 We have a few Leeds Festival Angels mugs available to purchase at £10 each (including postage) - if interested email Paul to order. The mugs are as seen on ITV's Calendar - watch the video here! The Latitude Festival Angels have put together a 2025 calendar featuring the team alongside the Tractor Bus. We will be making an order in October for printed calendars (and they will make a quirky and unique Christmas present!) - to order and to see the designs click here.
We are working on strengthening Festival Angels to accommodate the incredible growth. Part of this is looking for a corporate sponsor for Festival Angels (if anyone has any links please do get in touch). We will be putting the 2025 season together over the next few weeks as we talk to and meet with Festival organisers. In preparation for 2025 why not check your Bloomerang profile - are all the fields filled in? Have you uploaded a photo? Then in January when we start to release details of 2025 Festival teams it is a more straightforward process. Sign into Bloomerang here. As Festival Angels / Festival Teams we get a glimpse into the incredible amount of work that goes into each festival and event. Months of planning and logistics by dedicated staff teams that are on shift for long hours each and every day. We know a lot of them as friends and value the partnership we have with them. Here is some of the on the ground Piece Hall Halifax team - we have worked with them for 35 gigs and they go above and beyond to deliver a fantastic experience for those attending. Thank you to all festival staff everywhere. 
Tonight (Saturday 21st September) the Accrington Street Angels are doing a Festival Angels role as Jess Glynne performs locally as the finale to a day long music festival.
Thanks to Jonathan and Conrad from Leeds Festival Angels who have worked hard along with the onsite team to reunite lost property with its owners. Jonathan is on first name terms with the staff in his local post office! Do follow @FestivalAngels on Facebook and TikTok and @FestivalAngels1 on Instagram. Thank you again - and see you in 2025! An app to assist Leeds Festival goers if they lose their phone is in place again for this year’s festival which takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Liff Happens is working in partnership with Festival Angels, who run the Lost Property tent, to encourage people to register their phone before they arrive on the festival site. Jo Lynch, the coordinator of Festival Angels Lost Property explains, "By registering a phone and giving the email details of a friend, who is also at the festival, means that if your phone is lost and finds its way to our Lost Property tent we can easily reunite phone and owner." The 2023 Leeds Festival Lost Property saw a total of 984 items handed in of which 420 were successfully reunited with owners either at the festival or in the weeks following. Festival goers are encouraged to register via leedsfestivalangels.org.uk/lost . Showing the phone wallpaper at the Festival Angels Prayer Cafe will give a £1 discount on the £10 limited edition mug with free hot drink refills deal, while stocks last. Last year over 50,000 hot drinks were served from Wednesday to Monday. The Prayer Cafe will also be selling 'Jesus Loves Festivals' tattoos which are a popular must have for festival-goers. Over 220 volunteer Festival Angels will be on site running the Lost Property, a Prayer Cafe, AIR (Assistance, Information and Response) Hubs and detached teams. Festival Angel teams have worked at over 60 festivals and events in 2024 including Parklife, Kendal Calling, Download, Piece Hall Halifax, Latitude and Summer Sessions. For more information visit festivalangels.org.uk 
Wow! What an amazing few weeks of Festival Angels teams at several festivals and events. Upton-upon-Severn Folk Festival, Tunes in the Dunes, Piece Hall Halifax, Parklife and Download (click the links or see Facebook to look at the pictures). So far in the 2024 season 130 people have become Festival Angels and collectively invested around 1700 hours of time to ensure people have a safe and fun festival experience.
For each festival in 2024 we are putting together an Impact Report which will measure some of the stories and stats from various festival work over the year:
Festival Angels and festivals in general were featured on Premier Christian Radio Prayers of Hope - listen here and became part of an interview on GB News Breakfast.
85 years young Festival Angel Sam Macgovern, who volunteers with the Upton-upon-Severn team, is taking to the skies performing a sponsored loop-the-loop and a series of exhilarating manoeuvres amidst the clouds. This sponsored loop-the-loop is raising money for The Wellspring, part of which is the cafe and base for the Upton Festival Angels. To read more and sponsor Sam visit the JustGiving page here. 
Coming up next for festival teams are:
Festival Angels works hard to honour and value the amazing people who become our teams at gigs and festivals. Here are some quotes from the Parklife and Download teams:
“Thanks for the opportunity, despite the madness it was an enjoyable experience.” “I love what I’m doing and I will do this every opportunity I can with Festival Angels” "Thank you everyone. What an amazing festival and what lovely people you [Festival Angels] all are." "An amazing time with Download Festival Angels this year! Was great to meet and work with so many new people and as always great to see returning faces from last year. It's been a great time!" "Had the best time" "It was nice seeing you all again, and meeting some new faces. Sharing time and experiences with you all and the public has been great! Thanks to Festival Angels for this great week, you guys are awesome!" 
At Download we worked closely with the Download Chaplains and joined with them for a Sunday service held just inside the arena entrance as it opened at midday.
Follow facebook.com/festivalangels where we post photos and updates from each Festival Angels team. We are also on TikTok @festivalangels and Instagram @festivalangels1
Thank you to each and every Festival Angel - you are awesome! 
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