Festival volunteering

Q: Good Loos

Available at: Latitude, Camp Bestival and Shambala WaterAid’s Good Loos are back for a third year running! Our Good Loos provide festivals with a unique toilet experience, bringing environmentally friendly, sustainable and memorable toilets with a chill out and engagement area. Volunteers will be keeping these composting toilets clean between uses, engaging with festivalgoers about WaterAid’s work, and taking donations from those who use the loos.

Q: Litter Picking

Available at: Boomtown Our brilliant Litter Pickers help keep festivals clean and tidy, ensuring that as much waste as possible is sent for recycling and making the festival a cleaner and greener place for everyone.

Q: Eco-Shower Cleaning

Available at: Green Man Our wonderful team of eco shower cleaners move between shower blocks, cleaning and tidying the showers to ensure they are ready for the next person to use. We will also have a team of attendants who will ensure the changing rooms are kept tidy and look after a WaterAid engagement area giving festival goers more information about our work.

WaterAid/Ben Roberts

WaterAid at festivals in 2020

See where we're going

Read our festival FAQs

Get involved

We take volunteers to major UK festivals, helping deliver vital festival services and inspiring others to support our work.

Festivals

Applications to volunteer with WaterAid at festivals in 2020 are now closed. But you can register your interest in volunteering at festivals in 2021 by completing our volunteering application form.

Please note that Glastonbury 2020 has been cancelled. Read our full statement on Glastonbury 2020 here >

If you have applied to volunteer with WaterAid at other 2020 festivals, we will be in touch with an update soon.

Our volunteers deliver a range of water and sanitation services to help keep them running smoothly. See where we're going below:

Latitude

Location: Henham Park, Suffolk
Festival dates: 16 - 19 July 2020

Camp Bestival

Location: Lulworth Castle, Dorset
Festival dates: 30 July - 2 August 2020

Boomtown Fair

Location: Matterley Estate, Hampshire
Festival dates: 12 - 16 August 2020

Green Man

Location: Brecon Beacons, Wales
Festival dates: 20 - 23 August 2020

Shambala

Location: Northamptonshire
Festival dates: 27 - 30 August 2020

Roles

We cover a range of services at festivals, from keeping festival goers hydrated with refills, our very own Good Loos and helping keep the festival clean for everyone.

Glastonbury has a wider set of roles, some of which are available only at Glastonbury.

See Glastonbury roles

Good Loos

Available at: Latitude, Camp Bestival and Shambala

WaterAid’s Good Loos are back for a third year running! Our Good Loos provide festivals with a unique toilet experience, bringing environmentally friendly, sustainable and memorable toilets with a chill out and engagement area. Volunteers will be keeping these composting toilets clean between uses, engaging with festivalgoers about WaterAid’s work, and taking donations from those who use the loos.

A volunteer at Latitude festival cleaning WaterAid's Good Loos

WaterAid/Victoria Kirby

Litter Picking

Available at: Boomtown

Our brilliant Litter Pickers help keep festivals clean and tidy, ensuring that as much waste as possible is sent for recycling and making the festival a cleaner and greener place for everyone.

WaterAid volunteers Emma and June litter picking at Boomtown festival

WaterAid/Billy Barraclough

Eco-Shower Cleaning

Available at: Green Man

Our wonderful team of eco shower cleaners move between shower blocks, cleaning and tidying the showers to ensure they are ready for the next person to use. We will also have a team of attendants who will ensure the changing rooms are kept tidy and look after a WaterAid engagement area giving festival goers more information about our work.

A WaterAid volunteer cleans the eco showers at green Man festival

WaterAid/Neal Wallace

Important documents

Volunteer Agreement (PDF)

Deposit Terms and Conditions (PDF)

Code of Conduct (PDF)

Read our FAQs for more important info

What our volunteers say

WaterAid/ Billy Barraclough "From start to finish you feel part of a wider family and the sensational memories and experiences will never be forgotten!" - Declan

WaterAid/Billy Barraclough "Volunteering with WaterAid was a lot of fun, roll on next year! The WaterAid team made it really easy for us, with a great campsite and plenty of free time to enjoy the festival too." - Jude

WaterAid “It’s the best thing we’ve done in recent years - an amazing way to experience a festival while spreading WaterAid’s message. There's a fantastic atmosphere amongst volunteers.” - Brian and Caroline

WaterAid/Billy Barraclough "The camaraderie of your fellow volunteers and the reception from the public is great. I’ve made some exceptional friendships with other volunteers – there are so many awesome folk!" - Charlie

WaterAid “It's the perfect place to meet people and spread the fantastic work Wateraid do around the world” - Anil and Chetna

WaterAid/Emily Graham ‘’The atmosphere is great - everyone is passionate about the same cause and it's the perfect place to promote WaterAid's work, as suddenly a clean loo and getting water is front of mind!" - Jessica

Contact us

You can also join our WaterAid Festival Volunteering Facebook page for all the latest updates on volunteering with WaterAid in 2020.

If you have any questions about festival volunteering check out our FAQs page, or contact the Festivals team. We’ll be happy to help!

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7793 4594