Volunteering for MyCause UK: Boomtown 2023

A Guide to Volunteering with MyCause UK (Boomtown edition)

Here is a video breakdown of what you do working as a volunteer Event Steward with MyCause UK. In this video I focus in on my experience at Boomtown as a 18 year old first-timer. (From volunteering and the festival!)

I made this video as I felt there wasn't enough guidance on the volunteering process, and I felt I was going in blind last year. This video is full of tips, random concerns that I knew I had, and overall just comfort for some who may be nervous about the experience. I was actually very nervous about the type of people I would mix in with, feeling like I was so young: Turns out, (almost) everyone is lovely.

TIMESTAMPS GUIDE
00:00-00:54 INTRO
01:04 Deposits
02:42 Camping/Getting There/Accreditation (The process)
03:48 Facilities
04:38 Food (Crew Catering)
05:49 Free Meals with your shifts
06:11 Shifts
07:26 What you do on shift, the process (focusing on East Gate stewarding stations)
10:31 Working with friends (swapping shifts, applying with friends)
12:30 The Event Itself (how energised i felt, did i see all of my acts, tips)

13:33 How were security with staff/the public?
14:27 Benefits for volunteering summary
14:53 What happens if you don't go to your shifts?
15:45 Can you move to the publics' campsites?
16:28 Can you leave an re-enter the festival?
16:43 What happens on the Tuesday?
17:26 The info they will send you (gate entrance/health & safety/accreditation/itinerary/wristbands/crew updates)
17:56 How do the wristbands work? (Uploading money onto them)

18:50 My experience summary
19:57 DISCLAIMER

Want to apply/view MyCause UK's festivals? here:
https://mycauseuk.com/volunteer/

Check out my socials!
LinkedIn:   / georgia-reynolds-764b3b251  
Instagram:   / georgiareynn  

To clarify, all the cinematic footage with the boomtown logo in the introduction is not my footage, but Boomtown Fairs.

DISCLAIMER: All the information in this video is guidance. I do not work for MyCause UK generally, so am just relaying information from my experience, and basic research I can find online

Music:
Official Trailer Boomtown Festival | Chapter Three: Revolution of Imagination [MUSIC] link:    • Official Trailer Boomtown Festival | ...