As an Oxfam Festival Volunteer You'll Get:
About the Roles
Stewarding
Festival stewards are the heart of the festival, supporting customers and ensuring the festival runs smoothly. You could be checking tickets, patrolling the campsites, staffing accessibility platforms and much more.
Campaigning
Our campaigners bring Oxfam’s work to festivalgoers, engaging them in impactful conversations or inviting them to take part in a creative craft activity. If you enjoy talking to people, this could be the role for you.
Shop Volunteering
Each year we take our shops on the road to festivals. Our team of shop volunteers help run the shops, setting up and decorating, staffing the tills, restocking, and decking out festivalgoers with second hand, festival fashion.
Where Can You Volunteer?
Volunteering For A Fairer World
When you volunteer at festivals with Oxfam, you get to enjoy an amazing festival experience while making a real difference.
For every stewarding shift you complete, the festival pays Oxfam for your time. In 2026, our volunteer teams raised over £1 million through stewarding, with our pop-up shops bringing in an additional £280,000!
Our campaigners engage thousands of festivalgoers, raising awareness of important issues and inspiring action. Meanwhile, our festival shops gave 6,118kg of pre-loved clothing and goods a new lease of life, keeping them out of landfill.
Together, our incredible volunteer community makes a huge difference at festivals and in communities around the world.
How Does It Work?
Volunteering opens in the new year and each of our roles follow a slightly different process:
1. Pick your festival
2. Pay a refundable deposit
3. Complete three 8 1/4 hour shifts, usually a morning, day and night shift
4. Get your deposit refunded
1. Select your festival
2. Pay a refundable deposit
3. Show us why you'd make a great campaigner through a short video
4. Complete four 6 hour shifts, all finishing by 6pm
5. Get your deposit refunded
1. You will need to be an Oxfam shop volunteer, intern, or member of staff with at least three months of experience to apply
2. Select your festival and provide your Oxfam Manager’s email address when asked for a reference
3. Take part in a short phone interview
4. Complete one 6 hour shift each day
Drew Eckheart
Oxfam make the festival such a friendly and inclusive environment. I met some of my best friends volunteering through Oxfam. I wouldn't choose to attend a festival any other way now!”
Hannah (middle)
I’ve been volunteering for 19 years. I’ve done 104 festivals in that time. It’s something that gets infectious because once you do it once or twice you really appreciate all of the benefits and the fun that you can have. It’s a really great community to work with.”
Des
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How old do I need to be?
To volunteer at a festival with Oxfam you must be 18 on the day you are required to arrive on site for your first festival.
Our volunteer community ranges from 18-88 and we welcome people from all walks of life. In fact it's what makes our community so special.
Do you cater for medical and accessibility requirements?
Oxfam festival volunteering opportunities are open to everyone. We aim to create an environment that realises, challenges and utilises everyone's skills.
More information on medical and accessibility requirements.
I am not from the UK. Can I volunteer?
If you are from the Common Travel Area (UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man), are an EU/EEA citizen holding Settled or Pre-Settled Status, have European Temporary Right to Remain, or have a Working Holiday Visa, you have the right to volunteer in the UK.
If you hold a different visa or immigration status, you need to check if you have the right to volunteer before applying.
UK immigration rules allow visitors from the EU to undertake volunteering provided it lasts no longer than 30 days in total. We are unable to support volunteer visas.
