It’s that time of year again, so here we go with our annual plea for volunteers to help at the 43rd Lincoln Beer Festival. In a change to previous years, the festival this year will be held at Southside Lincoln, Colegrave St, Lincoln, LN5 8DW. The new venue is a mile from Lincoln Central Bus Station and is easily accessible by regular bus service. We’ll be open to the public on Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th May. Of course, we’ll need help on the days beforehand to set things up, and afterwards to clear everything away.
Our festival planners have been working since last October to get everything in place for the event. However, their efforts will have been in vain if we don’t have enough helpers.
There are a variety of jobs to be filled, no prior experience is necessary as training will be provided.
Benefits of helping at the festival include:
Set Up Days
- Free lunch during set-up days Monday 19th – Wednesday 21st
- Free entry into a session when not volunteering.
During the festival open days
- Complimentary drinks tokens. One token per hour volunteered to the maximum of 8 per day. One token is worth ½ pint of real ale, cider or perry, money off the world beer bar. (Offer may differ on any strong/rare ales)
- Meal subsidies for those volunteering over 6 hours when the festival is open to the public. Volunteer 6+ hours and you can claim up to £4 back. Work 10+ hours and you can claim up to £5 back. One subsidy per person, per day Thursday to Saturday, Issued by a Volunteering Officer (proof of purchase required).
- Assistance with taxis for those helping until midnight. We’ll group people into a taxi and pay back the full fare on production of a valid receipt given to a Volunteering Officer.
- Post-festival social at the Joiners Arms on Sunday 25th May 2.00pm. Including a drink on us and small buffet. Don’t like buffet food? As the pub doesn’t sell food the landlord is fine for people to order food to the pub.
- Exclusive volunteer T-shirt for volunteers working over 6 hours. These are the same ones provided last year as we aim to make the festival as environmentally friendly as possible, so please bring last years back with you to wear again. Priority for distribution will be given to those that didn’t receive one last year and then past volunteers.
*Benefits have been set at the planning meetings. All benefits are final; no substitutions will be offered. Although additional discounts may apply during the festival. See posters in the volunteer only areas for full terms & conditions.
Full details will be included in the Volunteer Briefing, which will be issued with confirmation of your hours.
During set-up you will be required to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which we’ll provide, but if you do have your own safety shoes/gloves/hard hat it is recommended you bring them with you as we only have a limited range of sizes.
Link to the Volunteer form as a pdf for printing
We look forward to seeing you at the festival; we cannot not run it without you.