Hello Everyone
Welcome to our April 2011 Newsletter
What’s in this Newsletter?
What opportunities are still available?
Leefest Opps
Lifeguarding at Bearded Theory
A quick reminder when considering volunteering
What to do if you have been confirmed for an event but had no more information?
Car Sharing
Potential Headstock Vacs
Street Teams
Ultimate Festival Kit
Super Cool Bags From Abandoned Tent Fabric
Sonisphere Focus Group
More Links
What opportunities are still available?
We still have very limited vacancies with Bearded Theory in May.
We are running a reserves list for 2000Trees and Bloodstock Festival. This reserves list is currently quite small, so if you get on the reserves list sooner rather than later you will have a stronger chance of making it onto the team over the coming weeks, as we get drop outs.
To apply for these vacancies please go to http://www.thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk/get-involved/bfgvac-2
Leefest Opportunities
We have teamed up with the Lovely Leefest in London this year to bring you volunteering opportunities to work with them either litter picking or fence erecting. If you are interested in either of these opps then drop me an email and I will forward your details on.
Fence and Barrier Erectors
Job Description: To assist with site set up and site closedown by erecting and taking down fences and barriers throughout the site.
Dates: You will be required ALL of the following dates – Monday 8th August / Tuesday 9th August / Monday 15th August / Tuesday 16th August – You need to arrive on Monday 8th August before 12 midday.
Paid/Voluntary: Voluntary
Accommodation: Crew Camping available
Subsistence: You will receive regular refreshment breaks and food and drink provisions during your working hours.
Person Requirement: Reliable, Friendly, Responsible, physically able to lift and manoeuvre heavy items
Other Information: As this role is pre and post event only, you are not required to work during the event, but can remain on site in crew camping and enjoy the festival at your leisure.
Litter Pickers
Opportunities - Litter Pickers
Arrival – Thursday 11th August
Departure – Monday 15th August
Other Info – Crew Camping and refreshments are available. Shifts will be on a rota basis, you will have plenty of time off to enjoy the event.
Lifeguarding at Bearded Theory
Bearded Theory are still looking for a number of qualified Lifeguards to monitor water hazards throughout the site, to ensure the safety of its attendees. In exchange for your time you will get; plenty of time off to enjoy the festival, food provisions, crew camping and the chance to work in a friendly and interesting environment. You need to be able to arrive on site on Wednesday 11th May, remain on site for the duration of the event and depart on Monday 16th May.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity so don’t miss out 
To apply please email info@thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk
A quick reminder when considering volunteering
Please do not apply for a position with us if you cannot arrive on the date indicated and remain on site until the provided departure date. We do not give you these dates for fun, we give them to you because we need you on site from and to the dates given. If you do apply and then fail to arrive or remain on site according to the dates provided you will be blacklisted. It is becoming increasingly difficult to staff ALL the shifts we need to when people apply and then at the last minute start telling us that they cannot commit to the dates. If you cannot commit please do not apply – let someone else who can commit take the opportunity!
What to do if you have been confirmed for an event but had no more information?
Further Information relating to confirmed volunteer placements have already been sent out (with the exception of Leefest). If you have applied for an event and been confirmed but have not yet heard further information from us, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing info@thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk
If you are volunteering with us this year – Whether you want to look for a lift or whether you have a space in your car, please register on https://festivalbudi.liftshare.com/ and use this site to arrange a lift share with another volunteer. Please make sure that your travel dates are clearly identified and checked with anyone interest in your post, as the site is used for normal attendees and their travel dates will obviously be different to yours. So please double check with anyone who you talk to about car sharing that they are volunteering for The BFG and their travel dates should be the same.
We may have some volunteering vacancies coming up with Headstock Festival.
We do not have any more information regarding this at the moment but if you are interested in finding out what we have available when it’s confirmed let us know by emailing info@thebetterfestivalgroup.co.uk
Our Street Teams are fully staffed now, but we hope to have more opportunities arising in the future, so if you would like to go on the Street Team database for news on more vacancies as they arise, please email info@strictlystreetteam.co.uk providing your full name, locations you can cover and a contact telephone number.
Don’t forget to check out http://www.ultimatefestivalkit.com/. They really do have some awesome kits to get you through a festival. Some of the items are really genius additions to your average festival item needs J. Items in kits are of a very high quality and you can even make your own kit up so it’s completely perfect for you!
Super Cool Bags From Abandoned Tent Fabric
As a follow up to our BIG Tent Recycle last year, I would love to introduce you all to Esther Porter : Bag Maker EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!! Need a new festival bag, handbag or even a funky man-bag???? Look no further than http://www.estherporter.co.uk/collections/tent – quality items made from tent fabric, they look good, they each have a story and its good to planet earth, I don’t know what more you would want!
There will be a pre festival Focus Group for Sonisphere Festival happening in June. We will discuss issues raised at the post festival group and get an insight into plans for this years events. Minutes of the Pre-Event meeting will be posted on the Sonisphere Forums in June – http://www.sonisphereforums.com/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=1e4de74eb89e8d4ec6e40f13f3227950
Twitter – http://twitter.com/betterfestival
Festival Only List on Twitter – http://twitter.com/#/list/betterfestival/festivals
Facebook – Join our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/TheBetterFestivalGroup
Hopefully see you at a Festival soon 
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Zee
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