Volunteering 2025

[Johnnyseven]

1 minute ago, ilovelanegan said:

Got to 'proceed' but it took me about 4 seconds to find Glastonbury in the list - too slow 😭

 

It would have helped if they'd put them in alphabetical order!

[ilovelanegan]

Just now, Johnnyseven said:

 

It would have helped if they'd put them in alphabetical order!

So annoyed at myself - I had even revised the order from a Priority access pic someone posted on here, but panicked!

[Official SMan]

So annoyed, got through to payment and my card declined - bank thought it was fraud :((

[Johnnyseven]

9 minutes ago, ilovelanegan said:

So annoyed at myself - I had even revised the order from a Priority access pic someone posted on here, but panicked!

 

Me too but nevermind, got an application in for Wateraid and also Avalon Bars - Oxfam will have spaces made available after the resale too and there's always a chance of getting a resale ticket so all is not lost.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Thought Id nabbed one but the proceed key went black.  Must have been the extra 1/4 of second to check the third tick box.

[philipsteak]

Looks like there's only Boardmasters, Boomtown, Reading and Leeds of the camping festivals and just a handful day ones left. Reverb

[midlifecrisis]

I must have just been lucky with my refresh. Went straight to the page, clicked all 3 (sneaky!) tick boxes without reading them and it just went straight thorough. Had to abandon Stripe and go to Google pay but that worked straight away. Can't believe it! Need 1 more through, will need to keep an eye out after resales.

 

[astrowerks]

4 minutes ago, Official SMan said:

So annoyed, got through to payment and my card declined - bank thought it was fraud :((

had that happen with Oxfam before. banks - f**king idiots.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just came back on

 

Managed to snag one

[ilovelanegan]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Just came back on

 

Managed to snag one

Argggh well done

[TheBoz]

Managed to get a place after missing out every time they released places last year so over the moon! There is definitley luck involved to get throught the 'gate' before it's full. Pressing proceed a fraction of a second before others.

[-TLR-]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Just came back on

 

Managed to snag one

 

noooooo!

 

ha! good for you!

 

i've been sat here refreshing for half an hour... i take a 1 minute break to post a payment (well i gotta do SOME work today) and this happens!

 

🙂 

[Johnnyseven]

3 minutes ago, -TLR- said:

 

noooooo!

 

ha! good for you!

 

i've been sat here refreshing for half an hour... i take a 1 minute break to post a payment (well i gotta do SOME work today) and this happens!

 

🙂 

 

Same here mate.

[LSTx]

7 minutes ago, -TLR- said:

 

noooooo!

 

ha! good for you!

 

i've been sat here refreshing for half an hour... i take a 1 minute break to post a payment (well i gotta do SOME work today) and this happens!

 

🙂 

literally the same, I've been refreshing every minute or so and I take a break and that's when more get released 😭

[JackP1994]

Congrats to those who got them!
 

Wife managed to bag hers within 30 secs with Apple Pay! Got mine with priority last week so we’re both chuffed to be in early on.

 

To those who weren’t as lucky, don’t give up. We managed to get my wife a spot a week before the festival last year due to a few cancelled spots appearing. There will also still be a few general resales before then, so keep the faith 👍

Edited February 11, 2025 by JackP1994

[CaledonianGonzo]

We are - as the saying goes - so back.

[sedra]

Yeah places keep popping up again so keep trying 

[-TLR-]

Download keeps popping up.... bah!

[efcfanwirral]

Our friends got themselves through to join us, one at 10 and the other around 10.30! 

[TheBoz]

Need one more place. Any hope to keep refreshing or wait until they release the cancellation places in a batch again?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, TheBoz said:

Need one more place. Any hope to keep refreshing or wait until they release the cancellation places in a batch again?

 

I'd be trying all day

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

What's the feeling on Oxfam as a volunteering experience vs the likes of Greenpeace, WaterAid, Avalon Bars, etc.  I've got a number of other applications in and (in the vanishingly small chance I get another offer) should I stick or twist?

[Someoni]

Massive congratulations to those who got something sorted this morning wooo

[-TLR-]

15 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

What's the feeling on Oxfam as a volunteering experience vs the likes of Greenpeace, WaterAid, Avalon Bars, etc.  I've got a number of other applications in and (in the vanishingly small chance I get another offer) should I stick or twist?

 

mate of mine did oxfam maybe 15 years ago... had a great time and i went to their sunday night party which ended up getting very messy... in a good way...

 

no personal experience of actually working tho... sorry...

[balti-pie]

16 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

What's the feeling on Oxfam as a volunteering experience vs the likes of Greenpeace, WaterAid, Avalon Bars, etc.  I've got a number of other applications in and (in the vanishingly small chance I get another offer) should I stick or twist?

It really depends on what you like doing - bar work would be much faster paced, potentially noisy, and i've got to be honest there's not much more i'd hate these days! Oxfam is stewarding so can often be right on the very perimeter of the festival, great swathes will involve standing around (or if you're on one of the main gates you'll be rammed busy all the time) but i dont mind it at all, the shifts go by pretty quickly. I'd aim to get there as soon as is practicable on the monday, cos you can have a good wander around the site while its all quiet and clean, and pitch up in the Oxfield. The staff bars and the showers would be the two main advantages that working provide, as well as parking in the field next to the campsite. 

I quite fancy the look of Wateraid as well, i'd like to know where they camp, but thats 6hr shifts that start in the campsite, and when you're done you're done. As long as there's good showers etc, that would be pretty decent.