NEWSLETTER 2
5th May 2010

Hello Everyone

Welcome to the Better Festival Group’s second Newsletter!

What’s in this Newsletter?

What opportunities are still available?
The BIG Tent Recycle.
Where are we going to be this year?
Focus Group Outcomes 2010
Ultimate Festival Kit
New Links
BFG Forums
Car Sharing for Volunteers

What opportunities are still available?

2000Trees Festival, Glous (Fri 16th to Sun 18th July)
Car Park Stewarding
Wednesday 14th July to Sunday 18th July (time TBC).
You should be 18 years or older.

Wakestock Festival, Cardigan Bay, Wales (Fri 2nd to Sun 4th July)
BIG Tent Recycle
Wednesday 30th June or maybe Thursday 1st July (TBC) to Tuesday 6th July or maybe Wednesday 7th July (TBC).
You should be physically fit and able to lift / help lift up to a 12 man tent.

To apply for either of these vacancies please go to http://www.thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/get-involved/apply-on-line

The BIG Tent Recycle – With environmental responsibility becoming more important, and individuals and businesses alike having to take more accountability for their carbon footprint, we are launching the BIG Tent Recycle at Wakestock and Sonisphere 2010 on Monday morning / Sunday Night as you prepare to leave you will be encouraged to take your unwanted tents and camping items to one of the BTR donation points located around the campsites where it will be collected, sorted and prepared for distribution by a team of volunteers.

You will be required to pack up your tent to ensure that all it’s items are together and there will be black sacks available at collection points for those of you without a tent bag or that cannot fit everything securely back in its bag.  It’s a small effort which has a huge potential of benefitting someone less fortunate.

We will accept tents, camping chairs (must be unbroken), blankets and sleeping bags which will then be distributed to various charities including homeless and children’s charities, animal shelters and organisations who can use tent fabric for fashion.

When you donate your camping items, you will be able to register to enter a prize draw at donation points to be in with a chance of winning prizes including free festival tickets for 2011 and festival merchandise.

Where are we going to be this year? – 2010 will see The Better Festival Group present at Reading, Leeds, Sonisphere, Wakestock, Bloodstock and 2000Trees so come and say Hi if you see us around.

Focus Groups  – Reading, Leeds and Sonisphere Focus Groups have all taken place.  Leeds minutes will be up on the website as soon as we have them but in the meantime Sonisphere and Reading’s are already available.

Sonisphere – http://www.thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/news/sonisphere-focus-group-outcomes
Reading – http://www.thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/news/reading-focus-group-outcomes-feb-2010

Ultimate Festival Kit – We are always on the look out for cool festival stuff and as Festival Season is almost upon us we thought you might like to know about The Ultimate Festival Kit: Your Survival in a Bag!

These kits are amazingly good value and quality and really do hold pretty much everything that you will need for a weekend in a field. They have various kits available in 2010 including a build your own kit.

For more information and to buy a kit with a 10% discount go to http://www.thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/news/the-ultimate-festival-kit

New Links – We have added some new links to the website that you might like to have a look at;

www.withintent.co.uk – Clothing and Accessories made from abandoned tents
www.goodone.co.uk – Fashion from Recycled Fabric
www.christopherraeburn.co.uk – Young British fashion designer, known for creating ethically-aware and original men’s and women’s wear collections.
www.brandstreetwear.com – Alternative streetwear labels in women’s clothing and accessories in the UK.

Forum  – We have launched our own Discussion Board for volunteers to chat, BFG Announcements and a way for volunteers to build a nice community, so if you aren’t already registered why not pop along and say hi to everyone – http://thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/forum/index.php

Car Sharing – There is a section on the BFG Forums for people to tell others that they have space in their car, or for those looking for a car share available for all of our events.  If you are going to have space in your car please register and post on the forums so that other volunteers can contact you if they are looking for a lift, it will save you on costs also as you can split the cost of petrol.  Please make sure your subject takes the form of – LIFT SHARE WANTED/AVAILABLE (delete as appropriate) and your LOCATION.

More ways to follow us

Twitter – Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/betterfestival and follow our Festival List for Festival Only Tweets from events around the UK http://twitter.com/#/list/betterfestival/festivals

Facebook – Join our facebook group http://bit.ly/6GJjKc

Myspace – Join our myspace page http://www.myspace.com/thebetterfestivalgroup

Hopefully see you at a Festival soon :o )

Zee
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