Festival Angels are volunteer teams who work at several music festivals across the UK over the summer months. We work in areas such as prayer cafes, detached teams, safe place hubs and lost property. Festival Angels is a Christian organisation who believe that Jesus Loves Festivals!
If you are new to Festival Angels please go to the next section below to sign up to the Organisation.
If you are a returning Festival Angel please click here to go to the sign-up page for the 2026 Festival Angels season. You will need a password that has already been emailed to you.
Smaller teams (Upton-upon-Severn, Porthleven Food Festival and We Are Church at Creamfields) have a local sign up - please contact us if interested in these.
If you are new to Festival Angels please go to the next section below to sign up to the Organisation.
If you are a returning Festival Angel please click here to go to the sign-up page for the 2026 Festival Angels season. You will need a password that has already been emailed to you.
Smaller teams (Upton-upon-Severn, Porthleven Food Festival and We Are Church at Creamfields) have a local sign up - please contact us if interested in these.
The Festival Angels Mission Statement:
Who: Volunteers drawn chiefly from the breadth of the Christian Church, working alongside and without prejudice, with those of any or no faith regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
What: Seek to celebrate and promote a Christian presence by offering an exemplary service of care for the practical, emotional and spiritual needs of festival goers, staff and other volunteers. Provide safe spaces for others to share, explore and pray and respond to questions which may present opportunity to share something of our own faith journeys as they explore theirs.
Why: Following the example of Christ who cared and accepted without judgement, and responded to the diverse physical, practical and spiritual needs of all those before him.
Terms and Conditions for volunteering as a Festival Angel (updated 4/11/2025)
New for 2026: In line with other festival organisations we are reluctantly implementing a deposit system for some Festivals going forward to make Festival Angels more sustainable and efficient in providing a committed team. Each Festival Angel will be asked for a £70 deposit of which £65 (£5 'admin' fee) will be refunded on successful completion of 24 hours of shifts at the festival. If you are on more than one Festival Angels team the deposit can be carried forward (subject to 24 hours of shifts completed). For those part of the Leeds Festival Angels team, to help cover the increasing costs of facilities offered, the refund will be £50 the rest being a contribution to this. A cut off date will be given for each Festival, after which you will forfeit the deposit. If anyone is struggling financially please speak to Paul - [email protected] - in confidence. We hope this deposit will help strengthen the teams and mean people don't have to do extra hours to make up for those who are missing.
General Policies (updated April 2024 and reviewed March 2025):
Each Festival will have additional Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, Welfare Plan, Safeguarding and Festival specific documents and these will be emailed to you near the festival.
Under 18's are not allowed to volunteer as a Festival Angel (this is the remit of all the festivals we are at).
Training for Festival Angel volunteers
Who: Volunteers drawn chiefly from the breadth of the Christian Church, working alongside and without prejudice, with those of any or no faith regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
What: Seek to celebrate and promote a Christian presence by offering an exemplary service of care for the practical, emotional and spiritual needs of festival goers, staff and other volunteers. Provide safe spaces for others to share, explore and pray and respond to questions which may present opportunity to share something of our own faith journeys as they explore theirs.
Why: Following the example of Christ who cared and accepted without judgement, and responded to the diverse physical, practical and spiritual needs of all those before him.
Terms and Conditions for volunteering as a Festival Angel (updated 4/11/2025)
New for 2026: In line with other festival organisations we are reluctantly implementing a deposit system for some Festivals going forward to make Festival Angels more sustainable and efficient in providing a committed team. Each Festival Angel will be asked for a £70 deposit of which £65 (£5 'admin' fee) will be refunded on successful completion of 24 hours of shifts at the festival. If you are on more than one Festival Angels team the deposit can be carried forward (subject to 24 hours of shifts completed). For those part of the Leeds Festival Angels team, to help cover the increasing costs of facilities offered, the refund will be £50 the rest being a contribution to this. A cut off date will be given for each Festival, after which you will forfeit the deposit. If anyone is struggling financially please speak to Paul - [email protected] - in confidence. We hope this deposit will help strengthen the teams and mean people don't have to do extra hours to make up for those who are missing.
General Policies (updated April 2024 and reviewed March 2025):
- General Health and Safety
- Environmental
- Equality and Diversity
- Data Use Retention and Disposal
- Anti Bribery
- Sexual Harassment Policy
- ROC Safeguarding
Each Festival will have additional Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, Welfare Plan, Safeguarding and Festival specific documents and these will be emailed to you near the festival.
Under 18's are not allowed to volunteer as a Festival Angel (this is the remit of all the festivals we are at).
Training for Festival Angel volunteers
You can To sign up to be part of the Festival Angels team you will need:
Once we have received your reference Amanda or Paul will be in touch to arrange a video call with you.
- To have a look at the Mission Statement and Policies above
- Photo ID (Passport / Driving License...) as an image file
- Emergency Contact (Name, Phone, Email)
- Reference Details (Name, Email, Phone, Position)
Once we have received your reference Amanda or Paul will be in touch to arrange a video call with you.
If you have Festival Angeled in past years then you should already be on our systems. Log in to the 2026 Sign-Up page here - please check your emails for details of the password. If you can't find an email please contact Paul.
Festival Angels / ROC Angels promise to use the information we collect about you in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (DPA):
- By registering with us you agree that the details you provide can be shared with the festivals at which you wish to volunteer, used to keep you informed about your volunteering activities with us, and to ensure we are compliant with all safeguarding requirements.
- We have taken particular care in determining what information we need to collect from you, and aim to be clear with you why we are asking for detailed or sensitive information
- We use a mix of software, including Google Drive, emailOctopus and our own sign-up, to handle our Volunteer and rota sign up processes and Festival Angels Ltd Bank (Virgin) to take and refund deposits. This enables us to ensure that the data we collect is stored securely and only accessed by those who need to use it. You can request Festival Angels to remove your data by emailing [email protected]
- If you have any concerns or queries about how we use your data please contact [email protected]
