Volunteering 2020

[philipsteak]

2 hours ago, Pinhead said:

Don't know whether to pick two for Priority or not next year - did a count and looks like I'll have done >10 in the last 10 years in 2021 with Bearded in the bag now for this year:

2011 - Glasto,

2014 - Bearded,

2015 - Bearded and B-Days,

2016 - Bearded and Shambala,

2017 - Bearded and Boomtown,

2018 - Bearded,

2019 - Bearded,

2020 - Just signed up to Bearded again!

They don't forget all these on their database do they or something....?

 

 

Yeah, I've used the 10 in 10 rule before and had no problem

[Crazyfool01]

congratulations to all of those securing themselves oxfam places today .. what a great wed it must be for you all ... hopefully see you on the farm and thanks for the efforts you all put in on our behalf  

[zico martin]

So let me get this straight, on Tuesday I go on the site, select glastonbury from the drop down menu  pay my deposit (or is it the full amount?), complete the application (many tricky questions?), then go back at select a second festival from the list?

 

[Crazyfool01]

just the first bit .... no questions and no second festival necessary ... and pay the full amount .... and then complete profile at a later date 

2 minutes ago, zico martin said:

So let me get this straight, on Tuesday I go on the site, select glastonbury from the drop down menu  pay my deposit (or is it the full amount?), complete the application (many tricky questions?), then go back at select a second festival from the list?

 

 

[March Hare]

Story goes that there isn’t enough people with priority to fill all of the Glastonbury places. In addition none of the campaigning places are up for grabs in the priority window. 
So there will still be hundreds of places next week. Keep the faith. You will be on the farm!

[incident]

35 minutes ago, zico martin said:

So let me get this straight, on Tuesday I go on the site, select glastonbury from the drop down menu  pay my deposit (or is it the full amount?)

Yes, this. The deposit is the full amount up front (£265 for Glastonbury, more for Boomtown, less for other festivals). As soon as you've done this part your place is assured as long as you do your bit (provide the relevant info, attend training, reference checks out, and not be on a blacklist somewhere).

35 minutes ago, zico martin said:

complete the application (many tricky questions?)

This part comes at a later date. Questions aren't tricky - basic stuff about yourself that you (should) know, and an E-Mail address for someone to give you a reference.

35 minutes ago, zico martin said:

then go back at select a second festival from the list?

You can do this straight away if you want to add another festival. There's no obligation to do so though.

[roughbloke]

40 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

just the first bit .... no questions and no second festival necessary ... and pay the full amount .... and then complete profile at a later date 

 

Have they moved the date to pay the full amount earlier this year? I swear I paid the full amount in April last year?

 

what time do applications open?

Edited January 29, 2020 by endswithMJ

[zico martin]

Just been reminded that festaff applications open before this (Saturday?), any tips or advice for this route in? 

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, endswithMJ said:

Have they moved the date to pay the full amount earlier this year? I swear I paid the full amount in April last year?

I would imagine its always been the full amount... but I defer to better knowledge than me ... its the first time ive really looked into the detail of work this year 

[incident]

3 minutes ago, endswithMJ said:

Have they moved the date to pay the full amount earlier this year? I swear I paid the full amount in April last year?

 

what time do applications open?

For Oxfam? You definitely would have paid the full amount up front, it's been that way as long as I can remember.

Other organisations may vary. Unless you mean tickets instead of volunteering in which case yeah first week of April.

[roughbloke]

1 minute ago, incident said:

For Oxfam? You definitely would have paid the full amount up front, it's been that way as long as I can remember.

Other organisations may vary. Unless you mean tickets instead of volunteering in which case yeah first week of April.

Hmm, i thought I paid the full amount for my oxfam place in April last year but I guess not! 

do applications open at 11am next week?

thanks for the quick reply 

Edited January 29, 2020 by endswithMJ

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, endswithMJ said:

Hmm, i thought I paid the full amount for my oxfam place in April last year but I guess not! 

do applications open at 11am next week?

thanks for the quick reply 

anytime from 10 onwards I believe ...  keep an eye on the facebook page or twitter 

[Pinhead]

Why is Boomtown deposit greater than for Glasto I wonder..?

[incident]

2 minutes ago, endswithMJ said:

Hmm, i thought I paid the full amount for my oxfam place in April last year but I guess not! 

do applications open at 11am next week?

thanks for the quick reply 

You probably won't get a time much in advance, if at all.

Today was originally said to be "mid morning", ended up being 1:30 pm.

[balti-pie]

Woop! I’m all sorted for Glastonbury and Trailwalker (local to me) stewarding so this is a beautiful thing! 
ideally i’d get the early shifts and be down the Saturday before, but I’m aware that’s pretty unlikely - I’m more than happy with Monday morning first thing. Can’t wait. If anyone fancies a tea/pint and a wander onsite on the Mon or Tues then let me know 👍🏻 

[Watergirl]

41 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Why is Boomtown deposit greater than for Glasto I wonder..?

A full festival ticket is £276, I just checked. Early birds are sold out.

[stuie]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

I would imagine its always been the full amount... but I defer to better knowledge than me ... its the first time ive really looked into the detail of work this year 

So are you going for it then CF? 😀

[brettredmayne]

2 hours ago, zico martin said:

Just been reminded that festaff applications open before this (Saturday?), any tips or advice for this route in? 

I thought you need to do a 2nd festival with them

[zico martin]

1 minute ago, brettredmayne said:

I thought you need to do a 2nd festival with them

We'll I booked time off for green man as a possibility back up to not getting glasto tickets so I could do those both I guess? 

[incident]

4 minutes ago, zico martin said:

We'll I booked time off for green man as a possibility back up to not getting glasto tickets so I could do those both I guess? 

Pretty sure that Festaff don't have Green Man.

[zico martin]

8 minutes ago, incident said:

Pretty sure that Festaff don't have Green Man.

Oh really, well that's torn it then. Why cant I find the full list to check if i can do another one?

[incident]

5 minutes ago, zico martin said:

Oh really, well that's torn it then. Why cant I find the full list to check if i can do another one?

Their list of events for 2020 is here. It looks like they don't actually accept Glastonbury applications until March 1st anyway - February 1st is for their other events.

[zico martin]

4 minutes ago, incident said:

Their list of events for 2020 is here. It looks like they don't actually accept Glastonbury applications until March 1st anyway - February 1st is for their other events.

Ok cheers, fingers crossed for tuesday then!

[dotdash79]

33 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

I thought you need to do a 2nd festival with them

I've heard that they aren't doing that this year, but I expect priority if you do another festival with them

[chuckles07]

It’s been a good day. On with Oxfam at Bearded, Womad, Boomtown and Shambala. Got tickets for the big G. A great summer is in the offing 😊

very best of luck to those having a go next week. If you approach it as ticket day you will be sorted.

hopefully see some of you guys in a field somewhere...