for Sunday, the locals usually get someone they have at least heard of!
  9. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ PS I am wishing she is on the line up too!
  10. If you are an Oxfam Volunteer Steward with Accessibility needs you can request things like a seated role, quiet place on site or whatever your needs are via their reasonable adjustments team. As to wether you actually have these taken in to account on the rota is a different matter. I have volunteered for them 5 times and have not had my reasonable adjustments taken into account at 4 of them. They talk the talk but don't walk the walk. After Glastonbury 2022 I vowed never to volunteer for them again.
  11. Here is last year's timetable. This shows all the stops and times. They are limited due to vehicles not being allowed in a lot of the site. I have also attached a copy of the Accessible map from last year as this shows the actual stops. https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/access-information/access-map/ ☺️
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