With the summer drawing to a close, our volunteers have amounted a vast supply of tips and tricks. Drawing from their collective knowledge on how to complete a successful camping mission, we’ve compiled a list of core advice to help you navigate next year’s festival season. Below are our top 5! 1. Think before …
It’s easy to get bogged down in the doom and gloom of the current global climate, so in honour of International Womens Day we decided to bring attention to three great organisations that are working to make the music industry more inclusive of women, non-binary and trans people. It might even help a few of you …
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Stuck for ideas for what to wear to your fave festival? We’ve put together some outfits from the Oxfam Wastesaver to help you catch the vibe of the festival you’re headed to, just add wellies (which we also sell)! All these outfits have been pulled from Festival Shop stock, so if you like something keep …
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Oxfam Festivals has a wealth of opportunities to get involved with next summer from stewarding, campaigning and volunteering in a festival shop. With many different roles and a variety of festivals across the UK, we hope that you join us as a volunteer next summer! Keep reading to learn more about how you can get involved with the …
At the beginning of November, members of the office team attended the Association of Independent Festivals Congress in Sheffield, where independent festival organisers gathered to debate the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing the festival sector. This year, the theme of the Congress was ‘Under the Sea’, and there were a number of talks, workshops and panel …
This year’s festival season is sadly over, yet anticipation for next summer is already building. Welcoming hundreds of newbies to our Facebook page we know that, although it may be getting gloomier outside, festival fans still have their sights squarely set on summer. This is especially the case as, as the summer of 2019 approaches …
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World Mental Health Day is today (10th October 2018). Today is a vital day to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and to break the social stigma. Oxfam Festivals recognises the importance of mental health awareness and how we can all support others in the Oxfamily. It can be easy to dismiss mental health problems as …
Oxfam Festivals has a wealth of opportunities to get involved with this summer including Stewarding, Campaigning and Shop Volunteering. With many different roles across a variety of festivals around the UK, we hope that you can join us this summer! Keep reading to learn more about the ‘Application Basics’. Stewarding: To be prepared for your application …
The festival season has been brilliant for us in 2018, giving Oxfam its biggest ever festival presence for a year without Glastonbury (the magic that is Glastonbury takes a break every 5 years). A huge thank you to all the amazing volunteers and staff who supported Oxfam this summer. Festival achievements in numbers: Our dedicated …
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A massive Oxfam Festivals THANK YOU to everyone who donated their time with us this year! From stewards, to logistics, to shop volunteers, campaigners and our festival interns, we couldn’t have done it without you! Here’s a quick round-up of how you’ve helped Oxfam beat poverty this summer Thanks to the hard-working volunteers who have …