Recruitment

·         This event is full.  

Festival Overview

·         High Voltage is a new small metal festival, with a capacity of about 25,000 day tickets each day.

·         It is held in Victoria Park in London.

·         We will be providing welfare & lost property.

·         We only have one welfare post.

·         This event will be run by Sarah & Chris Crockford

·         This event is expected to be very quiet.

·         We are operational on Saturday 23^rd July and Sunday 24^th July each day from midday until midnight. The punters all go home at midnight and we can party.

·         Sarah & Chris Crockford will be on site from Saturday at 10am.

·         More details can be got by emailing Sarah Crockford, on the day please ring Sarah on 07751145805.

·         We have a budget for 3 crew to be on at any one time.

Travel & Getting In

·         If travelling by car the postcode is E3 5SN. If travelling by car we highly recommend a sat nav.

·         If coming on public transport, tubes run nearby.

·         When you arrive ring Sarah on 07751145805 or get them to radio the welfare tent. Your pass will be brought to you.

·         We can offer £40 travel expenses per person.

Camping & Food

·         We will be camping behind the welfare tent.

·         We should be able to get cars on behind the welfare tent but you need to arrive early on Saturday or Friday night.

·         We have requested one meal a day per person.

Shifts & Payment

·         Please read the shift allocation procedures on the MOW website

·         Shifts will be posted on the MOW website before the event

·         Paid crew will do approximately 20 hours and volunteer crew will do about 12 hours. You may be asked to do more if people drop out.

·         You must be able to do all the shifts you have been allocated

·         The rate of pay will be £5.93 per hour

·         Please fill in a Registration Form when you arrive on site, this will be in the main welfare post (Admin area).

·         You will be paid when we receive payment from the event organisers, hopefully within 30 days of the event.

·         We are not issuing cheques any more, all payment will be by bank transfer, if you did not supply your bank details last year or these have changed, please email Sarah or supply them at the event. 

·         Last minute drop outs are really difficult to manage and put a lot of extra strain on the team, if you are not able to attend, please email Sarah ASAP.

·         The final date for cancellation is 28^th June 2011 If you drop out after this date you may not get your deposit back, for existing crew who don’t pay a deposit you may be asked to put a deposit down at future events.

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Training

·         We will do induction and standard training / annual update at the event.

·         We will do the event brief at the event

·         We will hold induction / training sessions each day and team leaders will do some training with individuals who do not make the sessions.

·         Unfortunately we cannot pay people to train

Event Specific Information

·         This is a super chilled out event with lots of opportunity to see bands and soak up the atmosphere.

Website Links

·         Mow website http://www.ministryofwelfare.com/

·         High Voltage Website http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/