Volunteer at this year’s Festival
Hands On Volunteers
HandsOn Workcrew Volunteers – we are looking to recruit a team of about 40 young people 16-18 years, who would like to join our volunteer workcrew programme for the weekend. Workcrew is managed by a team of experienced youth workers who like to have fun helping others and make sure the festival runs smoothly. Workcrew volunteers join site teams to help with jobs like recycling, stewarding, technical wizardry at venues, welcoming/assisting festival guests and keeping our site looking beautiful. They also get to hang out at the Northstar venue, enjoy the festival at a much reduced price and make some new friends too ! We can also help your volunteer hours count towards Duke of Edinburgh or Millennium Volunteer Awards. Tell your friends and come to Solas together – work a bit, play a lot and help make Solas a great place to be ! Please use the information panel on this page to send us an email – make sure you say that you want to join the Workcrew !
Like many festivals, Solas depends on hands on help from a whole team of volunteers who take on roles in managing, organising, leading and running a really wide range of programme events and site facilities. The more hands on help we have, the richer the festival experience we can offer people, so growing and supporting teams of dedicated volunteers is a top priority. We are looking forward to working with a whole new network of Hands On Friends who will invest their skills and capabilities in making Solas the best it can be.
We know that making Solas a unique and life-enhancing festival experience for everyone depends on building a strong, intergenerational community of volunteers with a passionate commitment to serving others. We’re hoping that you are one of those people !
Hands On Volunteers will work as part of a small team focused on a specific area of the festival programme. Some volunteer roles will require specialist skills and experience, but most will just need lots of enthusiasm, reliability and a willingness to work alongside others.
Presently, there are opportunities for Hands on Volunteers in the following teams :
Administration – Pre-festival help, Solas box office, newsletter distribution, Saints, Welcome Desk on site
Communications – Press and Media Liaison, Website, Saints, writers, photographers and marketing administrators
Hospitality – Site Stewards, Venue Stewards, Backstage, Night Owls, Welcome Desk, Contributors liaison, South Lanarkshire Liaison, Community Partnership Liaison
Programme – Enthusiasts and specialists in music, performing arts, literature, classical, storytelling, film, worship, youth, children, comedy, digital/animation who meet year round to create and plan different aspects of the programme.
Children – Storytellers, artists, musicians, creative educators and carers who can help us run some supervised sessions for babies and pre-schoolers as well as programme events for all ages at the Dawn Treader venue.
Young People – youth workers qualified to work in a detached way amongst young people around the site and at the Northstar venue, digital/animation artists for the youth video project, outdoor education instructors, new media wizards, experienced D&VJs, chill space hosts, Work Crew Bosses who will lead a teams of young volunteers onsite.
Access – Help onsite and at the REST Room venue so that those with disabilities can get the most out of the festival; BSL interpreters; disability guiders.
Seminar Team – Talks recording and duplicating, venue management, speaker/leader liaison.
Medical and Health & Safety Services – paramedics, health and safety officers, medics and first aiders.
Art – Visual arts, outdoor arts, inclusive arts before, during and after the festival.
Tech Team – Media capture, site ICT, digital/animation artists for the video programme
Venue Management – for each venue including mainstage, trail space and woodland area
Hands On Site Crew – pre festival set up and post festival clear up, DIY and practical help, sustainability and environment.
Hands on WorkCrew – Young People (16 and 17 years) who want active experience of venue management, stewarding, children’s programme leadership, tech team and seminar team.
Volunteer Support – Team leaders, and those who look after our volunteers before, during and after the festival weekend.