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For the festival to run smoothly we need up to 65 stewards on duty at any one time, which means that over 200 people need to be involved to run a shift system.

Aims:

To ensure that the event runs smoothly. To impress festival-goers with our helpfulness & competence and the authorities with our ability to operate a safe and smooth-running event.

Stewards are the eyes and ears of event control and cover all aspects of crowd safety, whilst also being sources of information and directions to visitors.

All stewards must be 18 years old or over on the day of the festival. There is no upper age limit. As with all tasks we want as many people as possible to get involved. Please be aware that details of stewards are passed to the police.

1) Become a steward

We need up to 200 stewards to be the eyes and ears of the festival and to carry out these duties during the festival:

Activities

Assisting the public.
Manning road closures.
Crowd safety in each of the performance arenas.
Patrolling the whole festival area.
Maintaining the sterile routes so that emergency services have unhindered access in the case of an emergency.
Maintaining audience access and egress routes.
Keeping steward control informed.

As a steward you will be provided with full training by a security company. This is a recognised course which could lead to paid work at other events, if you want it, as has happened in previous years. Stewarding is not a “strong-arm” or “bouncer” role.

2) Become part of the steward HQ team

We need a number of people to help run the steward control HQ. The jobs described have overlap and are not mutually exclusive, will involve working with stewards.

A) Steward Radio Control

Activities

Assisting Steward Coordinator / Head Steward / Senior Stewards.
Advising stewards on duty,
Relaying information,
Filtering information for event control,
Resolving problems,
Giving instruction,
Working closely with steward reception/welfare

B) Steward Reception /Steward Welfare

Activities

Checking stewards in and out
Giving instructions and information to stewards before they leave for their allocated position
Issuing vests, radios, maps and other equipment
Resolving problems
Work closely with steward radio control

Full training will be given for these positions

Contact:

Jo Winstanley t: 07879 487445 or Alison Watt t: 07834 363 626

e: volunteers@rotw.org.uk

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