Rockness Festival for Oxfam

I’ve just come back from a weekend by Loch Ness at Rockness festival. I worked for Oxfam as a steward, which I have done at Glastonbury festival a few times and will be doing again next week. It is such a great thing to do and I definitely recommend it.

It is a very unique thing to go on your CV, especially as it comes under volunteering, and you can do supervisor roles there too. So if you’re looking to go into anything related, employers would be very impressed with it. You give a desposit when you apply, and as long as you do all your shifts you get it back after the festival. It can be hard work, and it can also get a little tedious, but you get to meet loads of people from around the country who are working with you. And you also get to meet loads of punters who you may not have talked to otherwise.

I find it can sometimes be great networking. The people you’re working with, who you generally spend 8 hours with, could be anyone, and once you get chatting anything can happen. You may also meet important people coming through the gates, some of the organisers, or sometimes band members and their crew/management.

It’s also a lot of fun, and you do get time to explore the festival. I would discourage working at a festival to get a free ticket to see your favourite band, because you may be working at the same time. But for all the reasons mentioned above, it’s a great thing to do.

Oxfam may still have spaces for Womad this year but I’m not sure. See here for more info. But there are also other charities that do a similar thing, such as People and Planet so check it out!