Beer Festival Volunteering

It’s that time of year again. Join us volunteering at this year’s festival, celebrating 50 years of the formation of Lincoln Branch CAMRA. This is the third year we have partnered with Lincoln College at The Drill, and will also see the reintroduction of the World Beer Bar

To make Lincoln Beer Festival happen, we need your help be it a few hours over a day or multiple shifts.

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 20th – Wednesday 22nd.
  • 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.
  • Meal subsidies for those volunteering over 6 hours when the festival is open to the public. Volunteer over 6 hours and you can claim up to £4 back. Work over 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 & pay back the full fare on production of a valid receipt given to a Volunteering officer.
  • Post-festival social at the Joiners Arms Sunday 26th May 3.00pm. Including a drink on us and a 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 s 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 in The Drill 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

    Your personal details remain CAMRA confidential at all times and will only be used for Lincoln Beer Festival purposes

    Please indicate if you are happy for us to keep your details on file for next years festival:
    YesNo

    Your Name (required)

    CAMRA Membership Number if applicable.

    Your Email (required)

    Your Phone No (required)

    Address

    Your Availability

    Please indicate below the actual times you are volunteering. If you put “All” we’ll assume you mean all of the day.
    (Breaks will be arranged on the day by the area leads)

    Festival Setup

    If volunteering on Monday 20th 7am – 9am, Sunday 26th or Tuesday 28th May, then a certain level of fitness is required as there will be a lot of heavy lifting, please ask if unsure.

    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.

    Monday 20th May 08:00-17:00

    Times available

    Monday 20th May PM (Bar Collection)

    NoYes

    Tuesday 21st May 09:00-17:00

    Times available

    Wednesday 22nd May 09:00-17:00

    Times available

    Festival Open Days

    When the festival is open to the public more help is required. Volunteers are required for the following areas;
    Real Ale Bar, Cider Bar, World Beer Bar, Glasses counter, Foyer, Gate, Products & Membership, and Volunteering management.

    Thursday 23rd May 09:00-11:30

    Times available

    Thursday 23rd May 11.30-24:00 Festival Open

    Times available

    Friday 24th May 09:00-11:30

    Times available

    Friday 24th May 11.30-24:00 Festival Open

    Times available

    Saturday 25th May 09:00-11:15

    Times available

    Saturday 25th May 11.15-24:00 Festival Open

    Times available

    Festival Takedown

    Sunday 26th 09:00-14:00

    Times available

    Sunday 26th May Social at the Joiners Arms 14:00 onwards

    NoYes

    Tuesday 28th May 11:00:12:00 (Loading bars)

    NoYes

    Tuesday 28th PM May (Bar Return)

    NoYes

    Notes including preference of jobs you will/won't do or particular expertise eg First Aid

    You will be sent a confirmation email

    We look forward to seeing you at the festival; we cannot not run it without you.

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