With the Government’s announcement of the national minimum wage increase we’d like to clarify what it is you can expect from DC Site Services in terms of pay in the new financial year.

As you may be aware, in 2021 we made the decision to pay our crew at least 50 pence above any national minimum wage increase and we continued this into 2022. These are small steps in an effort to recognise the hard work of our crew, but they are years in the making.

Looking forward, from April 2024 the new national minimum wage will be £11.44, therefore the new crew rate will be 50p higher at £11.94 + £1.44 holiday (paid concurrently) which will give crew a take home of £13.38 per hour before deductions.

Let’s enjoy the festive period, and then its onto the new season!

The past three years have without a doubt been the biggest trial within the event and festival industry for contractors, suppliers, and event organisers alike. We don’t need to tell you that not one company was left unaffected by the upheaval of the pandemic and the difficult comeback year in 2021, instead, we’d like to take the opportunity to tell you how we as a company have used this difficult time to regroup and develop as a team, and what it is you can come to expect form us in the near future.

That first year back after 2020 was not simply a matter of adapting to rapidly changing circumstances which involved the hasty reorganisation of our event calendar, brand-new health and safety protocols post-pandemic, supply-chain issues, or the knock-on effect of staffing after Brexit. DC Site Services also had a significant shift in management where we said goodbye to operations Director Matt Hettle and welcomed back Operations Manager Scott Mason who has since stepped-up to take the lead. During this time, difficult but strategical decisions were made to ensure the continuation of the company.

First and foremost, we have always made it a matter of priority to provide a quality service to the events and festivals we partner with over the temptation of overstretching ourselves for the sake of becoming a bigger name within the industry. On returning to the office, we used this model of quality over quantity despite the multiple new opportunities which presented themselves to us. We made the conscious decision to not overstretch ourselves in those first three years back, and instead, we asked ourselves what services we could realistically and successfully deliver with post-Covid depleted resources and personnel. The answer was simple, we would commit to our current clients and rebuild.

Three years later and we’re pleased to say that not only have we celebrated our thirty-year anniversary, but our personnel has increased and continues to be developed, both in the field and in the office. Our fleet has expanded, and our training has extended to include new roles onsite. With our ducks firmly in a row we are now in the fortunate position of being able to increase our client list while also being more than confident in the quality of services we can deliver. 

While DC Site Services is known for taking large litter strewn venues and fields and returning them to a pristine state in a small amount of time, what some may not know is that for the past three decades we’ve also provided the traffic management to legacy festivals such as Latitude festival, Leeds, and Reading festivals. We park the campervans at Glastonbury festival each year. While it’s a large part of our history, we are by no means limited to just waste management services.

A list of the services we can provide can be found here on our website. However, if you feel the requirements of your events are not covered in this list, we are happy to provide a bespoke quotation to cater to your exact needs. For an idea of the level of service you can expect from us, please take a moment to view the testimonials of our clients.

So, what is it you can expect from DC Site Services in 2024?

• A quick and efficient quotation process.
• A tailored service specification to cover your every need.
• A team of friendly, trained, and qualified staff.
• Equipment to cover every eventuality.
• Three decades of experience in litter picking and waste management, event cleaning and toilet services, stewarding, traffic management and car parking services.

The best way to ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible is to book-in your contractors now. Contact our Operations team to receive your bespoke quotation for your upcoming event or festival.

We hope to have the opportunity of working with you soon.

We know that food and onsite catering can at times be a hot topic amongst crew, so we’d like to break down when to expect a meal provision at an event or festival, and why.

We’ll always tell you before arriving onsite via an information pack whether or not there will be food provided so that you may be as prepared as possible for your assignment. However, the best rule of thumb to use is whether the event has camping, how big the event in question is, and WHERE the event is.

For example, if there is camping then there will usually be a meal provision. If there’s camping at a small-scale event or festival, then this meal provision will likely be a meal deal from the local shops or a warm meal provided by your job lead in the form of a BBQ, or something prepared in a caravan microwave or oven. The size of your team is also relevant, i.e., we cannot provide a catering wagon for a team of ten, even if the event itself is large, therefore a meal provision would be appropriate.

If it’s a large-scale camping event, then there will probably be catering involved. If there is camping but the event is in London or surrounded by stalls or plenty of local amenities, then you will have the opportunity/be expected to choose and buy your own food.

The only time you absolutely will not be provided with food is if your shift is very short, and if it is an event without camping (where you will be returning home after your shift). If in doubt, refer to the information pack readily available on DCSS PAAM.

Now for the why. Originally food was provided purely because we would often find ourselves working in a field in the middle of nowhere, and after a twelve-hour shift it is not reasonable to expect a team of tired people to venture out ten miles to the local village for a sandwich. More than anything, it was an issue of welfare, but when considering the logistical matter of travelling in and out of an event or festival site, the power and water required for cooking and catering, not to mention the rising cost of food, it has been and remains a very complicated and expensive part of the entire process. But it is also something we continue push for.

The reason for not providing food for crew onsite is also a surprisingly simple one... we cannot provide you with what we are unable to recoup. What we’d ask you to take into consideration is whether you are returning home after your shift, and do you have plenty of food options available to you and in your immediate vicinity.

To recap:

Camping at a small event or festival or working in a small team = meal provision, not catering.

Camping at a large-scale event or festival = catering.

Non-camping or shorter shifts = no meal provision.

Some food for thought, anyway ;P

We hope that sheds some light on the ongoing discussion about food. Either way, make sure to bring plenty of sensible snacks!  

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s staff survey winner is Julia Tipirdamaz! There’s a gift on its way to you, Julia. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback plays a valuable part in how it is we move forwards as a Company and how we choose to continue to improve our services.  

As ever, we remain appreciative of those who spread the word about working with DC Site Services and who bring their friends into the fold. A whopping 37.3% of all responses who worked this year did so via recommendation of a friend. Our recruitment team thanks you!

While Facebook continues to be the most popular form of social media (with 80.4%) it does appear that our social media presence could be improved upon, which we intent to work on immediately.

A lot of positives in your feedback include a good response to navigating the website, the use of What3word, and your awareness of where to find the information packs and the attendance check procedure. Similarly, both communication with the office and onsite are both very positive, so thank you.

Most importantly, the majority felt you were treated with respect and dignity by management, and we were pleased to see how many of you would return to work another season with DC Site Services. We wholeheartedly agree and look forward to working with you all next year.

It’s been a fantastic festival season and a pleasure to work with you. We hope our services contributed to keeping your event a safe and happy environment for all, and we look forward to hopefully working with you again soon.

In the meantime, we would appreciate any feedback you could provide by taking just a few minutes to complete our client feedback survey here. This survey helps us to shape how it is we improve on delivering our services from year to year, and your feedback is instrumental in this.

Like all event and festival contractors, with the arrival of Autumn we’re already planning ahead to next summer. Our 2024 calendar will soon take shape, so if you’d like to book in your litter pickers, stewards, cleaners, or traffic marshals for next year, now is the perfect time to do so. Please contact our Operations team today. 

Now that everyone has hopefully recovered from the festival season, we’re asking for those who worked with us, whether it was just one event or festival or the whole season, to take just a few minutes to complete a staff survey.

We have no better way of evaluating the 2023 season than going to the people who worked with us to ask you what you feel went well, and what could do with tweaking. Pop the kettle on as well as your thinking cap and complete the survey here.

We’ll hold a prize draw and the winner will be sent a prize via email. We’ll announce the winner in three weeks’ time, on the 6^th of October.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Without a doubt one of our biggest expenses as a company is…UNIFORM. We estimate that by the end of the season, approximately 60% of that year’s uniform top-up is sitting snuggly in someone’s wardrobe at home, or in the boot of their car, forgotten and lonely. It’s time to reunite your uniform with its high-viz family.

If you have a jacket, tabard, or t-shirt with our NEW LOGO, please email the office letting us know what it is you have and how much, and we will send a pre-paid envelope out to you. All you then need to do is pop it in the post box!

We know it’s tempting to take uniform home so you have it ready to wear at the next event, but we will always have fresh, clean uniform available onsite for you (provided it’s returned!)

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part in the August bank holiday weekend photo competition! The August bank holiday is always a big push for us, and none of it would be possible without the crew. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard at Reading, Leeds, the Big Feastival and every other event and festival this year.

As for the competition, we have a few honourable mentions including Oscar Hunt and the levitating litter pickers, and Steve Watkins seen here using the equipment at his disposal for a cheeky workout. The winner of this year’s August bank holiday photo comp however is Izzy Smitherman for the fantastic group shot at the Big Feastival! A prize is on its way to you, Izzy!

Coming up we have our second big peak of the festival season for 2023 and that’s the August bank holiday weekend! We’ll be spread out across Reading, Leeds and the Big Feastival with approximately x250 DC crew working over the three locations.

With so much going on at once, what better time for another DC photo competition! Rules are the same as usual:

• Make sure all photos are safe for work.
• Make sure the photos are IN FOCUS
• Bonus points for any group staff pictures
• Submit as many pictures as you like.

Simply send them in to admin@dcsiteservices.com by Thursday 31^st and we’ll announce on Friday the 1^st who took the winning snap, and a prize will be sent out to the winner.

We’d also like to ask staff to have a think about the season as a whole and to keep an eye out for the staff surveys due in the next month or so…

We’re recruiting for the last few spots on for Reading festival. Reading, Leeds sister festival, is a staple in our event calendar and takes place over one of our busiest weekends of the year.

We have night traffic marshal positions available which are 12-hour shifts. Pay is £10.92 per hour + £1.32 per hour = £12.24 per hour. If you don’t have plans for the August bank holiday weekend, then join the DC team and enjoy the festival while off shift!

To apply, simply log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply.

Just like Santa’s elves we have to start our preparations for the winter early. Coming up at the end of October is the first of our Christmas events, the Battersea Power Station (BPS Ice Rink). We’ll be back on the 30^th of October, providing cleaning, toilet attending and waste management services up until the 19^th of January.

This is rota-based work, so if you’re interested in working regularly in London over the Christmas period please apply online through your DCSS PAAM profile and then email the office with the dates between 30^th October to the 19^th of January that YOU CANNOT work. The office team will take it from there.

Hospitality in the Woods is a Drum & Bass Summer festival based in South London. This festival celebrates the entire spectrum of the genre and DC Site Services is pleased to be providing litter picking and waste management services. Camping and a food provision is available, and as always, you’ll have free access to the festival while not on shift.

If you’re looking for something to keep you occupied in the meantime, we have Classic Ibiza Blickling taking place this weekend! There’re just a few positions available, so if you’re in the area (Blickling Estate, NR11 6NF) then apply today to snap up your post. Camping and food available.

To apply visit your DCSS PAAM profile! 

With an unrelenting downpour, Beat-Herder proved to be a challenging one for DC Site Services this year to say the least. We’d like to say a big thank you to the crew for sticking it out and for wading through the puddles to return the fields to their former glory, and we’d like to say a very special thank you to two people, Dylan and Alyssa Bennett, who were the first onsite, the last to leave, and returned later once the ground had dried out to put a bow on the job.

There’s something special on its way to you!

Siren Bristol is taking over Bristol’s Harbourside for three nights of drum and bass, Jungle, and dancehall anthems at the Bristol Amphitheatre! DC Site Services will be providing litter picking and waste management services for this event on 27^th – 30^th July.

If you’re local, please apply through your DCSS PAAM profile. There is limited accommodation available so please contact the office to enquire about this first if accommodation is a condition of applying.

Shifts: 8 hours including a break.

Pay: £10.92 + £1.32 holiday pay = £12.24 per hour.

We hope to hear from you!

DC Site Services will be providing waste management services to FOCUS (Newark Showground, 25^th July – 1^st August) and will have access to a bunker bin with the means for cooking. We’re seeking a member of staff who has experience with sourcing ingredients and catering for the dietary requirements for up to twenty people, providing a packed lunch and a cooked dinner each day.

All equipment will be provided and pay will be the equivalent of a Team Leader (£11.92 + £1.44 holiday pay = £13.36 per hour).

If you feel your experience or skills fit the bill, please contact the office by emailing admin@dcsiteservices.com

Thank you to everyone who sent in their photo submissions for Glastonbury, there were some really great ones in there, however after wading through the entries, the winner of the competition is Roland Oliver! A prize is on its way over to you, Roland.

Calling all DC crew working at Glastonbury! We want to see your best pyramid stage, arcadia, sunset down the hill, silly staff and/or picturesque photos. Send us your best snaps and the office team will pick their favourite and then send the winner a prize!

Submission date is Wednesday 28^th and we’ll share the winning snap on Friday 30^th. To enter, send all your pics to admin@dcsiteservices.com with “Glasto photo comp” in the subject line.

Let’s see them!

It’s nearly upon us… GLASTONBURY! Are you packed and ready? Here are a few hints and tips for the weekend as you pack and re-pack for the best working week of the summer…

• Tickets if travelling by public transport.
• A print off of the DCSS PAAM Info pack (includes arrival instructions, onsite contacts etc.)
• Plenty of underwear/socks, spares for every eventuality
• Clothes for when you’re off shift!
• Warmer clothes for the evenings and waterproofs
• Wellies! Glastonbury is known to have a spot of rain every now and then.
• Comfortable, sensible shoes for when on shift (don’t even think about working in flipflops)
• Ear plugs (in case you have trouble sleeping, festivals can be noisy)
• Mobile phone and charging packs. There will be charging points available, but DC will not be responsible for items left unattended.
• Any medication you require. If you require support, i.e., a cool place to store this, please contact the office ahead of time.
• A reusable water bottle to refill using the free water taps onsite.
• Plates and cutlery (there’s a washing up station available)
• A tent and all camping equipment!
• Sleeping bag/bedding – despite how warm it is during the day the temperatures drop at night.
• Sun cream, sun hat, sunglasses
• Extra toilet roll – this is available in the DC compound toilets but it’s always best to be over-prepared.
• Toiletries
• Contraceptives
• Glasses/contact lenses and solution where applicable
• Cash and card (best to have both)
• A work hard, play hard attitude!

We strongly recommend that you re-read through the information pack available to on DCSS PAAM, and if you have any queries, get in contact with the office now! Please also make sure to take note of the briefing times and bear in mind that the earlier you aim to arrive on Monday, the more space there will be for you to scope out your camping spot.

Remember, it’s always a good idea to bring sensible snacks, and small gas cookers are permitted at below knee-height. No open fires allowed.

Let’s go!!!

We’re recruiting for the last few spots at Leeds festival. Leeds Festival is a staple on our event calendar every year and takes place over one of our busiest weekends of the year!

We have night traffic marshal positions available which are 12-hour shifts. Pay is £10.92 per hour + £1.32 per hour = £12.24 per hour. If you don’t have plans for the August bank holiday weekend, then join the DC team and enjoy the festival while off shift!

To apply, simply log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply.

This year sees us celebrate 30 years in business! All those years ago back in 1993, a young and spry Dick & Janet Collins founded DC Site Services, not knowing that thirty years down the line the company would still be going strong. From modest beginnings, Dick & Janet started out by supporting local events in High Wycombe, eventually joining the Reading festival event team back in the 1960’s and training event staff when the industry was still growing. In 1993, they officially formed their own company, DC Site Services, and the company has since evolved from providing litter services to a handful of events, to providing various services to upward of 100+ events and festivals a year across the UK.

The scope of work and scale of projects has changed immensely, and many people were brought into the fold over the years to play their integral part in what the company has become today. We would like to thank our contractors and clients for their business and support over the years, and everyone, whether it be a part of the office team, past or present, or a member of the crew, seasoned or brand new, for joining us on this journey.

Here's to the next 30 years.

We’d like to say a big thank you to one of our crew, Al Snooks, who worked at the Coronation Concert as a caretaker for close to one and a half MONTHS.  Al was the face of DC Site Services running up to this special event and he did an exceptional job. We’d therefore like to show special recognition of all his hard work.

There’s an envelope with your name on it on its way to you, Al.

This year sees us celebrate 30 years in business! All those years ago back in 1993, a young and spry Dick & Janet Collins founded DC Site Services, not knowing that thirty years down the line the company would still be going strong. From modest beginnings, Dick & Janet started out by supporting local events in High Wycombe, eventually joining the Reading festival event team back in the 1960’s and training event staff when the industry was still growing. In 1993, they officially formed their own company, DC Site Services, and the company has since evolved from providing litter services to a handful of events, to providing various services to upward of 100+ events and festivals a year across the UK.

The scope of work and scale of projects has changed immensely, and many people were brought into the fold over the years to play their integral part in what the company has become today. We would like to thank our contractors and clients for their business and support over the years, and everyone, whether it be a part of the office team, past or present, or a member of the crew, seasoned or brand new, for joining us on this journey.

Here's to the next 30 years.

Set within the grounds of Henham Park in Suffolk, Latitude is a well-known arts and music festival. Boutiques, glamping, arts and crafts and street food, this festival really caters to all crowds. Whether you’re there for the music and food or there as a family, there’s something for everyone.

DC Site Services is returning to provide traffic management services. Due to the popularity of this festival the day shifts are already full, however we have just a few of the night shifts left. If you’d like to be a part of the team, simply apply through your DCSS PAAM profile.

This past week DC Site Services has provided waste management services to the BBC Coronation Concert, the Coronation Long Walk, and now the Windsor Endurance and the Royal Windsor Horse Show! It has been and continues to be an absolute pleasure and is the best possible way to kick-off the season.

We always look forward to coming together with familiar faces after a winter apart, but it’s been a delight to meet so many new crew members who have quickly become a part of the fold.  Thank you for joining the team, and we look forward to working with you throughout the season.

A few comments from our new crew members…

“Worked my first shift with DC Site Services at the weekend, what an amazing team, looking forward to this summer. Thankyou!”

“I also worked my 1st shift with DC, the team are wonderful, look forward to future events.”

“I just wanted to send a message to say that we had a good experience working the Kings walk. I would also like to thank Dylan for taking care of us throughout, he was a really lovely person and a great asset to your company. He made us welcome at camp. Many thanks and look forward to more work, happy to work as much as we can.”

The Gloucestershire Festival of Polo doesn’t just host the locally renowned polo games, but offers captivating arena displays, a variety of retailers in the tented shopping village and a traditional funfair!

DC Site Services is looking for traffic marshals to assist in the smooth movement of traffic and parking for this event. Taking place over the 10^th & 11^th of June, shifts will be 9 hours long and camping will be available.

If you’d like to take part, simply apply through your DCSS PAAM profile, or get in contact with the office where the admin team is happy to help.

Every Summer, the Taste of London takes over Regent’s Park to provide what can only be described as a food-fuelled garden party like no other. Picture 55,000 hungry Londoners over the course of five days getting stuck in, sampling the best of our Capital’s restaurants.

DC Site Services is pleased to return to provide waste management and cleaning services so that these famished visitors can enjoy the event in a clean, safe environment.

We have limited positions available, but if you’re local (no camping, you would need to travel in and out for this event!) and you would like to join the team, simply apply through your DCSS PAAM profile to snap up a position.

Whether it’s a caravan or campervan, a group of mates wanting to work together or a request to leave a day early or arrive a day late, the time to make these requests is NOW. If you rock up to a festival site hoping to run this request by the Manager, you run the risk of disappointment or worst-case scenario, being turned away from the site.

Event compounds only have so much room, if you’re hoping to bring a campervan our office team can look into how much room is available. If you want to work with a friend, the office can review teams ahead of time. If you have an exam, hospital appointment or wedding that conflicts with the beginning or end of the festival, we can review our staffing numbers ahead of time to authorise either a late arrival or early departure.

None of this can be arranged on the day and an unauthorised departure can affect your future applications. Be sure to get in contact with the office team ASAP if you need to discuss your applications. You can then arrive onsite with peace of mind knowing that you have a spot for your campervan already reserved!

DC Site Services has been vocal in its commitment to sustainability for a number of years, ensuring that any procurement first considers the environmental impact of the product, or service provided.

From our Operations office, where we source recycled stationary options and distribute downloadable material to minimise any paper trail, to each and every event site we visit, being green remains a central part of our company values and ethos.

It is estimated that 1500 plastic bottles are thrown away every second of every day, we’d therefore like to take the opportunity to remind our staff ahead of the festival season that we no longer provide any single-use plastic water bottles or plastic disposable plates/cutlery. As such, we encourage all crew to bring their own refillable bottles and reusable plates and cutlery to help us in our mission to reduce wastage across every event site.

Reduce, reuse, recycle!

Happy Easter from all at DC Site Services. Our office will be closed for the bank holiday weekend, and we will return Tuesday the 11th of April. 

Suffolk’s annual event, the Suffolk Show, celebrates everything that is great about Suffolk. This event covers all things wholesome from the flower and garden show to art exhibitions, live farming, crafting stalls and live music.

DC Site Services will be returning this year on the 31^st of  May to 1^st of June, providing cleaning services. For more information and if you would like to take part, just click here.

Briefings not only introduce you to the Project Manager for the event, it's also where you find out vital information such as where the water points are, how to book in/out of a shift and where to claim meal vouchers, etc. It's where we run through H&S rules and most importantly, it's where you're provided with instructions on the job you're there to do.

We appreciate, however, that this often requires you to arrive the night before your first shift is due to begin. We at DC Site Services value your time, so we are committing to paid briefings at all camping events moving forwards!

Let’s get going!

DC Site Services is pleased to be providing litter picking and toilet attending services to this once in a lifetime event, the BBC Coronation Concert in honour of King Charles.

We have just a few positions left for Sunday the 7^th of May only. There is no camping, so you will need to travel in and out for the shift. If you’re interested in being a part of this monumental event apply now!

What an exciting week for the DC Site Services team! With the second launch of our Event Calendar bringing in hundreds of new applications, we have now begun the task of accepting them. You should all hear in the next few weeks whether your applications have been successful!

We are looking ahead to the first few shows of the season and want you all to be involved. With the coronation of King Charles bieing widely spoken about, we want to invite you to join us at the BBC Coronation Concert where some of the world's biggest entertainers will be performing. It’s sure to be a memorable event and we are very excited to be a part of it! If you’d like to apply, you can do so here.

Following the launch of the event calendar last week, we’re pleased to be recruiting for two pivotal roles working onsite at the larger events and festivals this season: Onsite Admin and Control. These two positions hold a little more responsibility than most, and as such have a higher pay rate than our event crew.

If you feel confident with a radio and with speaking with people, work well under pressure, have reasonable computer skills and identify as a problem solver, then we’d love to hear from you.

For further information on rate of pay, responsibilities, the festivals these roles are required at, and details of how to apply, please click below.

Onsite Admin

Control

If you have any queries at all regarding these two posts, please do not hesitate to get in contact with the office.  

The deadline to apply will be the 13th of March. We look forward to hearing from you!

We are recruiting for dedicated onsite control positions for particular festivals DC Site Services will be servicing in 2023. These include prominent festivals such as:

• Glastonbury festival
• Latitude festival
• Leeds festival

This is a role which has been fulfilled by a good number of people over the past thirty years and requires an individual who is confident, adept on a radio, organised, and works well under pressure.

The role itself involves co-ordinating with staff onsite whenever they have a question or problem. This may involve finding answers to questions you haven’t received before or communicating with other companies control teams to organise responses to certain situations. You will also be keeping a computerised log of all communications and requesting hourly counts for traffic flow.

You will be communicating with new and returning staff regularly so being clear and concise on the radio and quick at finding out information will be important facets of the role.

A dedicated onsite control position at these events would include benefits such as:

• Increased responsibility
• Greater understanding of festivals from behind the scenes
• Sitting during your shift!
• A rate of pay that is the equivalent of a Team Leader (£11.92 + £1.44 holiday pay = £13.36 per hour)

Applicants must be able to work at all three above listed festivals in order to be considered. 

If you feel that you fit the bill, please email admin@dcsiteservices.com with your expression of interest, detailing any related experience you have.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We are recruiting for a dedicated onsite administrator for the larger festivals DC Site Services will be servicing in 2023. These include prominent Events & Festivals such as:

• Epsom Derby
• The Royal Windsor Horse Show
• Taste of London (accommodation provided for this position)
• Glastonbury festival
• Latitude festival
• Leeds festival

This is a role which has been fulfilled by a good number of people over the past thirty years and requires an individual who is organised, computer literate, friendly, approachable, and adaptable.

The role itself includes arriving before the rest of crew and often being amongst the last to leave, helping with the set-up of the onsite office, preparing paperwork for Team Leaders and Managers, and most importantly, signing crew in and out of their shifts.

As a first point of contact you will greet the crew, some of which who will be seasoned, and many who will be brand new to the festival lifestyle. For those who are new, it is often the onsite administrator who makes the first big impression, so approachability is key!

As a dedicated onsite administrator for these events, benefits would include:

• Flexible shift patterns
• Sitting during your shift!
• A rate of pay that is the equivalent of a Team Leader (£11.92 + £1.44 holiday pay = £13.36 per hour)

Only applicants who can work at all the above listed events will be considered. 

If you feel that you fit the bill, please email admin@dcsiteservices.com with your expression of interest, detailing any related experience you have.

We look forward to hearing from you!

It’s finally time to start planning for the summer with the launch of DC Site Services’ 2023 Event Calendar! You’ll see some familiar names on there, as well as some new ones, and this is just the first glance at what the year ahead will look like. More events and festivals will gradually be added so keep checking back!

How to get involved?

If you’re new, all you need to do is create your DCSS PAAM profile which you can do here. This is essentially an application you only need to complete once which you can log into at any time to manage your applications. If you’re a seasoned crew member you know the drill, just log in and check that your details are still current. You may find that when you login that you’re asked to re-enter some fields, simply give the tech gods what they ask and then click “update profile”, and you’re good to go!

What’s new?

There are a few things we’ll be changing this year, following in the same vein as our commitment to paying 50p above the national minimum wage, we’ll also be paying crew for their time to attend briefings. This applies to camping shows, and regardless of how brief (ha) or long it is, crew will be paid for the full hour.

How long until applications are accepted after making them?

Approximately two weeks after the calendar launch we will begin to accept applications. This gives everyone a good chance to get their applications in before positions at your favourite festivals start to fill.

What about Glastonbury?

You will notice that Glastonbury festival is on the calendar as “opening soon.” This is not to prolong the anticipation, but to give crew who are new to DC Site Services a chance to make applications leading up to Glastonbury. Due to the high volume of applications received for this festival, regular crew will be assigned first, followed by crew who have worked at least one previous event. If you are new and haven’t worked a show before, you can improve your chances of being accepted by working any of the available shows that fall before Glastonbury. Glastonbury applications will open in one month’s time on the 6^th of March.

What’s in the pipeline?

On the 13^th of February we’ll be advertising for specific onsite roles. If you want to work at a festival but in a slightly different capacity, then keep an eye out for our newsletter next week which will outline how to apply to work as either an Onsite Administrator, or in the position of Event Control.

As always, there’s more to come. More events and festivals will eventually be added to the line-up and more opportunities for you to become involved and to progress within the Company will become available. Until then, apply for what tickles your fancy and contact the office should you have any queries.

Let’s go!

In between cleaning and making friends with the reindeer while at Bolesworth, our crew managed to collect a total of 39 discarded hats, 14 pairs of gloves, 11 scarves, 1 dog coat and a pair of earmuffs while working the Christmas trail!

Left unclaimed and now freshly laundered by Joanne, these have been donated to the mother and baby unit of the Lighthouse Project in Spalding, a homeless shelter that provides emergency food and works to help vulnerable people displaced within the community.

Good work crew.

Job Description:        Warehouse/Stores Co-ordinator  

Paygrade:                  £22K - £24K per annum (40 hours per week) (dependant on age/experience)

The Company: DC Site Services is an Event & Festival contractor which provides services from litter collection, recycling, cleaning, traffic management, Stewarding and all staffing solutions within the Event & Festival industry. Established since 1993, the company continues to grow and now seeks to expand its internal staff to support the running of the warehouse & yard, equipment and vehicle maintenance.

Role:

DC Site Services is looking for a motivated individual to coordinate and oversee an active warehouse, yard, and small fleet. During peak festival season the right candidate will need to be someone who can work in a fast-paced environment, unsupervised, ensuring that stock levels are checked and maintained, equipment is kept in working order and overseeing all vehicles loaded and unloaded. Working to set deadlines in order to meet the customer’s event requirements. Experience with both electronic and paper-based stock systems is pivotal.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the day to day operations in the warehouse and yard
• Receiving, moving, checking and storing incoming goods in the correct storage bays
• Loading & unloading, packing & wrapping equipment to/from vehicles
• Making sure there is a visible and accurate record of all equipment that is booked out of the warehouse at any one time
• Using Mechanical Handling Equipment i.e. pallet trucks to move goods
• Booking all equipment back into the warehouse, monitoring and maintenance of any damaged or missing equipment/uniform.
• Monitoring stock levels
• Overseeing and allocating tasks to a Stores Assistant
• Ensuring that all returning equipment is clean and ready for use by the Stores Assistant
• Delivering/towing stock & equipment to event & festivals sites
• To understand and comply with the Company’s policies and procedures and health and safety
• Sourcing specific stock such as bin covers, blowers, wheelie bins etc.
• Booking and hiring of vehicles and coordinating insurance cover, MOTs, and services
• Signing fleet/hire vehicles in and out, recording any damage and ensuring this is communicated to management and followed up with drivers
• Assist with purchasing and pricing of goods

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Maintain an easy rapport with approved suppliers, support the Operations team with procurement
• To check all deliveries against the paperwork and to follow up if incorrect
• To ensure that all paperwork related to the warehouse is completed and submitted in a timely manner by anyone working in the warehouse or yard area
• Sign for deliveries specifically for the warehouse and yard
• To attend to, where necessary, personnel visiting the site such as contractors.

Caretaker Responsibilities: 

• Maintaining a tidy workspace, including all ground maintenance
• Undertake the company laundry ensuring that all uniform is clean, correctly stored away, and ready for use at all times with assistance from the Stores Assistant
• To provide efficient and effective caretaking support to the Company including ensuring the security and general appearance of the buildings and surrounding areas are maintained
• To ensure the security of the premises and its contents in accordance with the Company’s lockup procedure, including lights and internal doors.
• First line maintenance of fixtures and fittings (replacing where necessary minor parts such as tubes, bulbs, fuses starters and diffusers, in accordance with safe working practices)
• To comply with the requirements of Health and Safety, other relevant legislation and Company policies and carry out weekly fire alarm tests and assist with evacuation procedures.
• The stacking of empty pallets in the yard 

Other Considerations:

• The post-holder will be expected to observe safe working practices in carrying out the required duties and ensure that instructions specified by technical consultants, contractors and manufacturers are adhered to.
• Monthly checks will be carried out for all equipment and logged accordingly
• To observe safe working practice and ensuring that specific H&S instructions are carried out by all crew within the warehouse and yard area through induction and maintaining performance
• To report emergencies in the case of faults with gas, electricity, and water supply to the appropriate manager, and to report minor faults on site in line with company procedure.
• To carry out any other reasonable duties within the overall function of the job
• Annual leave during the months of June, July & August are prohibited other than for exceptional circumstances 

Essential Requirements for Applicants:

• Structured, common sense approach to jobs and tasks
• Ability to follow processes and procedure accurately
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of Excel
• Can be trusted to work unsupervised for periods of time
• Full, Clean UK/European driver’s license with experience of towing trailers/caravans
• Experience in working in a warehouse while holding a level of responsibility
• Flexible and dedicated
• Attention to detail and safety

Desirable Requirements for Applicants:

• Physically fit and capable of moving stock around manually
• Experience of working within the event and festival industry
• Forklift license (if not, training will be provided for the right candidate)
• Ability to priorities and multitask
• A comprehensive understanding of safety procedures
• Experience with PAT testing
• Basic mechanic skills First aid certificate

To apply please email your CV by clicking HERE.

It’s been a long year but certainly one worth celebrating. This year we saw the long-awaited return of Glastonbury festival, we embarked on a new venture with the Cazoo Epsom Derby, and of course, we had the honour of assisting with the waste management for the Queen’s funeral. Those are just a few of the highlights of the season amongst the eighty-six events & festivals we serviced this year, and we’re glad that you were there to be a part of it.

Recently, we sent out our staff survey and received back what was overall an extremely positive response. We’ve found that though briefings have been positively received, these should be more specific to onsite positions. Our arrival and induction process is considered good but could improve, the use of What3word has vastly improved finding meeting points and the communication with the office is generally very good. For more details on these results, please click here.

Your feedback is the driving force behind the changes and improvements we implement, and we’ll be applying these changes to the year ahead including more in-depth training for our Team Leaders, paid briefings at camping events, and our continued commitment to paying 50p above any increases to the National minimum wage. We’ll touch on this more next year…

With our focus now on 2023 there will be a few key onsite roles we’ll be recruiting for ahead of the new season…

Onsite administration. This is for the larger festivals such as Latitude, Glastonbury, and Leeds festival.  This role has been fulfilled by many people in the past nearly 30 years, however with so many new crew joining the ranks these past two seasons, we’d like to hear from you if this is a role you would be interested in undertaking. This will include benefits such as a higher pay rate and downtime between booking crew in and out of their shifts.

A night team leader for the Let’s Rock tour. The Let’s Rock tour is the UK’s biggest retro festival, celebrating everything good about the 80’s over several locations in the UK. DC Site Services is the waste management contractor for this series, and for 2023 we would like to identify one key crew member to team lead the night crew. The benefits of this will include certain contributions (discussed directly with the right candidate) and an increase in pay.  

Onsite control. This is an essential role at any large festival site. If you’re handy with a radio and familiar with this position, or have worked and enjoyed this role previously, keep an eye out early next year for when we start to recruit, or feel free to get in contact to express your interest in any of these roles the meantime.

We’ll also be looking for the right crew who would like to team lead, and we’ll be providing in-person training for the successful applicants early next year.

The 2023 Calendar Launch! DC Site Services will launch its event calendar on Monday the 6^th of February. You will be able to view and apply for all events which will be on the calendar so far (this will continue to be updated!) Followed by a second launch in early March where applications for Glastonbury will open, along with any other newly added events and festivals.

As you may already be aware, our offices will be closed from midday, Friday 23^rd of December and we will be back on Tuesday the 3^rd of January 2023. In the meantime, we’d like to wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year, from all at DC Site Services.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from all at DC Site Services. 

As a precursor to the 2023 event calendar going live on February the 6^th, we’ve published a new event on DCSS PAAM for February; Build It Live Kent! This consists of traffic, stewarding, and cleaning positions. Further information can be viewed here.

Applications are open now!

Following the recent announcement regarding the increase to the UK national minimum wage, we’d like to clarify what it is you can expect from DC Site Services next year when it comes to your pay.

In early 2022, we made the commitment to pay 50p above the then national minimum wage, and we intend to continue to do this in 2023. This means that the new rate for all event crew will be £10.92 per hour plus holiday pay, £1.32, which will be a total of £12.24 an hour.

Despite all the perks that come with working at events and festivals, ultimately we understand that the rate of pay is a deciding factor when it comes to where you decide to set up your tent and dedicate your time during the summer. We value your time, and your experience, and hope to continue to work together for the foreseeable future.

We’d once again like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s Staff Survey, we value your feedback and use this as the driving force for the changes we make moving forwards.

The overall response received was very positive …

• 96.4% of crew would recommend DC Site Services to a friend! 
• 81.1% of all responses found the use of what3words vastly more useful when locating meeting points onsite! 
• A whopping 92.9% of you are on the ball when it comes to finding the pre-event information online
• 94.6% of crew would return to work with DC Site Services again
• The majority (46.4%) of crew rate our arrival and induction process a 4/5, with 39.3% rating it a 5/5. While great, we intend to drive those numbers up by this time next year! 
• We were delighted to find that 67.9% of crew rated DC 5/5 and 26.8% 4/5 when it came to our Team Leaders and Managers being approachable and informative! 

Taking your feedback on board, changes to keep an eye out for next year include...

Crew will be paid for their time to attend a briefing, Team Leader training will be made role-specific, and DC Site Services remains committed to paying 50p above any increases to the National Minimum wage. More updates will be rolled out which we’ll touch on in the new year!

We’d like to say a big thank you for the overwhelming response received from the DC Site Services 2022 staff survey! We’ll be sharing the feedback received soon, but in the meantime, we’re pleased to announce that the winner is…. Nicola Haynes!

Congratulations Nicola! An Amazon voucher is on its way to you!

Another year, another festival season. It was a pleasure to work with you and we hope to do so again in the future, but in the meantime, we’d love to receive your feedback on the services you received from us this season.

Our most valuable tool when improving our services and maintaining our standards is the response and opinion of our clients. We’d like to know what changes you’d like to see implemented and what procedures work well for you. If you have a few minutes, please click here to take part in our client feedback survey.  

Like most Event & Festival contractors, we are planning for the next festival season now, and our 2023 event calendar will quickly populate. If you’d like to book in your litter picking and waste management crew, traffic marshals, stewards, or cleaners for your next event, please contact our Operations Team today!  

Once again, it’s the time of year where we throw on our cable knit sweaters, drink our pumpkin spice lattes, and reflect on the festival season gone by. First and foremost, thank you to everyone who worked with us this year, whether it was for one show or the entire season, your being a part of it makes all the difference. We hope to see you again next season, but first, the 2022 Staff Survey!

Please take just a few minutes to complete our Staff Survey HERE to let us know what we could be doing better, what works really well for you, and if you can see yourself taking on a position of more responsibility in the future. You’ll have the option of being submitted into a prize draw, and the winner will receive an Amazon voucher (announced Friday 4th November).

For those of you who aren’t ready to call it a day, click here to see what we have coming up this Winter.

The nights are drawing closer and as the temperatures drop our work continues now into the winter months! Coming up over the next few months we have a number of festive events we’ll be supplying our services to, including…

BPS Ice Rink, London 07.11.12 – 20.01.23

Christmas at Bolesworth, Chester 01.12.22 – 24.12.22

Beaulieu Festive Fayre, Hampshire 09.12.22 – 12.12.22

There are limited positions available, but if you’re local to any of these events and you'd like to get a head start with the Christmas spirit, log into your DCSS PAAM profile and apply.

We’d like to say thank you and good luck to Dan Sheard who is moving onto pastures new. Dan worked for DC Site Services as an Operations Manager alongside Scott Mason for the past two years and as a Project Manager years prior to this. His contribution over the past two years in particular helped to keep the Company moving forwards during a very difficult time, so please join us in wishing him the best of luck with all future endeavours.  

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone for submitting your pictures for the end of summer photo competition. There was a fantastic response and some really great submissions, so it was no easy decision to pick just one! However, our favourite of all thirty-seven entries was this very artistic photo from Leti Ryder!

Congratulations Leti, an Amazon voucher is on its way to you!

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who devoted her remarkable life to public service. Her Majesty was a historic leader of immense stature and will be mourned by many and sorely missed. Our deepest condolences to the Royal Family.

We’d like to wish everyone working at Electric Picnic, Concourse of Elegance, Let’s Rock Kent, Beautiful People, BBC Gardener’s World, and to those finishing at the Big Feastival good luck this weekend.

And with such a busy weekend ahead, what better an opportunity to snap the perfect pic to enter our end of summer photo competition! Click here for details of how to enter.

It’s been a big season and a massive effort from all our crew, so thank you.

This weekend is the peak of the festival season, something we would like to celebrate with a photo competition! The last photo competition was held in February this year, looking back at 2021. Now, with another season under our belts and as we reach this busy weekend, we’d like to see who has the best (and work-safe!) pics of the season. The winner will receive an Amazon gift voucher.

Guidelines for submissions are as follows….

1. Please submit good-quality photos (no thumbs half covering the lens etc.)
2. Fun, but still work-based (so not while off-shift, raving) and make sure they are taken while working at an event for DC Site Services!
3. Be aware that by submitting pictures you are giving us consent to use them on social media, the company website and for marketing purposes
4. Appropriate! While we’re sure you’ve taken some fab photos this season, please make sure that your mate Dave isn’t photobombing or mooning you in the background. We all have that friend
5. Feel free to use filters, Photoshop, anything to make it stand out from the rest
6. Send in as many photos as you like!

If you’re working this weekend, use it as an opportunity to capture the most creative, funny or prettiest picture of the season. The deadline to submit your pictures is Wednesday the 14^th of September, giving those working after this weekend an opportunity to throw your hat in the ring also. The winner will be announced Friday the 16^th of September.

You can submit your entries to admin@dcsiteservices.com with “DC Photo Competition” in the subject line.

DC Site Services is returning to Elrow Town once again, this time located at Parsloes Park, Dagenham to provide waste management and litter picking services. Elrow Town is known for its shenanigans, confetti cannons and inflatables, not to mention some of house music’s finest DJs!

If you’d like to be a part of the madness, we have a few remaining positions left and there’s still time to apply.

Dates: Saturday 20th – Tuesday 23rd August

Locatrion: Parsloes Park, Dagenham, RM9 5SA

Pay: £10 ph + £1.21 holiday pay (£11.21 per hour)

We are looking to fill our last few spots on Beautiful People (3^rd – 6^th September) at Olympic Park, London. Beautiful People replaces Southport Weekender as the new brand name of the UK’s longest running dance and urban music festival (est. 1987). Performers include Arrested Development Live, Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King Live, David Rodigan, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dave Lee Zr, DJ Spen B2B Teddy Douglas, Artful Dodger and DJ Spoony.

Job Role: Litter Picking

Location: Olympic Park, London, E20 2ST

Shift length: between 8 – 12 hours

Pay Rate: £10 per hour (+ £1.21 holiday pay)

NO CAMPING AVAILABLE – you must be able to commute to site each day or arrange alternative accommodation.

For more info, click here.

Apply via our website, log into your DCSS PAAM profile and hit the ‘Apply’ button.

DC are excited to announce that we have last-minute paid stewarding positions now available at Boomtown. If you missed out on a spot at Boomtown, now is your chance to secure your place on the stewarding team.

We’re looking for campsite stewards to assist with the following:

- Manning fire towers

- Meeting and greeting festival goers

- Advising customers where to camp/set up

- Responding to public requests

-  Looking out for any potential hazards that can harm you or others within the campsite

- General stewarding duties such as campsite patrols

- Crossing point marshals

- Wristband checks at VIP/crew access points

Shift Length: 12 hours with an unpaid break (either day or night shift)

Pay Rate: £10 per hour (+ £1.21 holiday pay)

Date: 10^th – 15^th August

Location: Matterley Estate, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1HW

Join ‘the Gathering’ now!

Even as we’re sweating through the Summer, we’re looking ahead to Autumn and Oktoberfest!

We’re pleased to be back, providing waste management services to this popular series, with two events taking place at two different locations each weekend over the course of October. We’ll be working at…

Oktoberfest Chelmsford 30^th – 3^rd

Oktoberfest Plymouth 30^th – 3^rd

Oktoberfest Guildford 7^th – 10^th

Oktoberfest Milton Keynes 7th - 10th 

Oktoberfest Southend 14^th – 17^th

Oktoberfest Middlesbrough 14th - 17th 

Oktoberfest Colchester 21st - 24th 

Oktoberfest Worcester 21^st – 24^th

Oktoberfest Lincoln 28^th 31^st

Oktoberfest Swansea 28^th – 31^st

Applications are already open. Please bear in mind that you will need to be available for ALL dates of whichever location you decide to apply for, and though there is no camping there IS availability to bring live-in vehicles and/or campervans, though you would need to communicate this to the office team when applying.

If you have your very own lederhosen this will automatically propel you to the top of the application list 😉

With weather warnings hitting the headlines today, we want to share our tips for staying safe while working at festivals and events.

• Stay hydrated! Drink plenty of water; the NHS recommends drinking 1.2 litres of water per day (six to eight glasses), but this increases when the temperature does.
• Avoid dehydrating liquids such as alcohol, coffee, tea, and caffeinated soft drinks (sorry to any caffeine addicts out there!)
• Wear protective loose clothing. We all know what the British public are like as it hits 20C, suns out gun out, but it’s actually a good idea to cover up. Any exposed skin is liable to burn. We recommend wearing lightweight, light-coloured, and loose-fitting clothing.
• Don’t overexert yourself. Pace yourself. Slow down and work at an even pace. Know your own limits and ability to work safely in heat.
• Cool down. Use a damp towel or bandana to wipe your face or place around your neck. Put your wrists under cold water to cool down.
• Slather on your factor 50. You’re going to need a high factor next week, factor 15 just won’t cut it unfortunately. Try to avoid getting sunburn as it makes sleeping uncomfortable and feels stingy.
• Bring a hat. Wide-brimmed hats such as cowboy hats are ideal and look pretty cool!
• Look after yourself and keep any eye on others. Be alert to signs of heat-related illnesses such as dehydration, sunburn, and heatstroke. Know what to look for and check on other workers that might be at high risk. Educate yourself using the NHS website.
• Avoid direct sun where possible. Find shade or block out the sun with an umbrella.
• As always, if someone looks unwell, seek medical assistance immediately.

Shout-out to everyone working at Beat-Herder, Standon Calling and Latitude Festival next week, stay safe!

We’re still recruiting for litter pickers/waste management crew for the following:

 - Let’s Rock Southampton (8^th – 10^th July) @ Southampton Common, SO15 7NN

- PennFest (22^nd – 26^th July) @ The Big Park, Penn, Bucks, HP7 0PL

- Rushford Park Endurance - Ride 2 (30^th & 31^st July) @ Rushford Estate, Thetford, IP24 2SF

- MADE Festival (30^th July – 2^nd August) @ Wolverhampton Racecourse, WV6 0PE

- Rushford Park Endurance Ride 3 (20^th & 21^st August) @ Rushford Estate, Thetford, IP24 2SF

Apply via our website!

Fancy trying your hand at traffic stewarding at a festival near you?

If the answer is yes, why not check out Standon Calling or Latitude Festival on our 2022 event calendar. DC Site Services are providing traffic management services at both events.

Latitude Festival is a chilled-out, family-friendly, welcoming festival featuring music, dance, comedy, poetry, theatre, literature, podcasts and family activities. Latitude Festival is located deep in the Suffolk countryside at Henham Park, Southwold, NR34 8AQ.

Read Vicky Flip Flop’s review of Latitude Festival to get a feel for it: https://vickyflipfloptravels.com/reasons-to-go-to-latitude-festival/

Standon Calling is a great festival if you’re looking for that small-town feeling with big acts. Standon Calling takes place every year at Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire, SG11 1EF.

Pay Rate: £10 per hour (+ £1.21 holiday pay)

Click here for more information about Standon Calling and Latitude Festival. 

This year, Henley celebrates it’s 40^th anniversary of staging its music and arts festival for the local community, supporting emerging talent of all genres. To help keep this a safe, happy, and clean environment, DC Site Services will be providing traffic, waste management and cleaning services to both Henley and Mahiki Henley (just across the river and down the road!)

We have limited spots available for each, so if you’re interested, please get in contact ASAP, or apply direct online through your DCSS PAAM profile.

Traffic 4^th- 12^th July

Waste & Cleaning 6^th – 11^th July

Mahiki Henley 29^th – 3^rd July

Mahiki Henley post-pick 7^th July

We’ll see you there!

Glastonbury Festival has kicked off amid great fanfare, fireworks and druidic ceremony. Nobody can believe it’s been 3 long years since the last Glastonbury Festival. It’s great to see so many familiar faces amongst our crew from past Glastonbury’s and a warm welcome to anyone attending the festival with us for the first time.

Our dedicated team have been relentlessly parking campervans in the East Campervan Fields and Bath & West showground. Their main focus is ensuring parking lines are straight, fire lanes are clear and accessible for emergency vehicles.

Also, a big shout out to everyone on fire watch up on fire towers in the East Campervan Fields and Bath & West. If you see any of our campervan stewards, make sure to say hello!

We also wanted to say a Happy 25^th Glastonbury anniversary to Wendy!

The Taste of London features five days of feasting with celebrity chefs, masterclasses in the culinary arts and live entertainment. Regent’s Park plays host to this next level food-fuelled garden party.

DC Site Services have very limited cleaning/litter picking positions available at this event.

Dates: Wednesday 15^th – Wednesday 22^nd June

Location: Regents Park, London, NW1 4NR

Role:  Cleaning & Litter Picking/Waste Operative

• Cleaning of surfaces, windows and furniture
• Vacuuming of carpets and mopping/sweeping of hard floors
• Clearance of rubbish & waste
• Any other reasonable cleaning duties

Pay Rate: £10 per hour plus £1.21 holiday pay (£11.21)

If you're already working for us at Glastonbury, overlapping dates are not an issue and you can still work at this event. How to apply? Simply log into your DCSS PAAM profile and hit the ‘Apply’ tab.

This is the first trial when arriving at an event or festival. Where do I put down my home for the next couple of days? Where should I avoid camping? Follow this advice to pick the best camping spot.

• Don’t camp at the bottom of a hill – otherwise you may get swept up in a mini-tsunami should the heavens open.
• Don’t camp near rowdy groups if you want to get some good quality kip in.
• Make sure that the ground is even and not lumpy; sleeping is awkward if you’ve got a lump sticking in your back.
• Never camp downwind of the toilets unless you are nose blind. Avoid camping too far away from the toilets in case you need to make a mad dash in the darkness to use the loo.
• Aim for a spot away from walkways or paths as you are less likely to be woken up by early or late risers.
• If you’re working a night shift, try to camp under the cover of trees as they block out daylight and provide cooler sleeping conditions during the daytime.
• Customise your tent with glow sticks so you can easily find you way back to your own tent.
• Camp with people on the same shift as you – this means that people returning to the campsite for their breaks won’t wake you up!
• Practise putting up and packing your tent away at home.

Ireland's biggest and best music festival returns. Electric Picnic has been described as 'the Glastonbury of Ireland' and has received accolades as one of the best festivals in Europe.

Headliners this year include Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Dermot Kennedy and Megan Thee Stallion.

DC Site Services will be providing traffic management and car parking services at this event. We are recruiting traffic stewards to work between 1^st – 5^th September.

Pay Rate: £10 per hour plus £1.21 holiday pay - STERLING

Transport to this event will be available from the UK. Transport will be leaving from designated meeting points (Leeds Festival and Reading Festival) on either 30th or 31st August. The return journey will take place on Tuesday 6th September, and you will be returned to your original meeting point. Further details can be found here.

This is a fantastic way to end your season with DC Site Services. Catch up with old friends or meet new ones. Join this diverse end of summer party on the Emerald Isle by applying now!

And most importantly…don’t forget your euros!

Look no further than Glastonbudget!

Glastonbudget is the world’s biggest and best tribute festival held in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, LE12 6SU.

Some of the tribute bands include:

Absolute Bowie, Amy: A Tribute, Antarctic Monkeys, Blurb: UK No.1 Blur Tribute, The Bootleg Beatles, The Darkside of Pink Floyd, Ed Sheeran Experience, Guns 2 Roses, Kazabian Tribute! Mercury, The Moderators, Oasish, The Police Academy, Pure Paloma, Renegades of Rage, Take @ That, The Cureheads, The Pistols, Whole Lotta DC, Wrong Jovi.

See all your favourite rock hits in one epic festival!

DC Site Services are recruiting for the following roles:

Car Parking (2^nd- 4^th June)

Campervan Parking (31st May - 5th June)

Litter Picking & Waste Management (2^nd – 7^th June)

Crew campsite and some meals provided!

Last December, DC Site Services announced the new event crew pay rates for the 2022 season and our decision to pay an additional 50 pence above the national minimum wage increase. Crew aged 22 and under would receive £9.45 ph plus £1.14 holiday pay (£10.59), while crew 23 and over would receive £10 ph plus £1.21 holiday pay (£11.21)

After a lot of consideration, DC Site Services is pleased to confirm that from now on all crew working in the same position will receive the same rate of pay regardless of age. We’re implementing this change as we strongly believe in fair pay for the same work.

The below is a statement from our Crew Handbook:

‘DC Site Services is an equal rights and equal opportunities employer. We employ staff from all walks of life and are accepting of all, regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, gender, disability, background, nationality etc. No matter who you are, if you work hard and treat others with respect then you deserve to be treated the same way.’

One rate for all crew is £10 ph plus £1.21 ph holiday pay (£11.21 per hour).

Let’s get to work!

The Cazoo Epsom Derby is fast approaching, and we have a limited number of spaces available. Make sure not to miss your chance to be a part of this historical event which celebrates Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

With more than just horse racing on offer, the famous Epsom Downs course is scheduled to feature a music stage and a fairground to really bolster the jubilee party feeling and make this a day to remember for everyone involved.

DC Site Services is proud to be providing litter picking and toilet cleaning services for this momentous occasion, with only a few litter picking spaces remaining.

Dates: 3^rd – 5^th June. Limited spaces on the 3^rd June.

Location: Epsom Downs Racecourse, Tattenham Corner Rd, Epsom, KT18 5LQ

Pay Rate: £15 per hour plus £1.81 holiday pay Friday & Saturday. And then £10 per hour plus £1.21 holiday pay on the Sunday.

Please note that accommodation is not available, so crew will need to make their own way to and from the event. Apply online to secure your position.

The Royal Windsor Horse Show is back and preparing for its biggest year ever as it marks the kick-off of the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

Once again, Windsor hosts international show jumping, dressage, driving and endurance competitions, as well as national jumping and showing classes. The Platinum Jubilee promises even more pageantry and pomp with the addition of a celebratory show at the end of each day.

DC Site Services are proud to be providing litter picking, waste management and cleaning services to this prestigious event.

Dates: 11^th – 15^th May

Location: Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6HX

Pay Rate: £10 per hour plus £1.21 holiday pay

Due to strict accreditation rules surrounding the event, Friday 29^th April is the final deadline for applications and we won’t be able to process any applicants after this date, so don’t delay or you may miss out.

Please note: you will need valid photographic ID (an in-date passport or driving license) to be put through the accreditation systems for this event.

We are recruiting traffic stewards for Standon Calling (21st – 25th July).

Standon Calling is a cosy, family-friendly festival situated in Standon, Hertfordshire on the private estate of the Standon Lordship.

If you want to catch Sophie Ellis-Bextor with ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’, Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ or ‘Movin' On Up’ with Primal Scream – this festival is for you!

NME described Standon Calling as: ‘A glitter-drenched mishmash of fancy dress-loving families, dogs in wigs, and teenagers carving out their very first festival memories, it’s here where you’re just as likely to end up at a superhero-themed aerobics class as you are a secret rave.’

Crew catering and campsite provided!

For more info about the event click here.  

Boomtown is back! You would be hard pressed to find a more diverse, explorative festival than Boomtown which is rich in its varied line-up of music acts, live acting, and alternate reality games. It’s a town brought to life, split into several districts, each with its own individual themes. This festival operates under its own set of common beliefs and principles supporting progressive ideas of environmentalism and social equality. It just happens to be set to an incredible, theatrical backdrop with live acts which include all genres of music such as ska, metal, punk, electronic house, disco, techno, drum and bass and hip-hop.

DC Site Services is happy to be providing VIP toilet attending services at this event from the 10^th of August to the 15^th. To be a part of the next chapter in Boomtown’s story, apply through your DCSS PAAM profile!

We’re thinking ahead for this week’s update. Planning is vital in our industry, and you can help us plan by sending in any requests you might have early.

Want to work with a friend? Here at DC Site Service, we always try to allocate friends to the same shift wherever possible. We know that you want to be able to chillout after shift with your friends to enjoy the event together. To make sure this happens simply note your profile in the ‘Additional Details’ section and email to let us know. Otherwise, if we don’t know, it may be difficult to allocate you to the same team on-site as we allocate crew into teams before arrival.

Do you plan on staying in your live-in vehicle or caravan while working for us?

If so, get in touch as soon as you’ve been accepted to work at an event to let us know your plans, providing details such as make, length and width, and we’ll get back to you to let you know whether this is possible or not. If your working at the event/festival depends on your ability to take a live-in vehicle, try to contact us prior to making your applications.

It might be the case that live-in vehicles are prohibited on-site at a particular event. Knowing how many live-in vehicles we have onsite allows us to organise the DC compound before you arrive.

Help us to get it right!

As always, we’re open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, for any other questions or enquiries you might have.

Just when you thought your event calendar was finely tuned and organised for the summer, we go and add a few more to the mix. We’re pleased to share that we have multiple new events to cram into your diary from as early as April through to September…

• Japfest, April, Silverstone (traffic/site crew)
• Euston Park Endurance Ride 2, June Thetford (litter)
• Euston Park Endurance Ride 3, July, Thetford (litter)
• Mahiki Henley end of June – early July, Henley on Thames (litter/cleaning)
• Ford Fair, August, Silverstone (traffic/site crew)
• TRAX, September, Silverstone (traffic/site crew)
• Beautiful People, September, London (litter)

Whether it’s working at Silverstone Circuit, a Tiki Paradise for rum enthusiasts in the heart of London, or a festival known for its House, Garage, Soul, or Drum & Bass (at a venue yet to be announced!) this festival season you have the luxury of being spoilt for choice. Log in. Apply. And wait for the fun to start.

The festival season is nearly upon us but this year we have an added royal twist. Amongst all the usual suspects DC Site Services are honoured to be providing services this year to the Cazoo Epsom Derby. DC’s Derby debut also happens to be falling on a pretty memorable weekend as the Derby will be coinciding with Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum jubilee in celebration of her 70 years as the reigning monarch. So, if you’re looking for a place to be for the bank holiday weekend at the start of June why not get down to the races like the royal family and spend it with us at the Cazoo Epsom Derby!

The Cazoo Derby is a landmark sporting event that takes place in the UK every year, and this is your opportunity to be a part of it. This year plays host to another standout moment in history as Queen Elizabeth II and many other notable members of the Royal Family are expected to be in attendance for the celebration of the Platinum Jubilee – and DC Site Services will be there, proving toilet attending and waste management services. Apply via your DCSS PAAM profile to secure your spot at this prestigious event.

As Yoda once said, ‘Always pass on what you have learned.’

Scott and Summer are back with Part II of their Festival Hints and Tips. If Part I passed you by, click here to catch up.

Keep reading for more useful insights…

Weather Considerations

1. Don’t trust any waterproof jackets to be totally waterproof. They may keep you dry but the phone in your pocket would not agree!
2. Never trust the weather. It’s very tempting to leave your shoes and other items outside your tent when its blazing hot but you may regret it in the morning when they’re covered in dew. 
3. Close your tent when you start your shift. This may seem obvious, but you would be amazed how many people return to flooded tents.

General Advice

1. We don’t want to sound like your mum but waking up early is honestly very rewarding. You’ll be first in the food queue, have time for a shower and be able to enjoy a brew without making your team late.
2. Don’t party too hard on the first night, everyone makes that mistake, save your energy for when the festival/event kicks off.
3. Bring your own alcohol, bars at festivals are REALLY expensive. Drink responsibly though, working with a hangover is not advisable.
4. You may be wearing the same uniform for days at a time so it goes without saying personal hygiene is a must.
5. Take your Team Leaders phone number- you may need to get in contact with them during your shift.
6. We understand that putting down your tent after a festival or event can be exhausting but after witnessing the devastation left over from a festival first-hand; respect the environment, take your tent home.

We’re happy to announce the return of the photo competition!

Last year we skipped the crew photo competition given that 2020 was a bit of a downer for events and festivals, however with 2021 under our belts we’re bringing it back!

We are proud of what we achieved in 2021 and have been slowly updating our website photo galleries with snaps taken along the way. We’d love to see more pictures of you, though. To enter the competition send in your pics if you worked with us last year, or if you don’t wish to enter the competition you can still join in by voting on your favourite picture. We'll be holding a Facebook poll in two weeks’ time to select the best photo so keep an eye on our Facebook page to join in with the poll. The winner of the poll will receive a unique piece of DC merch that no one else has!

Guidelines for submissions are as follows….

1. These need to be good quality photos (no thumbs half covering the lens etc.)

2. Fun, but still work-based (so not while off-shift, raving) and make sure they are taken while working at an event for DC Site Services!

3. Be aware that by submitting pictures you are giving us consent to use them on social media, the company website and for marketing purposes, please bear this in mind when sending in your pics

 4. Appropriate! While we’re sure you’ve taken some fab photos over the past season, please make sure that your mate Dave isn’t photobombing you, mooning you or throwing up a gang sign in the background. We all have that friend

 5. Feel free to use filters, Photoshop, anything to make it stand out from the rest

6. Send in as many photos as you like!

You can submit your photo by emailing admin@dcsiteservices.com with “DC Photo Competition” in the subject line, the closing date will be Friday 4th March.

Are you looking forward to the festival season yet?

Operations Manager Scott and festival-hardened Administrator Summer, have racked their brains to come up with some useful tips to make the most of the festival/event experience and avoid some of the not-so-obvious pitfalls. Heed their advice, it may save your skin when working at an event or festival.

Shower Etiquette

1. Always have a shower when you can - don’t put it off until the morning as you may get up and find the shower has disappeared.
2. Have your shower at a time when most people won’t- the last half hour before your shift begins will be the time everyone else is waiting too!
3. Be respectful that there may be other people waiting- you may enjoy a twenty-minute shower at home but there could be thirty people all waiting to use that one shower by the time you're finished!
4. Remember your belongings when you leave the shower - if you leave your shower gel behind its highly unlikely it will be there when you get back.
5. Hang your clothes up - if you leave them on the floor there is a good chance that after your shower they will be as wet as you are!

Essential Items

1. Keep some bin bags in your tent at all times. You can use these to put wet clothes in overnight at the end of the shift or to cover your possessions if you’re worried your tent may leak!
2. Bring your own toilet roll. Just because.
3. Don’t choose a tent because it is easy to put up, the main offender being the classic pop-up tent, look for a tent with high xxxxmm - the higher the figure, the more waterproof the tent.
4. You should ideally aim for 4000mm as this will be less likely to let water in. You will be eternally grateful for a dry tent at night especially during a torrential rainstorm.
5. Look after your feet! Bring blister plasters, dry socks, and wear walking boots. For goodness' sake walk your boots in!
6. We cannot reiterate enough that you need to take care of yourself, bring enough snacks, water, sun-cream/a hat on shift. No one wants sunstroke, it ruins the experience.
7. Your phone will die, bring back-up in the form of an alarm clock or second phone so should your phone alarm fail you’re covered. We don’t want to shake your tent to wake you up when you’re late for shift. Trust us.
8. Bring a mallet/hammer! Sometimes the ground is hard and there’s no guarantee anyone else will bring one.
9. Take as many power banks as possible- you can buy small cheap ones, they may only charge your phone a limited amount each time but you can buy multiple ones and charge them at home before you leave. It is also less likely that anyone would else would want to take these.
10. Most festivalgoers appear in social media scantily clad. This is not always the case, bring layers, when the sun goes down the temperate drops. You don’t want to end up sleeping in your uniform because you’re cold.

And finally, if you’re working with us at an event or festival, remember you are there to do a job. As long as the job is done, have as much fun as you want!

Part II to follow...

What a fantastic launch week with nearly 700 applications in just the first four days! Thank you to everyone who logged in to apply, we can’t wait to get back out in the field with you.

The number one question we’ve had this week? “When will you be assigning positions for Glastonbury?” Our answer? Not quite yet. Last year we made the decision to remove all deposits, and we’re standing by that decision this year even with the return of Glastonbury to our event calendar. We will be doing one or two things differently, however.

We no longer assign positions on a first come, first served basis. Without deposits we select our applicants based on experience with the company. Don’t worry, this doesn’t rule out everyone brand-new to DC, but it does reshuffle the order of applications. So, if you’d like to better your chances of being assigned the best thing you can do is apply to work at one or two events leading up to Glastonbury. The absence of deposits means relying on trust, and if we’re familiar with you from another event, this exponentially betters your chance of being offered a position.

Nearer the time you can also expect some literature to be sent out with regards to wristband etiquette and the security measures we will be taking onsite. And though we may not be assigning Glastonbury positions just yet to give the new people among you a chance to become known to us, we will begin assigning positions for other events and festivals over the next week or so.

Lastly, we’d like to give a big shout out to our crew working the first event of the year at Build It Live in Kent this weekend. Good luck, guys!

The 2022 Event Calendar has Launched!

The day we’ve been waiting for is here, the event calendar is published, and applications are OPEN! You can now begin to plan out your summer!

How to apply

Log into your DCSS PAAM profile and simply use the the “apply” tab. Remember, our dedicated office team check all profiles once you make an application to ensure that there is no missing information before marking them as approved. Any application made by an approved profile will automatically be ready to be accepted. If your profile is missing any vital information, don’t worry, we’ll get in contact to give you the head’s up. Just bear in mind that the approved profiles shuffle up the queue above the unapproved ones!  

How long will you have to wait?

We won’t start assigning applications for a few weeks to first gauge how many applications come through, and secondly to give everyone a fair chance to get their calendar organised. In the meantime, we absolutely do welcome any contact from yourselves when it comes to chasing up the progress of your application.

Special requests?

If you’d like to work alongside a friend this is usually fine, but we suggest first communicating with your friends to make sure they do apply. The next step is to contact admin by email so that we have a trail of this request and can log this for approval. The same goes for requesting to work a specific shift or on a specific team. We’ll run through these requests when it comes to assigning crew into teams and we’ll do our best to accommodate everyone.  If you have your eyes on two separate events which happen to overlap by a day or two, let us know and we’ll see what we can do!  

Is there more to come?

This is the preliminary event calendar, and as more events and festivals are added we’ll be sure to let you know! Let’s go!

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who recently took part in the staff surveys. We always look forward to receiving feedback of every type from our event staff. It’s your vital first-hand experience when working onsite that helps influence what changes need to be made, and what works well!

We’ve learned that our social media presence could do with a push, something we’ll be reviewing further this year, but that the preferred way to receive DC news over social media is by far, Facebook.

The Office Team was delighted to receive such a warm response this year with regards to your experience when contacting the office. 61.8% rated the team 5/5, with a further 27.5 rating 4/5. Thank you!

Our Team Leaders also received some well-deserved praise, with many responses stating that…

“All were friendly and helpful”  

“All brilliant, makes working so good”

“Top team”

A surprising amount of crew stated that they prefer email correspondence over WhatsApp and text, and a whopping 87.5% of responses stated that they would absolutely recommend working with DC Site Services to a friend. We’re also pleased to see that most people find navigating the website fairly simple, and that setting up a DCSS PAAM profile was a straightforward process for them.

Moving forward, just a few of the changes we’ll be incorporating for the 2022 season will include precise meetings points for crew onsite, even if this cannot be confirmed until we are onsite ourselves, we will endeavour to communicate this as soon as possible to ensure a smooth arrival process for crew. We’ll also be looking at improving our induction process when onsite so that once on point, crew are happy and confident with the job they are there to do.

Finally, of course, this year’s winner! Selected at random, the winner is... Melvyn & Sarah Tudno-Jones, you’ll receive your prize in the post soon!

Lastly, just a few of our favourite comments received this time around…

“The office is always professional and very willing to help with any issues…”

“Always really easy to talk to, especially once we’d done a festival and knew many of the people we were talking to…”

“DC staff are always very welcoming…”

Thank you once again, and remember, just around the corner is the Calendar launch on February 1^st!

2021 Has without a doubt been a year unlike any other for DC Site Services and the event and festival industry as a whole. Ordinarily a festival season would follow months of careful planning, scheduling, and preparation for the undertaking ahead. Due to the ambiguity the events industry collectively faced this Spring while waiting for confirmation of what could safely take place, this forced many events and festivals to cancel in the early part of the year due to a lack of government backed insurance and a general atmosphere of anxiety.

Come July, once restrictions were lifted this ultimately thrust us all into the festival season after a year of being locked away amidst a rapidly changing environment, with those events that were able to go ahead often being given the all-clear with very little notice or chance to prepare.  What’s more, with many events rescheduled from the early part of the summer to later in the year and with only a small window between the government giving the green light to go ahead and the festival season launching, we were left with the prospect of, at short notice, condensing six months’ worth of Events & Festivals into essentially three. We not only succeeded in doing this, but the overwhelming feedback from crew has been among the most positive we’ve ever received at DC Site Services.

Despite circumstances beyond our control that made an already fast-paced and at times demanding business even more challenging (a lack of infrastructure and supply chain issues following the pandemic, lengthy accreditation and Covid-secure protocols at many events, feeling the knock-on effect of Brexit and an unprecedented nationwide staffing shortage) we’re proud to finally be able to sit back and reflect on what an achievement it is to simply be a still operating, successful Event & Festival contractor after the chaos of the past two years, as well as the hope that the hard work of 2021 has laid the groundwork for bigger and better things in the future.

Notwithstanding the issues faced with recruitment within the industry this year, in 2021 DC Site Services have seen a significant drop in our use of staffing partners and an increase in our own recruitment, not to mention a much welcome upsurge of winter-based event work. DC Site Services ordinarily falls dormant in the winter months, planning for the summer ahead with a few Christmas events along the way. This year however, we are pleased to have consistent winter work throughout November and December, through to the New Year!

None of this would have been possible without you, our clients. We would like to thank all of you who worked with DC Site Services this year, whether you were with us for one event or a few. You helped us to power through what has undeniably been our hardest, but arguably most successful season yet.

With all this under our belts, we focus now on what lays ahead. By now you will have received an invitation to complete a client survey giving you the opportunity to let us know what worked well, what didn’t, and any changes you’d like to see implemented for your next event. If you missed it first time around, you still have time to complete this survey by clicking here. Remember, we are already in the process of confirming our event schedule for 2022, so if you have yet to send through your requirements for your 2022 events, do so ASAP to ensure that your event will be staffed and ready.

We will eventually take a break, closing our doors from the 24^th of December to the 4^th of January. For now, we would like to say thank you for the opportunity to be a part of your event this year, and we hope to continue to work together for the foreseeable future.

Happy Holidays and here’s to a successful 2022.

All at DC Site Services.

2021 has without a doubt been a year unlike any other for DC Site Services and the event and festival industry as a whole. Ordinarily a festival season would follow months of careful planning, scheduling, and preparation. However, this season kicked off amidst much uncertainty as to whether planned events would go ahead, with many events and festivals forced to cancel in the early part of the year due to a lack of government backed insurance and a general atmosphere of anxiety over the circumstances.

Come July, once restrictions were lifted, this ultimately thrust us all into the festival season after a year of being locked away amidst a rapidly changing environment, with those events that were able to go ahead often being given the all-clear with very little notice or chance to prepare. What’s more, with many events rescheduled from the early part of the summer to later in the year and with only a small window between the government giving the green light to go ahead and the festival season launching, we were left with the prospect of, at short notice, condensing six months’ worth of Events & Festivals into essentially three. We not only succeeded in doing this, but the overwhelming feedback from event organisers has been among the most positive we’ve ever received at DC Site Services.  

None of this would have been possible without our crew. We would of course like to thank everyone who worked with DC Site Services this year, whether you were with us for the whole stretch or just one show, and we would like to say a very sincere thank you to those who really dug deep with us and helped us to power through what has undeniably been our hardest, but arguably most successful season yet. Namely, our dedicated Operations, office and stores team, and our committed job leads and team leaders. Even a handful of managers from years gone by briefly returned to help.

Despite circumstances beyond our control that made an already fast-paced and at times demanding business even more challenging (a lack of infrastructure and supply chain issues following the pandemic, lengthy accreditation and Covid-secure protocols at many events, feeling the knock-on effect of Brexit and an unprecedented nationwide staffing shortage) we’re proud to finally be able to sit back and reflect on what an achievement it is to still be operating as a successful Event & Festival contractor after the chaos of the past two years, as well as the hope that the hard work of 2021 has laid the groundwork for bigger and better things in the future.

Notwithstanding the issues faced with recruitment throughout the industry this year, in 2021 DC Site Services has seen a significant drop in our use of staffing partners and an increase in our own recruitment, not to mention a much welcome upsurge of winter event work. DC Site Services usually falls dormant in the winter months, planning for the summer ahead with a few Christmas events along the way. This year however, we are pleased to have consistent winter work throughout November and December, through to the New Year!

With all this under our belts, we focus now on what lays ahead. By now you may have seen our statement in regards to an increase in pay which surpasses the upcoming rise of minimum wage, in addition to an invitation to complete a staff survey. For your chance to help implement the changes you’d like to see, and to be entered into a prize draw to win an Amazon voucher, make sure you complete your survey by the new year. The winner of the prize draw will then be announced in the New Year. We’ll also be launching a recruitment drive in early 2022 to bring in more team leaders and job leads for the season ahead, so keep an eye on your emails for more news and updates!

We will eventually take a break, closing our doors from the 24^th of December to the 4^th of January. For now, we would like to say thank you for all your hard work this year and thank you to the crew who continue to work through the winter.

Happy Holidays and here’s to a successful 2022.

All at DC Site Services.

After what has possibly been one of the most challenging festival seasons to date for all within the industry, it’s finally time to sit back and reflect on the year in its entirety. One of the most essential tools we have when it comes to maintaining standards and continuously improving our services is the feedback we receive from our clients.

We’d love to hear from you. We’d like to know what worked well for you and what didn’t. What would you like to see more of next year and is there anything you’d like to omit all together? If you can spare five minutes, then please click HERE to take part in our client feedback survey.

Like most contractors, we’re already taking inquiries for 2022 Events & Festivals and planning for the year ahead NOW. Our event schedule can fill up very quickly, so if you’d like to be able tick traffic management, stewarding, cleaning, or waste management services for your next event off your to do list, contact us today to book in your crew!

After what has possibly been one of the most challenging festival seasons to date for all within the industry, it’s finally time to sit back and reflect on the year in its entirety. One of the most essential tools we have when it comes to maintaining standards and continuously improving our services is the feedback we receive from our event crew.

We’d love to hear from you. We’d like to know what worked well for you and what didn’t. What would you like to see more of next year and is there anything you’d like to omit all together? If you can spare five minutes, then pop the kettle on and please click HERE to take part in our staff survey. Every person who completes this survey will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win an Amazon voucher

We have a lot to look forward to next year including an increased pay rate, team leader recruitment and the return of some much-missed festivals. Keep your eyes peeled of the launch of our event calendar in early February!

Working at an event or festival is a unique way to earn a living and does have many attractive perks. However as fun and exciting as this job may be, it can also be physically demanding and time consuming. While ultimately rewarding, we understand the amount of dedication it takes to work within this industry. As such, we will be making immediate changes to our pay structure to reflect the hard work of all our crew.

Historically DC Site Services has raised the pay rate for our event crew in accordance with the UK Government’s increase in the national minimum wage. However, as we move into 2022, effective immediately we will be increasing our payrate to surpass this new rise in the minimum wage. Going forwards, DC Site Services staff aged 23 and over will be paid £10 per hour as a basic rate, with staff aged 22 and under receiving £9.45.

In addition to this, from next year holiday pay will be paid at the same time as your regular pay run rather than being accrued until the end of the season. This will be reflected in your payslips. See the accompanying graphic for a breakdown of what to expect next year.

These are small steps, but we intend to continue to invest in you so that you may hopefully do the same with us.

Bolesworth Castle is a location steeped in heritage, set against the truly spectacular backdrop of the rural, rolling Cheshire countryside. This festive period, DC Site Services will be providing cleaning and waste management services over various dates from late November all the way through to the 24^th of December.

If you’d like to see the enchanted woods, the Christmas lights along the lakeside and even one or two real-life reindeer, log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply for a position to be a part of this magical event. Apply for just the one week or even all four, we’d love to hear from you!

As the nights grow longer and the days grow colder, the DC Site Services’ crew at the Natural History Museum are out in all weather conditions to ensure that visitors to the Ice Rink have a safe and enjoyable visit.

All of us at DC Site Services would like to thank them for their continued hard work and effort. Big shout out to the current team: Lorraine, Rob, Parus and Recep!

What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to submerge yourself in an enchanting world of lights and music. All while providing cleaning and waste management services, of course.

DC Site Services is pleased to return to Wollaton Hall at Nottingham again this Christmas! We have an excellent opportunity available for anyone looking to supplement their income running up to the Christmas period by working on a rota basis at this magical event.

With flexible working available between the 26^th of November & the 9^th of January, simply contact the office with your availability. Work as many or as little shifts as appropriate for you, all while enjoying the warm and fuzzy atmosphere.

We hope to see you there!

Are you looking to cram your calendar with winter work?

We’re on the lookout for individuals (London-based or able to commute) to form a cleaning crew for the National History Museum Ice Rink event running from 20th November until 16th January. Set against the backdrop of the Waterhouse building, the Ice Rink at the Natural History Museum is one of the most magical places to be this winter. The team will be responsible for keeping the ice rink, restaurant, and toilets clean and tidy. Shifts will be on a rota basis and are expected to last for 6 weeks.

If you are available either full time (35 hours) or part time (21 hours) and want to be a part of the team – please email recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with your CV, and to confirm your availability. 

Cheesy Christmas carols and iffy skating will most definitely be involved!

Oktoberfest is one of the World’s largest beer and folk festivals with Bavarian music in the afternoon followed by modern pop in the evening, and of course, lots of beer. This weekend DC Site Services will be providing waste management services to several Oktoberfest’s including Chelmsford, Norwich & Leicester. And if you’re not one for rowdy crowds then also coming up this weekend for waste management is Build it Bicester in Heritage.

We’re also back at Silverstone Circuit for TRAX this weekend with traffic management and general care taking positions available. Should any of these roles peek your interest then please log into your DCSS PAAM and apply to secure your spot!

A massive double header is coming to the West Midlands, situated at Sandwell Valley Country Park in West Bromwich. MADE Festival and the craziest party in the world, Elrow Midlands are landing for the final two weekends of September.

Kicking off with MADE festival headlined by The Streets and featuring a multi-genre mashup of all assorted dance music, we then move swiftly on as Elrow Midlands rolls into town and brings the craziness with it. All to the backdrop of some house music.

DC Site Services has waste management shifts available at both events, so if your interest has been piqued then make sure to head to your DCSS PAAM profile now and get yourself signed up to one or even both massive events.

MADE: 18th – 23rd September

Elrow Midlands: 25th – 28th

Camping available at both events!

We have just a few spots left for two festivals taking place in London this weekend through to the 9^th of September! First up is Mighty Hoopla, located at Brockwell Park. A well-known pop festival full of music, fun and fashion.

Taking place simultaneously, less than 10 miles away is Beautiful People at Morden Park! Bringing together the very best in UK dance music in a huge 6 Arena event.  

We have waste management positions and camping available at both, please apply through your DCSS PAAM profile or for further info please reach out to the office team.

While we approach the peak of the summer Event & Festival calendar, the Autumn one is just around the corner!

We have a stacked September ahead of us with showstoppers such as Mighty Hoopla, the previously rescheduled Made Festival, and Elrow Midlands to mention just a few. To finish up the season before we head into our winter calendar, we’re at back-to-back Oktoberfest events across the country. The perfect wind-down!

Applications are open! we recommend applying now and not waiting for the summer to be over before firming up your autumn plans!

If you’ve any questions, as always, the office staff are on standby ready and available.

August Bank Holiday is one of the busiest times of the year for the Event & Festival industry. We’ll be working our socks off over the long weekend, providing the following services to…

Leeds Festival – Traffic Management, Bramham Park (25^th – 30^th Aug)

Reading Festival – Traffic Management, Little John’s Farm (25^th – 30^th Aug)

Carfest South – Waste Management, Laverstock Park Farm (27^th – 31^st Aug)

The Big Feastival – Waste Management, Alex James Farm (27^th – 31th Aug)

It’s the final big push with a spattering of positions left for the lucky few who get their applications in! You can do this through your DCSS PAAM profile, or, feel free to contact the office to discuss any questions you may have.

A quick reminder list…

Tent gear – do you have all your pegs?

Footwear – waterproof? Spare socks?

Sunscreen and snacks – we’ll provide a meal provision while on shift, but we always recommend bringing a few extra snacks and lots of sunscreen!

Travel – make sure to leave in plenty of time and re-check your briefing/arrival times

Contacts – Make sure you have the onsite contact ready in your phone, just in case you end up at the wrong gate or you’re waylaid by roadworks!

We’ll see you there!

We have only a few spots left available for the Crick Boat Show this 18th – 25th August! With dozens of colourful boats to set the scene, this event showcases a variety of all sailing vessles such as narrowboats and wide beams, all on display both within the Marina and on land. This show is the heart of the village, and a great respite for those who have been working back to back festivals!

Shifts are between 8 and 12 hours long with camping and food provided. If you’re looking for something more laid back and idylic before the run up to the big bank holiday weekend, login and apply through your DCSS PAAM profile.

If the event happens to overlap by a day or so with another event you’re assigned to work at, just drop a line to the office and we’ll see what can be done!

Live music and fast cars, great food, and great fun. Two major events, one bank holiday weekend! The 10^th anniversary of CarFest south is here and it promises to be big, with great motoring displays featuring vintage classics, grand prix cars and even famous movie cars and that’s before you even get to the music. Meanwhile, on offer at the Big Feastival you have all the culinary choices you could ever hope for along with fantastic music from artists such as: Sigala and Rag ‘n’ Bone man.

If you booked in your bank holiday weekend plans, here is your answer. DC Site Services is pleased to be providing waste management to both of these events.

CarFest South (26/08 – 03/09)

Big Feastival (27/08 – 31/08)

Log in to your DCSS PAAM now to apply!

We have various traffic, waste, cleaning, and toilet attendant positions available at the Festival of Sport this Friday 13^th through to Monday 16^th August! Shifts are between 8 and 12 hours long, with a meal provision and camping available!

If you’d like to work, then please log into your DCSS PAAM profile, or contact the office on 01733 200713/ admin@dcsiteservices.com to discuss your application with a member of the team!

Leeds festival is one of the UK’s most well-known and popular festivals. This year, it has a line-up which includes mostly British bands such as Liam Gallagher, Biffy Clyro, Yungblud and many more.

DC Site Services is pleased to be back again this year providing traffic management services. If you’re still eager to shake off the cobwebs after a year indoors, then dust off your wellies, pull the tent out of the loft and apply to work over the August bank holiday, 25^th – 30^th August!

The Henley Regatta is the highlight of the summer rowing calendar, and the most esteemed Regatta in the world. Hosting over 300 races across five days of elite sporting competition! DC Site Services is pleased to be providing waste management and toilet attendant services for this prestigious event.

We have shifts available for the main event (11^th – 15^th August) and post show shifts (17^th – 18^th August). Work one or the other, or both with a day off between. Log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply!

The last two weeks of July is the first big busy stretch of the season, and it’s all about traffic marshalling.

Standon Calling - Hertfordshire! If you enjoy good music, family activities, great food, hot tubs and pointing cars in the correct direction then traffic marshalling at this festival will be the highlight of your summer. Apply now to play your part of Standon’s fifteenth birthday!

Latitude Festival – Henham Park! With a stellar line-up ranging from the Chemical Brothers to the Kaiser Chiefs to Rick Astley, Latitude is one of those festivals that everyone must experience at least once, if not a couple dozen times. If you’re looking for as much work as possible leading up the main festival days, we also have pre-show work available from the 17^th to the 22^nd added as a separate event on DCSS PAAM!

With Camping available, food provided, and zero deposits required, what better way to earn money while having the time of your life. Apply today, or contact the office if you’d like to discuss your applications!

Taking place at the grounds of Bolesworth Castle in Cheshire, Carfest North will be celebrating it's tenth birthday! Carfest isn’t just about cars, it’s about amazing music, tasty food, and good company. To help mark this occasion, DC Site Services will be providing waste management services!

We’re offering shifts between 8 and 10 hours long, with camping and food provided. While off shift you can enjoy some of the UK’s best artists, bands, and DJs, all while seeing some super flashy motors. You might even catch a peek of Chris Evans!

DC Site Services is pleased to return to Latitude Festival to provide traffic management services once again. Latitude is one of the chosen Government pilot events to take place this year, and a staple of the festival season with so much to offer.

From the legendary Obelisk Arena to the Hothouse (a restaurant within an adapted polytunnel), to the theatre of food (a stage offering live cooking sessions and demos), and of course live music acts! This festival draws a large, varied crowd.

Don’t miss out on this one, trust us! If you're 18 or over, you are eligible to apply today. And remember, no deposit required!

Calling all foodies! We’ve spent a year indoors, what better way to get back out there than to experience the Taste of London while being paid to be there.

We have limited waste management & cleaning positions left for Taste, so make sure to apply now to secure a position at one of the best food festivals in the world!

As you may be aware, this evening we will be waiting to hear the Government’s latest decision with regards to lockdown restrictions and when we can expect these to be lifted.

Like everyone else, we were anticipating and hoping that the roadmap out of lockdown would go ahead as planned, with the goal of exiting on June 21^st. We have, however, been planning and preparing for a different outcome should this be delayed for whatever reason.

Regardless of what this evening’s announcement will entail, it is important to remember that though we may have to swap up our event calendar, we will have an event calendar this year. Outdoor events should go ahead, even if the audience capacity is in question.

We will be in conversation with clients and will update you as and when changes occur. Do not be disheartened, and don’t put those wellies away just yet!

Whether it’s the family crowd, the ravers, those who are there for a literal laugh in the comedy tent, the workshop crowd, the foodies or the animal lovers, everyone has their favourite marque, crowd, or show. Few festivals cater to all those things at the same time. Standon Calling is one of those festivals.

A “small but perfectly formed” festival, DC Site Services will be providing the traffic management at this festival in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside as it celebrates its 15^th birthday! To be a part of this milestone, log into your DCSS PAAM profile and apply.

Every summer Taste of London takes over Regent’s Park to present some of the finest food from across the globe to some ravenous Londoners. DC Site Services is pleased to return this year to provide litter, waste management and cleaning services!

If you are a local, then this event is ideal for you. This event can be worked around your own schedule, offering a choice of dates split into two weeks with a deep clean in between. You can work the entire duration or the week of your choice, simply log into your DCSS PAAM profile to decide.

We hope to see you there, bring an empty stomach! 

Our Event Calendar has grown considerably with several new site crew opportunities at some of your favourite festivals including Truck Festival, Boardmasters, Love Trails, Lost Village and a good many more.

Daydreaming about Boomtown? Well we’ve got a treat in store for you. The brains behind Boomtown have recently announced a locals only, mini-event named Boom Village, same vibes and ethos only more intimate and community-oriented.

If you’d like to help with the build and break when it comes to the glamping tents at these festivals, with the prospect to either having a rest during the show days or picking up reception duties, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Apply Now to be considered, but don’t forget to check out the rest of our calendar which is packed all the way through to October and still growing! Need to get a hold of us while on the go? Email, drop us a line or simply ping us a WhatsApp message on 01733 200713.

The Royal Windsor Horse Show is the UK’s largest outdoor premier show and hosts some of the best jumping in the world. This prestigious event takes place in the private grounds of Windsor Castle, and we’re pleased to be back again this year to provide cleaning & waste management services!

Applications are open until May 23^rd, so make sure to apply soon to secure your spot at this esteemed event.

Also coming up is the Action Challenge! This is a walking/jogging/running series of events taking place across the UK, the first of which is a 100km anticlockwise trek through the Lake District. Apply here for a chance to work with some of England’s finest countryside as your backdrop!

What a fantastic response to opening up applications! In just the first two days alone nearly 600 applications were made. Thank you to everyone who applied, and we look forward to seeing you in a field somewhere soon.

The season ahead…

Notwithstanding this amazing response, it’s important to acknowledge the unique circumstances in which we will be operating this year surrounding the pandemic. We lost an entire festival season last year, but this year is the turning point. We anticipate that dates may change to suit the requirements of certain events, some may even cancel, but we will endeavour to communicate any of these changes to you as they occur. Despite whatever shape or form the festival season takes this year, we are quietly confident that there will be events and festivals happening!

Two quick reminders:

• We no longer require deposits, so if this is something which prevented you from applying in the past, this is no longer an issue!
• Our handy but extensive FAQs cover all the basics, so if you have questions about job roles, pay, how to apply, onsite facilities etc. then take a peek! For specific info on any particular event, remember to click the “Apply Now & More Info” button on the event calendar to review the specifics before committing to an application. Otherwise, please contact the admin team who will be ready to answer any of your questions.

When will you be assigned?

Finally, what everyone wants to know! We will begin assigning people into their positions mid to late May in order to give everyone plenty of time to get their applications in. Remember, we assign positions on a first come, first served basis, however if your profile is incomplete, you’ll move down in the queue. The more prepared you are, the quicker and more likely you’ll be to get assigned!

In 5 days, applications will open, and you’ll be able to apply for the Events & Festivals you’d like to work at with DC Site Services this year. The calendar will continue to grow and change, but we’ll keep you informed of those changes every step of the way!

To check that you’re ready to apply, see a handy guide posted last week to make sure you’re giving yourself the best possible chance of being assigned. Roll on April 28^th!

Planning your applications

By publishing the Event Calendar last week, and opening applications on April 28^th, it is our hope that this gives you ample enough time to carefully plan out your summer! Things to consider…

Travel & Planning

• How will you travel to and from these Events & Festivals? If by car, can you travel with a friend to save on costs and to limit your carbon footprint?
• Double check your diary for any commitments which may have slipped your mind
• If there are Events & Festivals you’d love to work at, but unfortunately take place at the exact same time, make a list of your first, second and third choices. If you are not assigned to your first choice, you can contact the office to request your application be removed from your first choice so as to apply for your second etc.
• Does your tent have holes in it, does it still have all the pins? Make a list of what to bring with you and check the current state of all of your equipment. Our FAQs have a handy list available if unsure.

What if two festivals overlap?

If two Events or Festivals you would like to work at happen to overlap by a day or two, email the office (once applications open up) to see if it’s possible to leave the first early or to arrive later to the second. The number of staff required at the start and towards the end of an event can often fluctuate. We can’t guarantee it, but occasionally these requests can be approved. There’s no harm in asking!

Are you ready to apply?

Checking if your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date is essential. All profiles are preapproved before we begin to assign people into positions. Things to check:

• Make sure your photo (passport quality) is recent
• Make sure your contact information is correct
• Make sure your tax declaration reflects your current circumstances
• If using a scan of your passport as your entitlement to work in the UK documents, make sure it’s still in date!

Problems with your DCSS PAAM profile?

If you experience problems logging into your DCSS PAAM profile you may need to reset your password. The option to do this is on the login page, make sure to check your spam folder if the email does not come through straight away. The new password will also need to have upper and lower-case characters, a number and a special character e.g., JoeBl088gs1950!@

Feeling out of practice?

It would be understandable to feel a little out of practice having missed an entire festival season. However, our FAQs should cover everything you need to know. We’d recommend taking a few minutes to reacquaint yourselves with these, however if you do have a question which isn’t covered there, simply ping us an email!

After some careful planning, DC Site Services is pleased to finally launch our 2021 Event Calendar (click here to view!) Following a difficult year for the events industry, summer 2021 is looking much more promising and we’re excited to invite you to be a part of it.

Understandably, following the upheaval of a missing festival season and the impact of having to consider the varied possible outcomes of the one ahead, the timeline of planning for most contractors has been pushed back somewhat. As such, we’re still in discussions with our various clients and event organisers to finalise their exact requirements. Because of this, all events are for the time being listed as ‘opening soon.’ This enables you to both apply with confidence once applications are opened, and the time to carefully plan out your season and which fields your muddy wellies will be treading in!

In the meantime, our calendar will give you a rough idea of what the season ahead for DC Site services will look like, though rest assured, plenty of other events are in the pipeline and we’ll be notifying you as these are added over the coming weeks and months.

When will you be able to hit the apply button? We’re planning to fully open applications on April 28^th at which point you’ll be able to put that careful planning into practice. In the interim, you can log into DCSS PAAM to make sure your profile and entitlement to work documents are up to date, for more information visit our FAQs!

This is a year of change for DC Site Services and we’re keen to bring you along with us. One of those first subtle changes is our NEW LOGO! You’ll see on the website and on DCSS PAAM that our updated logo is now live, and we feel this matches the new streamlined approach we intend to take with how we operate moving forwards, both onsite and at the office. We’d like to say a special thank you to Elliot Hawker, the web designer who created the logo. Thank you, Elliot.

There have also been changes amongst the team, and we are sad to say goodbye for now to Ed Hawker, Head of Operations, who will be leaving his role at the end of the month. After much deliberation Ed has decided on a new venture by starting a business of his own. Ed will continue to support DC where he can and will still be a familiar face onsite, but please join us in wishing Hawker Garden Services the absolute best in this new venture!

We are, however, pleased to welcome back to the team Scott Mason, an already familiar face to many of our crew. He will be taking up the position of Operations Manager, joining the office team in guiding DC forwards into this new era. Welcome back, Scott.

Finally! There is only ONE WEEK TO GO until the 2021 event schedule is launched! On April 5^th you’ll be able to see which Events & Festivals you’ll be able to apply for when applications open up towards the end of April, giving you ample time to plan out your season!

The 5^th of April is just around the corner! In two weeks’ time we’ll be launching our event calendar, and you’ll be able to see what we have in the pipeline for 2021 (so far). We’re certainly looking forward to a return to normalcy.

In the meantime, there’s still ample opportunity to apply to take part in a free, online NVQ Level 2 course in Spectator Safety through our colleagues, Newthorn. We highly recommend taking part, and you can do so by applying online through your DCSS PAAM profile.  For more details on the course simply click the “Apply & More Info” button the event schedule.

After waiting on various announcements and decisions to be made, we’re happy to finally count down to the soft launch of this year’s event schedule!

The first week of April, you’ll be able view what DC has in the pipeline over the next six to seven months (thus far). Applications will show as “Opening Soon” initially, but we’ll be sure to give you the head’s up as to when you can start applying.

We anticipate that some of these events may need to reschedule, but regardless, here’s to firmly leaving 2020 in the past and to a much-anticipated new festival season!

We hope everyone is keeping safe and well. Though this is typically the quiet period for us where ordinarily we’re beginning preparations for the upcoming festival season, there’s no denying that this year feels quite different. None of us really know what to expect at this stage but rest assured, we are quietly working away behind the scenes, preparing for every possible scenario for 2021.

In the meantime, let’s have some feelgood Friday vibes, and a pleasant weekend.

If you have festival withdrawals like the rest of us, something you can do to prepare for this year is to check that the information you have listed on your DCSS PAAM profile is still relevant to you. What’s the use of applying to work at a festival if we can’t pay you because your account details are out of date?

Here’s a quick list of things to check:

• Contact information! (Can we still reach you on the number and email address listed?)
• Bank details
• Tax declaration (make sure the correct statement is selected to avoid being overtaxed)
• Entitlement to work in the UK documents (these MUST be in date)
• Your photo (recently shaved your head? Be recognisable when you walk onsite and upload a current passport-quality photo)

The above listed are the essentials, however we recommend checking your entire profile while logged in. This is our first post-Brexit festival season, so each profile will need approving upon application, regardless of whether you were approved last season. If everything is still current and in date, then you won’t need to do anything!

Contact the office anytime (we recommend by email) should you have any problems with the above. Let’s start this festival season off on the right foot!

We hope everyone is well! We are in the midst of planning and strategizing for a festival season that at the moment, is slowly taking shape. Though admittedly, it’s a shape which will likely change multiple times over the next few months!

In the meantime, something you can do to prepare, is to log into your DCSS PAAM profile. If it’s been a while since you last logged in, you’ll find that you may be asked to change your password. This password will need to have upper case and lower-case characters, a special character and a number. For example: “Joebl*ggs1990”

If you have any problems with this at all, please do not hesitate to contact the office. 

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! This past year was a difficult one to say the least, but we’re still here, and we’re still planning and preparing for a full festival season, whatever shape and form that may take.

Over the next few weeks an event schedule will appear on the website as “opening soon” which we fully expect to change and be updated throughout the season. Hang in there, stay safe, and hopefully we will be reunited in a muddy field somewhere soon!

We'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a prosperous New Year! 

After a number of years and many successful projects together, we announce that Matt Hettle, who held the position of Operations Director no longer works for DC Site Services Ltd.

A transition plan is underway and will be available in early 2021. If in the meantime you have any queries regarding the above or future projects, please contact admin@dcsiteservices.com.

Please join us in wishing Summer Buckley a very happy Birthday! (Even if it is a day late). Not one to rest on her laurels, even on her birthday, Summer spent the day working at the Christmas at Wollaton Hall event in Nottingham yesterday. We hope you still managed to have a great day and enjoyed the twinkly lights.

If you are a local to Nottingham and would like to join the team, we have waste management shifts available from the 13^th to 30^th December. Should you wish to discuss a potential application, we would be happy for you to get in contact.

We would like to say a big thank you to all of the crew who joined us at the Concourse of Elegance earlier this month. DC Site Services provided the waste management for this special event, which showcases 300 of the finest and rarest cars from around the world in the beautiful setting of Hampton Court Palace.

Thank you, crew, and well done.

We’re pleased to (finally) announce some upcoming work opportunities for September. We have the Turf Games, a hybrid event which closes the gap between competitive functional fitness and one dimensional events such as marathons to bring you a social event, centred around team-based workouts. (Don’t worry we’re just providing the waste management!) This takes place 19^th – 20^th September at Roslyn Park in London.

Around the same time (18^th – 20^th Sep), we have the Battle of Britain Air show. A special event in Duxford which is a three-day event commemorating the 80^th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, remembering the men, women and aircraft interwoven with the Summer of 1940. We will be proving toilet attendants for this event.

We have limited positions remaining for both, applications are open so be sure to log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply sooner rather than later!

For those of you who are DC veterans you will know Dick and Janet, two of DC Site Services’ Directors who were here from the very beginning and established the Company in 1993. Dick and Janet first became involved in the Events & Festival scene back in the 60s, which resulted in them joining Reading festival’s ‘training school’ and have since then, in one way or another been involved with this iconic festival.

This festival season will mark the first time in FOURTY SEVEN YEARS that they have sadly not been involved with Reading due to COVID. We’re sure you’ll be back there next year!

We’d also like to take a moment to say a quick thank you to the staff who worked VJ Day, we received wonderful feedback from the client, thanking the team for “going above and beyond under difficult circumstances.” Well done crew.

In addition to this, we’re pleased to recruit for an upcoming event in September, the Battle of Britain Air Show! This takes place 18^th – 20^th September and is located in Duxford, Cambridge. If you’re local and would like to join the team, please log into your DCSS PAAM profile today to apply!

This is another one that stings a little bit. Leeds and Reading festival have been a staple of DC’s event calendar for many years. These sister festivals are usually the peak of the festival season, our fullest weekend over the August bank holiday.

This is usually when our managers are at their busiest, the office staff at their most engaged with phones permanently attached to their ears…so it feels odd to be in a strange limbo.

We’ll settle for reminiscing over lovely sunrises, a sea of tents, DC’s trucks lined up and ready to track miles and miles over one site, stopping to nudge awake the more exhausted amongst us and prepping for when the shift is over to enjoy the sites and stellar live acts.

We’re sure we’re not the only ones looking forward to this time next year.

Who was there with us last year at Ed Sheeran? From start to finish, DC Site Services was there to provide a full waste management service for an amazing gig which was sandwiched in between a series of other big festivals!  

We remember the hill that felt like a mountain that was thoroughly picked. Muddy boots. A LOT of hay and bins and one big stage. A few of our crew were even lucky enough to get a wave from Mr. Sheeran himself during the build.

Thank you to everyone who’ve emailed in to share with the office your memories of festivals gone. Which are you most eager to return to in 2021? Our answer? All of them!

Firstly, thank you to everyone who has been in touch with the office to share your memories from last years festivals. It’s put a nostalgic smile on our faces and a spring in our step as we plan for the future.

This time, we’re throwing it back to the Royal Welsh Show, the “pinnacle event in the British Agricultural calendar.” DC has provided cleaning and waste management services to RWS for a number of years, and while you may not see your favourite rock band while off-shift, there is plenty else to keep you entertained while under the watchful eye of this taskmaster.

Not only is the idyllic setting lovely, but you can expect entertainment and sights, exceptional food, cute baby animals and competitions that will warm your heart such as best pig or vegetable. Did we mention the baby animals?

Get in contact and share your favourite memories of this event!

This was a hard one for everyone this year. Glastonbury is a legendary festival, the biggest in Europe, and 2020 would have been its fiftieth anniversary.

From the sea of tents, to the temperamental weather, gorgeous sunrises and extortionate but downright delectable food (depending on the vendor!) there is honestly something for absolutely everyone at Glastonbury.

Throw into the mix crew catering, working with your mates, the pyramid stage, sights you’d never expect to see and of course the incredible live acts, this is understandably the most popular festival our crew apply to work at every year. So, like you, this time around we listened to the radio and the watched the videos from previous years through our computer screens. But come next year we will be back.

Get in touch, send a pic and tell us about your Glastonbury experiences

Kew the Music is a music festival located in the beautiful grounds of Kew Gardens. Appealing to music lovers of all ages, it’s the ideal summer evening outing in spectacular surroundings.

So understandably, we’re all disappointed to not be there.

DC Site Services is proud to have proved waste management services to Kew the music for a number of years, and though we’re sad to not be there now due to the current circumstances, it’ll make returning in 2021 all the more gratifying!

If you happened to have worked with DC at Kew the Music in the past, please send us a pic and we’ll share this on social media. In the meantime, it’s picnics in our gardens, in our respective bubbles with the radio on!

DC Site Services has been a part of the Event & Festival industry for more than 25 years, an industry which supports 210,000 jobs across the country. As such, we proudly support the Let the music play campaign launched by the Concert Promoters Association and a coalition of live music businesses. They have written to the Secretary of State, highlighting the impact this industry has on the economy (£4.5bn last year alone) and underscoring the importance of this great British industry.

How you can you show your support?

You can add your name to the Let the Music Play letter. The campaign is also asking people to share on social media a film or photo of the last gig you attended, played, or worked at using the hashtag #LetTheMusicPlay.

So, DC crew, let's show our support by using this hashtag with the last event or festival you attended, and if that happened to be while working with DC Site Services, all the better.

Let’s do our bit to ensure that this industry weathers the pandemic!        

So far we’ve caught up with Dan & Summer, Dave & Jane, and last week Ed. This week we’re catching up with a few more names you’ll recognise, Lorraine Cocker (old-school DC!), Sammi Ingram and Michelle Hession.

At some point or another, whether you’re new to DC or if you’ve been with us for years, you’ll have met Lorraine, and if you’ve met her, you’ll know she’s not one to rest on her laurels. Lorraine has spent her time completing an online training course in Risk Assessment, well done Lorraine!

Sammi has spent her time stretching her legs and exploring every park available to her in the Peterborough area, the girl does love a pretty lake it’d appear. When she’s not exploring nature, she’s busy dying her hair different colours of the rainbow, which not many people can pull off (and which looks proper stunning on her!)

Michelle has timed a long-awaited house move perfectly, now having the time to decorate it at a leisurely pace head to toe rather than squeezing it in at the weekends while juggling childcare. After cramming for exams to complete her apprenticeship (crossing our fingers for you, Michelle!) she’s turned her hand to some cathartic crafting and baking. We can smell the cookies form here!

If you’d like to touch base with the rest of the crew then please get in contact, and we’ll happily share what it is you’ve been up to over the past few months!

Keep safe!

In previous weeks we’ve caught up with DC regulars Dan and Summer, and then Dave and Jane. This week we’re catching up with Ed Hawker who you may know as DC’s Operations Manager at the Office, or as the shouty person on the radio onsite at Glastonbury or Leeds festival.

Ed has used his time to focus on his family by home-schooling and going for bike rides with his son, Harrison, and by stretching those green thumbs of his to lend his dad a hand in the family gardening business. Not only has he revamped their website, but many a bushel and shrub have fallen victim to his strimmer. No hedge, plant pot or lawn is safe.

We’d love to know what you’ve been up to. Have you picked up any new skills or discovered any new hobbies? (though simply getting by under these trying circumstances is an achievement in itself.)

If you’d like to share how you’ve made the most of your time, please get in touch with the office and we’ll help you to give a virtual wave to the rest of the crew we know you’re missing!

Keep safe and be well.

Last week we touched base with Dan and Summer in an effort to keep our DC family connected until such a time that we can all meet safely again soon, in a field somewhere, sometime in the near future.

This week we’re touching base with two more DC regulars, Dave and Jane! Dave and Jane have worked with DC for the past five years and can usually be spotted at Glastonbury, in fancy dress (of course) killing it on shift and giving the young’uns a run for their money!

Not ones to stay sedentary and being lucky enough to live in lovely Cumbria, they’ve spent their time bike riding and ‘wild swimming’ (open water swimming), and with the use of Zoom they’ve managed to stay in touch with family and even celebrated Dave’s 80^th Birthday lockdown-style!

Dave and Jane have also been big supporters of the NHS and keyworkers during this difficult time and have led the charge in their street, in fancy dress and face paint, banging drums and adapting the lyrics of “We will rock you” to “NHS we love you” with their neighbours. We honestly expect nothing less from these two.

Not only has this meant getting to know their neighbours in the area a little better, but it’s also inspired them to put on their own ‘social distancing gig’ for the old folks home across the road with neighbours previously unknown to them. The neighbours on the ukulele, and Dave and Jane on the kazoos. You can probably see why Dave and Jane are two of our favourites.

 We would love to hear from more of you. If you’d like to share how it is you’ve been keeping busy (though Dave and Jane have provided stiff competition, admittedly) then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Keep safe, everyone.

For many of us, we can’t help but think about which festivals we’d ordinarily be working at right now, the desperate amongst us even setting up tents in our back gardens! The hardest part of lockdown has undoubtedly been missing our friends and family, working at the festivals has never just been a job, it’s also a way of forging long-lasting relationships with people we might not otherwise meet – people you may be missing right now. So, because of this, we’d like to touch base with some familiar faces (or people you may only recognise by name or by the sound of their voice over the phone/radio) to say a virtual hello.

This week we’ve caught up with Dan and Summer whom you may recognise from both the office and from working onsite. Summer has used this time to try her hand at a plant-based diet, experimenting with new recipes and meat substitutes, while Dan has used his time to complete an online Health & Safety course which he hopes to incorporate into his work in the future. More hilariously, while the gyms are closed Dan has substituted the weight bench for Summer’s legs as ballast (clever!) and has also become an amateur hair bleacher for Summer, who, unfortunately decided to go platinum blonde just before the salons closed (bad luck there, Summer).

As lock-down restrictions have eased, Dan and summer have made the most of their time by exploring the countryside, going for walks and picnics and have even booked their next holiday abroad (ever the optimists!)

We’d also love to hear from some of regular crew! If you’d like to share a little about how you’ve been keeping, then simply email in a few words and an (appropriate) image that you feel best sums up this experience for you and we will share this with the rest of the DC family.

Keep well, and we hope to hear from you!

We are pleased to work in partnership once again with Coppersmith Recruitment and Services to supply cleaning operatives at two new locations, Newport, and Stevenage!

These roles are ongoing for now and a full description for each role can be found on DCSS PAAM here: Newport and here: Stevenage.

Upon application you will be supplied with all relevant information for the role, however, to help expedite this process please ensure that your DCSS PAAM profile is complete with photo, passport scan, proof of address and an up-to-date CV (you will need to have at least two years’ experience in a similar role).

As always, there is a member of the team available at the end of the phone and ready to answer your emails should you have any queries. We hope to hear from you!

A lot of you will have recently received notification regarding Events & Festivals you were signed up to being either cancelled or postponed until 2021. Rest assured, all of these event organisers have immediately requested our services back for next year, however we know that this does little to curb the disappointment we all feel in the present. 

To remind you of what’s behind us and more importantly, of what’s still to come either at the end of this year or by next year, we’d like to invite you to take a stroll through memory lane via our website galleries! With 27 years under our belt there are hundreds of photos to peruse. From your standard Event & Festival snaps to dubious Christmas party photos, why not have a little break from reality and see if you can spot yourself in there!

We are working with Coppersmith Recruitment and Services, who have provided staff to us during the busy times of the summer season for several years. In these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 Outbreak, we are working together to support their recruitment within the UK and providing some alternative opportunities to our DCSS PAAM Members.

The roles available are as follows:

• Warehouse Operative (£8.72 per hour/ overtime is £12.57 per hour)
• Shifts are a 5 day on/ 2 day off rotation
• Shifts are 2pm>10pm each day
• Start date is Friday 1^st May 2020

These roles are in Corby (Max Park, Bangrave Rd, Weldon, Corby, NN17 1NN)

Please be aware and note: (the following are changes to what your used to at DC)

• Your Employer will be Coppersmith Recruitment and Services and will responsible for your pay
• You must submit a CV with your application (this can be uploaded to your DCSS PAAM profile)
• The start date for this position is Friday the 1st May, continuing until the 1^st June, though could become permanent for the right candidates
• You must have previous experience of having worked as a warehouse operative
• You must own a pair of safety boots

Please make sure your DCSS PAAM profile is complete before you apply, making sure your photo and entitlement to work in the UK documents are uploaded (a scan of your passport or birth certificate along with a document which has your name and National Insurance number in print).

We will assist you as much as we can during the process, but any additional information we don’t have, you will need to provide asap in order to get started. We have provided useful links and further information below.

Good luck with your application! 

Here at DC Site Services we are making every effort to continue on as normal under these extremely difficult conditions. In an effort to do this we are walking the line between “business as usual!” and trying to adapt to the new circumstances we are faced with.

You will still be able to reach us through  the usual avenues, there will still be a friendly voice at the end of the line and someone to answer your emails, but our opening hours have been reduced from a standard 9am>5pm to 10am>4pm for the time being. Should you call before 10am or after 4pm, you will still be able to leave a voicemail or reach the emergency out of office number.

We will keep you informed of any further updates and changes of how we’ll be operating as we navigate our way through this crisis, but in the meantime, stay home, keep safe and we’ll see you soon.

Work Opportunities -  immediate start (alternative work to Events & Festivals) COVID-19

We are working with Coppersmith Recruitment and Services, who have provided staff to us during the busy times of the summer season for several years. In these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 Outbreak, we are working together to support their recruitment within the UK and providing some alternative opportunities to our DCSS PAAM Members.

The roles available are as follows:

• Security Officer (Hourly Paid) – Between £9.39 and £11 per hour (security officers must hold an SIA licence)

These roles are in Reading and a separate job description will be available to read within the “Event Info” section for each listed position on DCSS PAAM. The full address will be supplied upon application.

Please Be Aware and Note: (the following are changes to what your used to at DC)

• Your Employer will be Coppersmith Recruitment and Services and will responsible for your pay.
• Only applicants who are British or British Dual Nationality can be considered for these positions
• The duration of all positions are 20 weeks with the option to become permanent (it will be the employer’s

Decision of whether to offer a permanent contract)

• You will be required to provide the following as a part of your application:
• Completion of Procius form (form of authority)
• Employment references for the past 5 years (contact information including number and address, start and end dates – you will be asked to complete this online by Coppersmith once your details have been submitted by DC Site Services)
• Provide a copy of your passport/entitlement to work in the UK documents (in the absence of a passport, this can a birth certificate and a document which has your name and NI number in print, such as a payslip or document from the government)
• Provide proof of address (this can be either a driver’s licence or a utility bill no more than 3 months old)
• Completion of UKSC SC clearance application)

All forms listed above (Procius form of authority and UKSV SC clearance application) will be sent to you by a member of the DC Site Services’ office team once you have applied via DCS PAAM, please make sure your DCSS PAAM profile is complete before you do this.

We will assist you as much as we can during the process, but any additional information we don’t have, you will need to provide asap in order to get started. We have provided useful links and further information below.

Right now, we can appreciate that it can be all too easy to see just the negatives surrounding us, so we’d like to update you on some of the positive actions DC is taking to support our staff who are both remote-working and furloughed.

In-line with government guidelines for social distancing, and to ensure DC’s future this time next year, a minimum number of office staff are working remotely, while the remaining staff have been furloughed. This not only keeps DC ticking over but ensures that there is always someone at the end of the line to take your call.

It is essential to the Company to keep our staff engaged and connected during these difficult times (Zoom has proven quite interesting/entertaining!) so, for our contracted staff who are currently furloughed, we are looking into professional development courses to hone their skills so that when they do return to work, they return prepared and all the more knowledgeable! Though this is a big shift from their usual day to day, our staff are valued and still very much a part of the company.

More changes may come, for example, we may reduce the operating office hours from 9am>5pm to 10am>4pm, but we will keep you up to date should this occur.

Finally, we’d like to reiterate the message from the NHS to stay at home. Save lives. Mostly, we’d like to encourage you to stay safe so that when this is over, you’re ready to join us back in the fields when the time is right.

What a difference a month makes! This is certainly not how we foresaw this year transpiring and like everyone else right now, we find ourselves quickly trying to adapt to the new and constantly developing circumstances with which we are faced.

First and foremost, while many Events & Festivals have been cancelled or postponed, we’re pleased and touched by the amount of event organisers who have requested to lock-in DC’s services for 2021. So, while the summer ahead remains uncertain, we’d like to continue within this vein of optimism, choosing to pursue all alternative options available to us until this industry returns to business as usual. See below for details of the industrial cleaning roles currently available through DCSS PAAM, and how it is we aim to support our employees and workforce in the current climate.

We would like to reassure you, however, that until we are notified otherwise, the Events & Festivals you see advertised on DCSS PAAM as live are exactly that. And while our office team are working remotely (more information will follow) there is always someone at the end of the phone, ready to take your call.

Have a safe & happy Easter at home.

31.03.20 – Industrial cleaning roles – new locations added!

25.03.20 – Covid-19 Message update – UK Lockdown “we are still here to help you”

25.03.20 – New job opportunities – immediate start!

19.03.20 – Covid-19 “Business as usual”

Last week we announced new job opportunities added to DCSS PAAM over a series of locations and in partnership with Coppersmith Recruitment and Services. We still have a few positions left for those locations advertised:

• Coalville
• Daventry
• Coventry
• Rugby
• Peterborough

However, we’re pleased to announce that the list of locations has been extended, reaching more of our crew dotted across the country! These sites now also include the following:

• Tilbury
• Doncaster
• Chesterfield
• Altrincham
• Haydock
• Dunfermline
• Milton Keynes
• Dunstable
• Hemel Hempstead
• Swansea

These assignments require good spoken English and those who apply will need to undertake a brief alcohol and drugs test before commencing work. A DBS check will be required (further info here) and pay remains the same at £10.72 per hour for days and £11.21 for night shifts. These shifts will be between 10>12 hours long, four days or nights on, four days or nights off and is ongoing until further notice.

If you’d like to discuss these opportunities further, please do not hesitate to get in contact with the office. We’re still here, ready to help.

COVID-19 Message update – UK Lockdown “We are still here to help you”

This is a quick update to let you know that we are adapting to the recent restriction announced on the 23^rd March by the Government. We are taking measures to keep you, our staff and crew safe by following their recommended measures to help minimise the spread of the Virus, but we are still here to help you! Our team are still operational and contactable via the usual channels.

We are faced with the roadblock of uncertainty particularly within the Event & Festival Industry. In such times, we can choose to be washing our hands in worry, or we can choose to adapt and simply carry on for as long as possible!

While we work with our customers and colleagues to develop strategies, to reschedule and quickly re-plan potentially an entire summer season we’ve spent the past winter preparing for, we’re also looking at other opportunities to keep our staff team and crew busy for the immediate future. 

We are finalising an agreement with one of our existing suppliers, to recruit for immediate start work opportunities to support essential businesses and services with cleaning staff positions, Initial opportunities are within e-commerce distribution centre environment.  We have placed some of these Vacancies on DCSS PAAM Already.  We hope that we will soon advertise some further vacancies across the UK very soon.

If we may take this opportunity to promote something, we can all: “Be a Part of it”

Organisers for Clap for our Carers are asking people around the country to come together to clap at the same time, wherever you, in a show of support, gratitude and solidarity of all doctors, nurses, GPs and carers currently working around the clock to combat this virus.   

Although this has been aimed towards our much-deserved health & social care sector, we will also be clapping to include the people that provide support/essential services and suppliers, such as Cleaners, Refuge Collection, Catering, Distribution workers and Drivers to name just a few… 

“Be a part of it” The BIG Applause and get clapping on Thursday 26^th March at 8pm (Tomorrow Evening)

Keep safe, be well and wash your hands! We will be back again soon with further updates.

Even while we strategize, reschedule and quickly re-plan an entire festival season we’ve spent the past winter preparing for, we’re still looking at new opportunities to keep our crew busy for the immediate future.

Such an opportunity has arisen working in partnership with Coppersmith Recruitment and Services! We have cleaning roles (communal areas, sweeping floors, sanitary facilities, inbound - outbound areas, externals) at e-commerce distribution centres available at five different locations:

• Coalville
• Daventry
• Coventry
• Rugby
• Peterborough

Requirements include:

• Good Spoken English
• A DBS check (or proof that you have requested one)
• An Alcohol and drugs test will be undertaken onsite prior to work commencing.

For details of how to apply for a DBS check and what you’ll need to complete it, see here.

Please be advised, DC Site Services Ltd. will not pay or reimburse any fees for DBS Check (Disclosure & Barring Service) or any expenses occurred.

Shifts vary depending on the location, but there will be day and night shifts available, four days on, four days off. This work is for an immediate start and ongoing until further notice. Day shifts will be £10.72 per hour and nights shifts £11.21 per hour.

Bear with us under these trying circumstances folks, we’ll persevere and be back in the fields as soon as it’s safe for us all to do so.

COVID-19: A Message to All Our Customers, Existing and New, All Our Employees/Workers Current and New.

We know that you have received numerous emails, messages, and constant notification pop-ups telling you something relating to the Corona Virus! as we have!

So, I will get to the point and purpose of this message:

This is DC Site Services Ltd. Initial Communication to inform Everyone:

• That we are currently operating as “Business as usual”
• General information and updates will be broadcasted regularly through our website
• Any Specific information appropriate to your relationship with us will follow by direct communication as appropriate when required.

This following Statement is: Our Current Position and initial response to COVID-19

DC Site Services Ltd. continue to provide our services and whilst it remains business as usual for the time being, we must all be aware that the circumstances could change through this unprecedented situation. 

We have implemented and will continue to follow all the guidance given to employers and businesses by the NHS and UK Government. But feel it is a good time to warn you that our current services could be disrupted in the event of a deterioration in the situation in the UK.

As an Event & Festival Contractor, Our Management and Permanent Team are normally busy with Sales, Quoting, Planning, Recruitment, Development, Equipment Maintenance, etc.  We are normally in “Quiet Season” preparing to deliver services in the “Main Season” Starting in May.  However, we are already noticing and experiencing some of the additional challenges faced by our customers and the entire Events, Festivals, Hospitality and Leisure Industry.

DC Site Services Ltd. Senior Management Team are currently preparing and starting to implement an Emergency Business Contingency Plan in response to COVID-19 and the immediate and longer-term impact it has to our operations, finances and future of the company.

Thank you for your continued support! we will be in touch again shortly, If you have any concerns or questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Board of Directors

DC Site Services Ltd

We’re pleased to announce that DC Site Services has secured the VIP/Boutique toilet attendants contracts for ZooLoos working at Download Festival in June, the Wilderness Festival in July and Boomtown Fair in August. These toilet attendant roles are slightly different than the usual service we provide, being more customer service-focused (opening toilet doors and greeting people, ensuring showers are constantly clean etc.)

We’re opening these applications now, but there will still be a third wave of applications to open up on DCSS PAAM on the 25^th of March, so keep your eyes open for this!

In December we released the 2019 client surveys which a good number of your kindly took the time to complete. We’d now like to share those results with you, and the changes we intend to make following this feedback.

An overall summary can be viewed here; however we’d like to touch on a few responses in detail!

While we were aware that most of those who completed this survey were existing clients, we were still interested to note that 10% found DC Site Services through an online search, and another 10% saw us while working at another show.

And while 40% of you said that you would consider DC for other services we provide, we were especially pleased to find that 80% of responses found that the services we provided met expectations and that a satisfying 100% of all surveys stated that you would use our services again and would also recommend DC Site Services to others!

The most helpful part of the surveys however are undoubtedly the comments you provide. One of the most useful pieces of feedback we received this year was a request for the same team leaders to work an event’s tour, as we do recognise the value of experience. With this in mind, we will be looking more closely at the groups of people we send into jobs and their past experience!

Thank you to everyone who took part in the surveys, and we’d once again like to congratulate the winners of the client survey hamper!

Here are just a few of our favourite comments received…

“The work that Ed did with me in advance on the bin spec for Kew the Music was above and beyond, the attention to detail on that show is higher than you would expect, and nothing was ever too much.”

– Chrissie Gilbert, Kew the Music

“Easy to read and understand the quotes.”

– Madeleine Marston, H Power

“I found Dan Sheard to be really helpful, enthusiastic and responsive for Standon Calling.”

– Clare, We Organise Chaos

“Always contactable, professional, keen to help with a joyful attitude.”

– Sean Mcloughlin, Metal Culture

It’s the first week of March which means we’ve finally begun to allocate you into teams for the Events & Festivals you’ve applied for! When assigned, you’ll receive an email which will explain when to expect contact from the office team regarding an attendance check, and how to access the information pack (within the “Event Info” section) for your event. This pack will cover all information you will need to attend.

If you have not yet received this email, it could be that you’ve missed an email or phone call from the office asking you to update your DCSS PAAM profile with some vital information which is holding up the approval process (such as your profile picture). Give your spam box a check, or, if you’d like to check on the status of your applications simply contact the office and an administrator will be happy to talk this over with you.

Any other queries you might have may quite likely already be answered in our handy FAQs, however, if your query isn’t covered on our website, we’d love to hear from you. Your question may just make an appearance on the FAQs!  

We’ve now opened all applications for Events & Festivals previously showing as “Opening Soon” on the event calendar, meaning for those of you who have been patiently waiting, you may now submit further applications!

This includes the likes of…

• Carfest North & South
• Sundown Festival
• Standon Calling
• Strawberries & Cream
• Spartan Race South East, Wales, Marston Lodge, Yorkshire, Scotland & Windsor
• Love Supreme
• Dogfest South, North & West
• Little Mix @ Holkham Hall
• Bardfest Traffic & Stewarding

…And many more! And if that isn’t enough to keep you busy this summer, a third wave of Events & Festivals to apply for will be announced in March, so keep an eye out for this.

Also coming up later this week will be a Facebook poll where you can vote on our favourite top five photos out of all the pictures you’ve submitted for the DC Photo competition! Keep an eye on our Facebook page to cast your vote and for a chance to win an Amazon voucher!

Preparing for a new festival season takes a lot more than making sure we have enough glowsticks and litter picking bags in stock (unfortunately). Hundreds of hours of logistical planning go into preparing to service any event or festival, and a large part of that preparation includes how we intend to provide staff for that event. This is where the office team cracks their knuckles and gets to work.

You’ll have seen our adverts for Team Leaders & a Store Co-ordinator & LVG driver already, still to come is recruitment for Area Leaders commencing mid-March, and finally our recruitment for an Office Assistant.

The role of Office Assistant is a temporary contract through the summer to exclusively help with recruitment. We trialled this role in 2019 and saw a significant improvement in statistics when having an individual laser-focussed purely on recruitment. We’ll also be dedicating more of our budget to online campaigns and adverts to widen our reach to those looking for summer and event-based work.

We’re also redoubling our efforts when it comes to reaching out to universities and colleges across the UK, specifically to those which offer courses in event management and environmental science, to connect with students who could benefit from this ‘field work.’ Not only could this give students studying in these vocations a future area of research, but it also provides them with an insight into the production side of the industry and the environmental impact an event or festival can have. Or it’s just a handy way for a student to make some money while watching their favourite bands. Either way, we’re reaching out!

If you’re a student currently studying at a college or university and you’d be interested in introducing DC to your fellow students, get in touch and we’ll be happy to send out some promotional materials!

2020 Team Leaders!

We’re pleased to once again be recruiting for Team Leaders to join us this festival season! We like to develop our crew internally, promoting organically within the company so we’ve chosen to recruit for this role exclusively through DCSS PAAM. It doesn’t matter if you’ve worked one event or ten with DC, if you feel you have the experience and confidence to be a Team Leader or would like to take on more responsibility this year, then this may be the ideal opportunity for you.

The principle responsibilities of a Team Leader are varied and will be covered in the job specification, however, the primary duties of this role include leading the project by working on your own initiative, ensuring staff are on their position/working on time and co-ordinating staff so breaks are organised effectively.

A full breakdown of all duties and expectations for the role are covered in the job description viewable here. To apply, please email recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with “2020 Team Leader Application” in the subject line with your CV attached and a brief note in the body of the email as to why you would like to be considered.

Applications for Team Leaders will close Friday the 28^th February, shortlisting will commence Monday the 2^nd March, and successful candidates will be invited to training taking place at our Operations office in Peterborough on the 11^th, 12^th and 13^th of March. This will include first aid training from an outside provider which will equate to accreditation to HSE standards, valid for three years.

If you’d like to apply to be a Team Leader but know that you can’t make the training dates, you are still welcome to apply as we’ll be holding a similar, second training course for Area Leaders on the 27^th & 28^th of April.

If you don’t feel that a Team Leading role is right for you, but that you’d feel comfortable looking after a smaller team (i.e. looking after a car park or small litter picking team), then keep your eyes peeled for Area Leader recruitment which will be rolled out the second week of April.

Recruiting for a Stores Coordinator (& LGV Driver)!

If you’re looking for something a little more stationary, helping the home team to prepare for the Events & Festivals DC Site Services will be servicing this season rather than working at them, then you may be interested in a new opportunity which has arisen at the Operations Office at Peterborough.

DC is looking for a Stores Coordinator (and LGV Driver). This is a fulltime position working at the Operations office and is an essential role which oversees the day to day running of a busy warehouse and yard. This position includes a lot of manual handling, loading and unpacking of all equipment and stock, and maintenance of all company vehicles. The full job specification is available to read here.

If you feel you meet the requirements of this post ad would like to apply, please email recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with “2020 Stores Coordinator Application” in the subject line, your CV attached and a brief note in the body of the email as to why you would like to be considered.

Applications for Stores Coordinator (& LGV Driver) will close Friday the 21^st February. Shortlisting will commence Monday the 24^th February with interviews taking place over the following two weeks. The pencilled start date is Monday the 9^th March.

If you have any queries regarding these vacancies which are not covered in the job descriptions, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

We hope to hear from you, good luck!

Today’s the day! Glastonbury Festival 2020 applications are now live. We can’t wait to return to the East Campervan fields with new faces joining the DC old-timers.

Absorb the Glastonbury vibes whilst off shift and earn money in the process. Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift have already been confirmed as headliners, what are you waiting for?

This year we are asking for a £320 deposit, paying this does not confirm your position at Glastonbury; applications will be assessed and assigned in the week commencing 2nd March. Consult our FAQs for more info on deposits.

You must be prepared to work daily 12-hour night or day shifts starting on Tuesday 23^rd June, working every day until Monday 29^th June. This will still give you time to swap your traffic hi-vis for glitter and sequins.

Get your application in ASAP! Make sure that your profile is ready for us to approve. Here are some things that people often miss:

• Entitlement documents - a scan of your current passport OR long-form birth certificate AND document containing your national insurance number AND name. Any problems? contact us.
• A passport-style profile picture in the ‘Your Photo’ Section

For further information about working at Glastonbury click on the blue info button on DCSS PAAM. 

Six days after opening up applications and we’re happy to see that nearly 500 applications have come through already! As mentioned in Friday’s post, we’ve globally unapproved all DCSS PAAM profiles to ensure that everyone is starting this festival season with an up to date application form (your profile). This helps us in the long run with regards to accreditation and payroll purposes, but also cuts down the admin time spent chasing these details during peak-periods.

As such, you’ll possibly receive an email or call from the admin team asking you to update something on your profile so that your applications can be accepted straight away in March, when we begin assigning crew into teams.

And for those of you who haven’t yet submitted a pic for the DC photo competition, there’s still time to throw your hat in the ring. You can find the details for the competition here, and the deadline is Friday the 21^st February. We’ll be announcing the winner of the competition on Wednesday 26^th Feb!

Applications now open…

We’re pleased to say that the 2020 Event Calendar is now open! For those eager to begin to plan out their summer, hit the drop-down arrows next to each month to take a gander at what’s on the agenda thus far. And while there is a lot to consider and potentially apply for, do be aware that a second wave of Events & Festivals will be added to the schedule on the 28^th of February.

Some of your faves…

• The Windsor Horse Show
• Pub in the Park
• Let’s Rock
• Glastonbudget
• Suffolk Show
• Taste of London
• Henley Festival
• Kew the music
• Beatherder
• Focus
• Classic Ibiza
• The Big Feastival
• Latitude Festival
• Leeds Festival
• Reading Festival
• Electric Picnic… AND A WHOLE BUNCH MORE

The second wave…

• New opportunities, yet to be announced! Shhhh….

No more deposits & unapproving ALL DCSS PAAM profiles…

Some big changes are on the horizon and a few have already taken place. You’ll notice that when you apply there are no deposits this season with the exception of Glastonbury Festival which will still hold a £320 deposit (applications for Glastonbury will open the 12^th February). As we’ve done away with these security bonds, and as a way to wheedle through the mass of applications which will quickly filter through, all DCSS PAAM profiles will be automatically unapproved before you start to apply. In a nutshell, this means we’ll be checking every detail on your profile before your application is considered. This is to ensure that your entitlement documents are still current and not expired, that everyone has a lovely profile pic and that we have your essential contact details.

When you’ll be assigned…

Though you’ll be able to apply from today, we won’t assign crew into positions until week commencing 2^nd March to give everyone a chance to review their options and to get their applications in. Again, we’ll be pre-approving all DCSS PAAM profiles so if your profile is up to date, this will shuffle further up the list of people to be assigned.

Attendance checks & cancellation periods…

While we’ll still be utilising the acknowledge feature for all Events & Festivals (the attendance check), this will now be two weeks before the event is due to take place. You’ll receive an email requesting that you acknowledge your position as a handy reminder, rather than an angry call from the Team Leader on the day because this one slipped from your mind. You’ll be given 48 hours to do this before the position is offered to the next person on the list. (Don’t worry, we’ll give you a call if you’re busy at another festival and unable to check your emails.)

In line with this attendance check, we’ve now reduced the cancellation period from 20 days to 14, giving you a little more breathing room should your circumstances suddenly change.

DCSS PAAM Looking a little different…

We’ll gradually be rolling out updates for DCSS PAAM and the website, but you’ll notice a few changes already such as the pretty new login page and how the Events & Festivals are listed on DCSS PAAM.

Each Event & Festival added to PAAM will now be separated by roles, so if you’re keen to be on the car-parking team instead of the waste management team for Glastonbudget, for example, you can apply for exactly that. The dates will also be the exact dates that each particular team is working, so you’ll know what money you stand to earn prior to applying (pre & post-show work will still be available).

Paid work only…

Final reminder, DCSS PAAM Volunteers will soon become a thing of the past and we’ll be offering paid work only. So, if you have a Volunteer DCSS PAAM account only, make sure to jump ship sooner rather than later and create your paid DCSS PAAM profile!

We’re excited to get back at it, if you are too then get applying to be a part of it!

In December we released the staff survey which a good number of you kindly took the time to complete. We’d now like to share the results with you, and some of the changes which will take place in due course because of these findings. For an overall summary this can be viewed here, however we’d like to touch on a few of your responses in detail!

We were especially pleased that 89% of those who completed the survey would be happy to recommend DC to a friend, and a huge 90% of you said you would return to work with DC Site Services again (we’ll hold you to that!)

It was interesting to see what it is that attracted you to working with DC in the first place, and the author of the DC news items and letters was particularly pleased that 40% of you use the newsletters as a way to stay engaged with DC via social media.   

The most useful part of the survey is of course your comments. Because of these, we’ll be providing:

• More shift information in advance, so you know exactly what it is you stand to earn before applying
• More charging points/docks onsite at festivals for your phones
• We’re now separating the jobs out on DCSS PAAM, so you can apply for your preferred role
• Every event will now have a water barrel with a tap allowing easy refill of your reusable water bottle
• Improved viewing of DCSS PAAM on your mobile phone (coming soon)
• Enhanced search features when searching for work on DCSS PAAM & the website (coming soon)

A  good number of you (85%) have said that you’d be interested in a DC app to help manage your applications, so this is something we hope to have in the pipelines over the next year or so also.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey, and one last congratulations to the winners who received their Amazon vouchers.

Here are just a few of our favourite comments…

“I like to see green fields go back to the way they were after a festival”

– Lorraine Cocker

“All is awesome, one of the best companies I’ve worked for. Sad to leave at the end of season.”

–  Dave Cornbill

“Best memory is enjoying the music, laughing with crew. Helping public… worst memory, leaving”

– Eleanor Tomlin

DC has always implemented a deposit system, acting as a security bond and returned to you once your assignments are completed (standard practice for most Event & Festival Contractors). We’re continuously looking at how it is we operate as a company, and how it is we can improve upon our methods with one ultimate goal in mind: making Events & Festivals accessible to all.

We believe that these deposits, particularly the smaller ones, have become a stumbling block when it comes to applying for work, especially if you’re new to DC Site Services. While a deposit may still be necessary for the bigger festivals we service (Latitude, Leeds, Reading, Glastonbury etc.) we believe that a removal of all deposits for smaller Events and Festivals is the way forward.

This season, you’ll notice that mostly all deposits have been removed! So, if you’ve received our newsletters in the past but have always been put off by having to pay to work, this will no longer be the case. As a knock-on affect, Ongoing Employment will also become a thing of the past.

It’s also the time of year where we review our business objectives, and while striving to continuously develop our practices, it has become clear that volunteering no longer fits within the services we offer. Therefore, DC will now only offer paid work. So, if you currently only have a DCSS Volunteer PAAM account, hop on over to regular DCSS PAAM to make the switch today.  

In just two weeks’ time we’ll be calling all DC crew out of hibernation, we’ll be encouraging you to check your tents for holes and to brush the dust off your wellies because the 2020 Event calendar will be live!

Take a sneak peek over the next 14 days and you’ll see the calendar slowly start to populate with all your favourite Events & Festivals; The Windsor Horse Show, Reading, Leeds, Latitude and plenty more leading up to launch day, Friday the 31^stJanuary!

As always, check your DCSS PAAM profiles to make sure it’s up to scratch and current. Have you recently moved? Update your address. Changed your phone number? Update your contact number. Shaved your head and finally got that face tattoo you’ve always wanted? Give onsite admin a fighting chance at recognising you by updating your DCSS PAAM profile pic. Point being, the more prepared you are then the quicker we can assign you to work at your dream festival.

You’ll also see a few changes coming with DCSS PAAM soon. It’ll look a little different, more streamlined, efficient and just downright pretty. How we approach deposits will change in order to help you apply for that event or festival you’re dying to go to but can’t quite afford without donating a – likely – vital organ. We want you there, intact, regardless of what’s sitting in your account, so keep your eyes peeled for a few upcoming announcements including volunteering with DC becoming a thing of the past.

With all work from now on being strictly paid work, if you only have a DCSS Volunteering PAAM account set up, hop on over to regular DCSS PAAM and set up your (paid) working profile, ready to blitz that apply button in two weeks’ time!

Meanwhile, instead of rocking back and forth in front of your PC in eager anticipation of those “opening soon” buttons switching to “apply now,” why not take a look at the website FAQs to test your DC knowledge, or look through our photo galleries to take a stroll down memory lane to get yourself in the mood for those summer evenings with twinkling fairy lights, good music, good company, flat, warm booze and the sound of a thousand fellow festival-goers in the distance. In fact, if you have a few photos from 2019 of your own, join our photo competition. Win yourself a £25 Amazon voucher by submitting your favourite photo from last season and use those winnings to get that power bank, obligatory glitter pot or multi-pack of dry shampoo and wet wipes ready and in stock!

If your short-term memory isn’t exactly up to scratch, fear not! Just make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter and following us on all social media, and we’ll be sure to remind you when the big day arrives.

Feel free to contact the team in the meantime, otherwise we look forward to a flurry of phone calls in two weeks!

2019 was a big year for DC after servicing over x185 Event & Festivals! We’re in the process of updating our website galleries but would love to include some photos from you, the DC crew.

We’ll therefore from today be opening the DC Photo Competition which we hope to make an annual occurrence.

Guidelines…

• These need to be good quality photos (no thumbs half covering the lens etc.)
• Fun, but still work-based (so not while off-shift, raving)
• These would be used for social media, the company website and for marketing purposes, please bear this in mind when sending in your pics
• Appropriate! While we’re sure you’ve taken some fab photos over the past season, please make sure that your mate Dave isn’t photo-bombing you, mooning you or throwing up a gang sign in the background. We all have that friend
• Feel free to use filters, Photoshop, anything to make it stand out from the rest
• Send in as many photos as you like!

With a closing date of Friday, the 21^st February, we’ll use a Facebook poll using the top five photos we like the most, allowing you to pick your favourite photographer and announcing the winner on the 26^th of February, so plenty of time to get those pics sent in. The winner of the competition will be sent a £25 Amazon voucher!

For now, you can submit your photo by emailing admin@dcsiteservices.com with “DC Photo Competition” in the subject line, however we will also be updating our systems to allow you to upload these photos directly to us. We’ll keep you posted on developments!

Finally, carrying on in this vein and as we move into the 2020 festival season, we’re looking for someone who enjoys taking pictures, not necessarily as a profession but perhaps as a hobby to join us this year to help document the season on our behalf. If this is something that you’d be interested in, simply email the above admin address to throw your hat in the ring!

We look forward to hearing from you and to seeing the evidence of all your hard work from last year!  

If you’ve worked with DC Site Services, chances are you’ve also worked alongside Lorraine who is a DC veteran.

Having worked with us since 2007, Lorraine has been with the company for a whopping thirteen years. As you can imagine, she has an abundance of experience and is a firm fixture within the company, we’re therefore pleased to congratulate her on passing her ATV training! Lorraine is now qualified to operate ATV vehicles onsite on behalf of DC Site Services at contracted Events & Festivals.

We like to encourage progression and organic growth within the company, and Lorraine is a perfect example of this (having worked every role under the sun with DC!) Please take a moment to leave a quick comment below to tell her well done!

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s staff surveys, we’ve received some great feedback, all of which we’ll be sharing with you in detail, in January!

As you will be aware, everyone who submitted their staff survey with their name was automatically entered into a prize draw. We’re pleased to announce that the two runners up are Dorothy Wade & Alex Jennings. A £25 Amazon voucher will be on its way to you shortly!

The winner of the 2019 staff survey, and recipient of a £50 Amazon voucher is Craig Wilkinson, congratulations!

Thank you again to everyone who participated!

We’d like to say thank you for your business over 2019 in the best way possible – with festive snacks and nibbles.

If you’d like a chance at winning an M&S hamper, then all you have to do is pop the kettle on and spend 5 minutes completing our client survey here. The closing date is the 16th December.

Let us know what worked well, what didn’t and how you feel about the overall service provided to you by DC Site Services. Your feedback enables us to improve our services and to better meet your needs, so your feedback is very much appreciated.

If you have already submitted a survey, you won’t miss out! You’ll automatically be entered into the prize draw.

Take the Client Survey

The 2019 staff surveys will be closing this Friday, 29^th November, so you have just a few more days to submit yours if you haven't already. Not only does this give us valuable feedback when it comes to shaping our policy and procedures for the future, but it also gives you the choice of being submitted into a prize draw to win up to £50 worth of Amazon vouchers!

Whether you want to heap praise upon the company or get a grievance off your chest, we want to hear from you. Last year a whopping 96% of you said that you would return to work with DC again and we’d love to see that figure go up, so pop the kettle on and take ten minutes to complete our quick survey HERE.

Good luck!

For those of you who haven’t burrowed into hibernation just yet, we have work available for folks seeking to squirrel away funds for Christmas…

We have a few remaining car parking positions available for Best Parties Ever located at Southampton and Milton Keynes. This event is aptly named, known for their exhilarating soirees, both magical, festive and certainly not to be missed. Contact the office to see which shifts are available so that you don’t miss out!

Also coming up we have the Lakeview Christmas event. Located in Cambridge, DC Site Services has been contracted to provide traffic management services on the 7^th December at the Holiday Inn. Shifts range from 6 to 6.5 hours long and applications are open now, so apply online through your DCSS PAAM profile to secure your spot

In case you missed it, last Friday we sent out our annual staff survey. Last year’s response was fantastic, and we hope to surpass it again this year with your help. We’ve added a few extra questions and tweaked some others, all with the hopes of finding out what it is you think would make for a better working environment and what you feel already works spot on.

Let us know what your worst moment was and what your best moment was this past year, and be entered into a prize draw, ready in time for Chrimbo! The deadline to submit your survey is the 29th November.

Take the Staff Survey by clicking HERE!  

We hope everyone enjoyed Halloween and would like to say a quick good luck to all crew due to work at Crystal Palace Fireworks and Beaconsfield Fireworks this weekend! Make sure you have a last read of the information packs (hyperlinked above) and that you know your arrival times and who your onsite contacts are!

If you happen to take any pictures from this weekend and post them on social media, then remember to tag DC! #DCSiteServices #Beapartofit

We’ll see you there!

It’s that time of year again! We’ve swapped out our wellies and obligatory festival bum-bags for slipper booties and earmuffs as the temperatures drop and we take stock of the past summer. The best indicator we have to do this? Asking our event crew, you, for your thoughts and feelings in the form of a handy dandy staff survey.

We want to know what you feel worked well, what didn’t and what procedures may require just a little TLC.

What roles do you prefer and why? Was the information you received pre-event adequate enough to get you onto site? How’d you feel about the staff welfare facilities? We’d like to know all of this and more, because the best way to continuously improve how it is we operate as a company is to hear from the people who work with us, our boots on the ground!

Following the successful response from last year’s surveys, we will once again include a prize draw (right in time for Christmas!) More details will follow soon, so keep an eye on your email box!

DC Site Services returns once again to Shepton Mallet’s legendary Royal Bath & West Showground for Westfest 2019! Westfest is known for being one of the biggest indoor electronic music festivals in the UK.

Split across various stages, Westfest will showcase renown names from all electronic genres including good old drum ‘n’ bass, UKG and trance via a ridiculously state-of-the-art sound system.

DC will be providing toilet attending services on Saturday the 26^th October during this Halloween late-night party. The shift is 6pm to 6am, so to make sure that you don’t miss out, apply through DCSS PAAM to secure your spot now, or contact the office to discuss further.

We’ll see you there!

DC’s Event Schedule has recently been updated with a long list of events taking place this November and December and January 2020 with Best Parties Ever!

Whether it’s a neo-Victorian fantasy with ornate Christmas trees dressed in antique decorations, or life-size Phileas Fogg hot air balloons rising from the dance floor, original steampunk architecture or blackjack and roulette in a star-lit casino, Best Parties Ever are known for offering a unique and unforgettable experience!

DC Site Services is therefore pleased to be returning to a series of locations to once again provide traffic management and cleaning services to BPE over the next three months. View our calendar to check out the locations and roles available. Traffic shifts are approximately seven hours long with a paid break. Cleaning shifts range between eight and ten hours long.

Apply and secure your position (or positions) sooner rather than later as these are small teams! And as always, feel free to contact the admin team if you’d like to discuss the job roles further.

DC Site Services has been contracted to provide traffic management services to Sacrewell Farm in Peterborough on Saturday 26^th October during their silent fireworks event! What’s a silent fireworks event you ask? It’s a firework display with the whooshes and crackles but no big bangs so as not to scare the farm’s animals. This event will include live music and entertainment, marshmallow roasting, pumpkin carving and some world class carparking from DC, so apply to join us!

If you’re looking for something to keep you busy leading up to Sacrewell then we have limited positions available for Oktoberfest Milton Keynes (11^th>13^th) and then again in Colchester (25^th>27^th). DC is providing waste management services to these events which mirror a traditional Bavarian bash!

To discuss further with the team simply get in contact with the admin team, otherwise apply direct through your DCSS PAAM profile.

We’ve barely kicked off our wellies and peeled off our tabards and already we’re looking towards the cooler months and what we have coming up over October/November/December. In particular, we’re now into the swing of prepping for our return to the Natural History Museum.

For those of you unfamiliar with this one, DC has provided waste management and cleaning services to the Natural History Museum, servicing and maintaining the cleaning for the ice rink during the winter since 2015. We’re pleased to return again this year.

This is a unique job with DC as it spans over four months (October 2019 to January 2020) and is rota-based work. This means we can offer you regular work each week at the same event over this period. Shifts will range between 7 to 14 hours long (including a break), ideal for any London-based crew looking for regular work to sustain you through the winter (or at least until the sunshine comes back!)

If this is something that peeks your interest then step number one is to get in contact via email to let us know your exact availability. We like to plan ahead, and we can work around you, so take a look at your diaries and let us know if and when you’d be free to join the team!

Now that the season is winding down and some of you are kicking off your mud-caked wellies for a well-deserved rest, this is a good time to literally take stock of the Events & Festivals you’ve worked this summer with DC.

When bouncing from one festival to the next it’s sometimes inevitable that t-shirts, tabards, ID badges or event company jackets can end up following you. Now is the ideal time to return these items whether it be direct to the office or at your next upcoming show with DC. To return items direct to the office, you need only get in contact with the admin team so we can send out pre-paid postage labels. Or, if you’re not quite done for the season, simply hand in any items to the Project Manager at your next booked Event or Festival with DC Site Services.

All this helps us to prep for the next upcoming season, so your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Summertime Live is bringing their sell-out show to Southampton between the 27^th & 29^th September and DC is pleased to be providing waste management services to this event!

Housed within a Bigtop in Hoglands Park, this event will have live performers, street food, Prosecco bars, glitter makeup stalls, funfair rides and much more! If you’d like to be a part of this event, then DC can offer you shifts between 8>12 hours long and locally booked accommodation (you will need to be able to travel between the accommodation and the event site).

Applications are open so apply now and secure your position. You’ll see us there in line for the prosecco and glitter stalls!

Gunnersville is a brandnew concert series in London taking place in a giant big top in Gunnersbury Park, London this September! This concert blurs the lines between concert and festival and will see the summer off in style with street food and good beer. With acts such as Jimmy Eat World, Badly Drawn Boy and Echo & The Bunny Men, this is a gig our regulars in London certainly won’t want to pass up!

DC has been contracted to provide waste management, cleaning and toilet attendant services from the 6^th to the 10^th September. If you would be interested in working at this event then applications are now open, and available to apply via your DCSS PAAM profile!

Finally, we’d like to say good luck to the crew working away at Leeds, Reading, Carfest South, and The Big Feastival this weekend, and for everyone else to enjoy the weather and the bank holiday weekend!

To those working this weekend (the British Young Horse Championship, Euston Park Endurance, Ed Sheeran Tour, Mini in the Park & Elrow Town) please make sure to bring your waterproofs! Rain is forecast across the UK and for those working in fields, wellies are recommended!

Regardless of the less than ideal weather, we’ve pleased to announce we’ve added two new festivals to our Event Schedule, Stevofest and Gunnersville!

Stevofest is certainly a unique festival taking place over the August bank holiday weekend (23^rd>26^th Aug). The festival came into being to originally celebrate a joint 50^th, 21^st birthday and 25^th wedding anniversary and is described by some as Glastonbury but with 500 of your closest friend and family. DC Site Services will be providing waste management services to this intimate festival set in the Surrey countryside, it’s not one to be missed!

If the countryside is a bit of a trek for you then it’s back to London for Gunnersville, a new concert series taking place 6^th>10^th September, located at Gunnersbury Park, London. The three-day concert series will see performances from the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Echo and Badly Drawn Boy to name but a few. DC will be providing waste management, cleaning and toilet attendant services, so if you’d like to attend while working then simply sign up to work through your DCSS PAAM profile.

As always, if you have any queries regarding your applications don’t hesitate to get in contact with the office admin team.

The nature of this festival is a little strange to say the least, but DC is pleased to be providing waste management services to Elrow Town once again, a festival centred around the life of a festival-loving chicken.

Rowgelia the chicken hatched in 2012 in Elrow, Barcelona. A natural born party animal (fowl), who has since bounced from festival to club across the world until landing the gig of a promoter, where the opportunity presented itself to create his very own show named, you guessed it, Elrow!

If a fiesta of feathers, confetti and bouncing inflatables is your idea of a good time then sign up to work with DC Site Services at this one of a kind festival. We have shifts available between 7>9 hours on early, late and night teams. This one is ideal if you’re local to London, though camping is available for those travelling in.

If you have any queries regarding this event (we’re sure you’ll have a few) then please do not hesitate to get in contact with the office. Otherwise, apply through DCSS PAAM and secure your position!

We’ll have barely caught our breath at the end of July before throwing ourselves into August, full throttle. We have a hefty twenty-five Events & Festivals taking place over August, both familiar and brand new, and we’d like to see all of you there.

Ford Fair takes place at Silverstone Circuit and is Europe’s biggest and best Ford event. They’re expecting this one to be the best one yet and camping will be available!

If you enjoyed the Windsor Horse Show, then the British Young Horse Championships may be more your speed. This event is the height of respective championship classes across Europe showcasing younger horses. Both stunning and impressive!

We also have a few familiar events coming up such as Elrow Town in London, Carfest South in Hampshire, the Big Feastival in the gorgeous Cotswolds, Electric Picnic in Ireland and then we’re back to London for Southport Weekender!

As you can see, there’s something for everyone, so login into your DCSS PAAM profile to see which Event or Festival is calling your name.  

This August Coventry is hosting a new festival, Coombe Weekender! Taking place on Saturday 3^rd and Sunday 4^th August against the historical backdrop of Coombe Abbey, this music festival has a line up which includes a number of well-known names such as Faithless, The Libertines, Kelis and Toploader to name but a few.

DC will be providing waste management services to this festival with early, late and night shifts available, all eight hours long. If you’re interested in working at this brand-new festival, then please log into your DCSS PAAM profile and apply to secure your spot!

Remember, if you’d rather provide a reference than pay the deposit you can choose the ongoing employment option on the deposit screen! If you’d like to chat about it further with the office team then don’t hesitate to get in contact.

DC Site Services is currently recruiting for two individuals to provide additional support to the Peterborough office. The admin office requires an Admin Assistant, and the stores/yard is recruiting for a Stores Assistant during this busy period of the festival season.

The office is looking for an administrator who has experience with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.) is confident answering the phone and has some previous involvement with recruitment. This is a temporary position lasting approximately 6 weeks with a start date as soon as possible for the right candidate.

The Stores is also looking for an assistant to help with the maintenance of the stores and yard, including cleaning of bins and equipment and the loading/unloading of vehicles in preparation for Events & Festivals. This position is initially temporary and with an immediate start, but with potential to become a permanent, fulltime position.

If you are local to Peterborough and feel you fit the bill then please forward your CV to recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with either “Admin Assistant” or “Stores Assistant” in the subject line. A full job description will be provided in receipt of your email.

We hope to hear from you!

We’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who have worked flat out over the past week at the D-Day events in both Portsmouth and Normandy, Summer Social, Let’s Rock Wales and the Classic Ford Show. Let’s have a look forward to what’s coming up next!

We have a few positions available for Glastonbury and applications have been reopened for those who missed out first time around! If you’d like to be considered, then apply online or contact the office to discuss further.

Also just around the corner we have Let’s Rock Scotland, Euston Park Endurance, Strawberries & Creem and Spartan Race Aston Down!

If volunteering is more your speed then be sure to hop on over to volunteer PAAM to view the volunteering opportunities at Latitude, Leeds festival and Electric Picnic!  

DC Site Services is aware that operating its business has a significant impact on the environment. It is therefore essential that all parties concerned, either within or outside our organisation, combine their efforts to both recognise and reduce the impact our operations have upon it.

To this end we at DC Site Services Limited commit to the following statements:

• The company is committed to comply with and where possible exceed the current requirements of environmental legislation and approved codes of practice.

• To expect clients to employ similar environmental standards in the planning of their own operations.

• To coordinate with event sustainability co-coordinators to improve recycling facilities at events.

• To divert up to 100% of waste from landfill.

• To use where possible suppliers who have similar environmental policies to our own.

• To use where possible environmentally friendly cleaning products.

• To recognise noise as a form of pollution and reduce it as much as possible.

• We will frequently review this policy and as a company we constantly strive to discover new ways to reduce environmental impact.

• To operate our business in a manner that is sensitive to the needs and concerns of the people and the surrounding environment.

• To use where practical the latest technology to develop sound environmentally conscious means of providing our services.

• To integrate environmental issues into our decision making, whilst recognising that business concerns might affect the course of action.

• Where practical reduce or eliminate pollution

• To continually look for ways to improve our business and reduce our environmental impact.

• To educate and train our employees in the use of environmentally conscious practices, recognising that no matter what their roles are, they are also responsible for protecting the environment.

• To set and achieve our environmental objectives and targets.

We have implemented the following changes to help reduce our impact on the environment:

• We have decreased the amount of single use plastic bin liners we use by having our bin bags custom made onto rolls, this means that we use less bags and this reduces the number of bags we end up wasting.

• Encourage all staff to use reusable cups for hot drinks, to eliminate the use of disposal cups.

• Stop the purchase of single use sachets sugar, coffee and milk portions – Providing tea/coffee/sugar in canisters instead.

• Reduce reliance on single use water bottles by encouraging all staff to bring their own reusable water bottles. These can then be refilled at taps or from bowsers on site. Where this isn’t possible drinks in cans will be provided.

• Encourage staff to bring their own Metal Cutlery instead of relying on disposable cutlery.

• Encourage staff to bring their own bowl & plate for staff meals to reduce the amount of disposable packaging.

• Reduce the amount of paper & ink we use by emailing required site documents instead of printing.

• Collecting waste oil from sites where it has been left behind, this is then sent to be re-processed into diesel.

• Looking at the amount of single use plastics we use, and where possible reduce this (such as meal deal sandwiches, fruit in excessive packaging etc.

We are excited to announce that in line with DC Site Services’ commitment to sustainability we will no longer be providing staff with single use plastic water bottles or disposable cups at any our events. Many events and festivals are banning the sale of plastic bottles on their sites this year and we are welcoming the changes with open arms and hope you will too! Water and hot drinks will be available on site so please bring a reusable bottle or cup. At some events you will need to bring your own plates and cutlery also!

We also like to take this moment to say good luck to those off to the Royal Windsor Horse Show this week! If you are joining us, then please take the time to read through the information packs provided and don’t forget your IDs!

As always, do not hesitate to get in contact with the office should you have any queries regarding these events.

Please join us in wishing Conner, one of our Office Administrator’s good luck as he ventures into pastures new! Conner joined us back in 2017 as an apprentice and has since then progressed to the position of Office Administrator, building a wide range of skills along the way.

As Conner takes on this new venture, we will remember him as the cheeky chap he is, you will be missed! All the best and do not be a stranger!

We are pleased to once again be recruiting for additional Area Leaders to join the growing pool of those keen for that little bit of extra responsibility when working onsite at Events & Festivals!

We are offering pay at £8.20 an hour (if under 25 years of age) or £8.71 (if over 25) plus holiday pay and pension opportunities.

The principle responsibilities of an Area Leader are varied and will be covered in the job specification; however, the primary duties of this role include supporting the Job Lead by assisting in leading on-site operations and coordinating staff over a smaller section of the event site, managing shift changes and handovers to Team Leaders.

A full breakdown of all duties and expectations for the role is covered in the job description which you can find on the Overview page of DCSS PAAM. This is also available to read in the FAQ section of the website.

To apply, please email recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with your CV and covering letter, making sure to use “2019 Area Leader Application” in the subject line.

Applications will close on Friday the 12^th April. Shortlisting and interviews will take place in the following two weeks from the closing date. Interviews may be conducted in person, by telephone or via Skype which will be pre-arranged and confirmed during the shortlisting of applications.

If your application is successful, training days will commence towards the end of April, with further details to be confirmed to the successful applicants.

If you have any queries regarding these vacancies which are not covered in the job description, then please do not hesitate to get in touch!

We hope to hear from you, good luck!

We’d like to say a big thank you to our team who attended the Cambridge Job Centre Job Fair on Wednesday, good job team!

When attending these recruitment events, we not only hope to reach out to people who may not have considered Event & Festival work before, but also to engage with those who perhaps already have some experience in the field and would be interested in pursuing this further. In particular, we’re always on the lookout for Team Leaders and Area Leaders.

This is a recruitment campaign which we'll be opening to our current pool of event staff early next week, so be sure to keep an eye out for this!

Firstly, shout out and good luck to our crew at the Plymouth University Summer Opportunities Job Fair, let’s get those new recruits in!

Secondly, if you’re an Ed Sheeran fan and you’re free on the 16th, 17th & 18th August then you may want to get your application to work at this event in quickly…

Ed Sheeran will be playing at Roundhay Park, Leeds with special guests the Darkness and Lewis Capaldi and DC has been awarded the contract to provide litter picking services and the waste management for this event. If you would like to work with DC while enjoying this Grammy award-winning artist belting out his best hits then sign into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply and secure your position! Quick reminder that there is a £75 deposit for this event, however if you apply for ongoing employment, you will only need to pay the difference (this will be returned to you on successful completion of work)

Shifts will be between 7 & 9 hours long and will include an unpaid break. Onsite camping is available for those not local to the area.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our friendly admin staff who are only a phone call or email away.

In DC’s continuing effort to lead by example and to uphold our Environmental policy, we’ve implemented the following changes to help reduce our impact on the environment.

We encourage staff to bring their own metal cutlery instead of relying on disposable cutlery provided

We’re looking to bring in reusable water bottles to replace single use plastic bottles

Staff are provided with one single use water bottle which they can then refill at taps (dependant on water being available on site)

We have now phased out the use of sachets and milk portions. Instead, providing tea/coffee/sugar in canisters instead

We provide all staff with reusable cups for hot drinks, to eliminate the use of disposal cups

We have decreased the amount of single use plastic bin liners we use by having our bin bags custom made onto rolls, this means that we use less bags and this reduces the number of bags we end up wasting

Increasing the amount of glass recycling on the sites we service by segregating all glass and taking this away from General Waste

Follow our social media to stay abreast of these new and on-going developments!

Are you an outgoing 'people person' who enjoys the buzz of live events?

If the answer is yes, then don’t delay, apply today and be part of some of the most prestigious events across the UK.

In 2019 we will be working with various events throughout Summer 2019.

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MADE Festival 27^th > 30^th July,

MADE Festival is a UK dance and urban music festival held each summer in Birmingham, showcasing an energetic line-up of house, D&B, grime and garage from afternoon till late, after an incredible debut year at Perry Park, the festival returns to the green fields this summer alongside Andy C, Annie Mac, Solardo and more. Paying homage to the city's love of warehouse culture, MADE welcomes in a number of renowned brands to help curate its line-up, aiming to create a festival that channels the gritty, urban rave scene that the city loves.

Elrow Town London 17^th August

Elrow Town London sees the popular Barcelona party brand return to the capital, as over 25,000 dance music fans descend on London's Trent Park this August for the UK's biggest ever Elrow show.

Looking to raise the bar even higher, 2019's shenanigans will feature yet another top-tier dance line-up, alongside all the usual trimmings that make an Elrow party so unique and immersive: think giant inflatables, puppets, confetti, performers and a whole host of quirky surprises.

Southport Weekender 31^st August > 4^th September

Southport Weekender Festival returns to London this August, but to a brand-new home in Crystal Palace Park, once again showcasing a vibrant day of all things house, soul, R&B, garage and disco.

Billed as "the world's friendliest party", Southport Weekender Festival is all about bringing people together under a shared love of music and the summer sun.

Hospitality in the Park 28^th September > 2^nd October

Hospitality In The Park is a London drum and bass festival, curated by Hospital Records as well as a number of other established clubbing brands. 

Held inside the capital's Finsbury Park, the daytime festival brings together the best in D&B from across Europe, with the likes of Let it Roll and Invaderz having hosted stages in recent years.

Resulting in an epic celebration of one of dance music's most energetic and joyous genres, Hospitality in the Park has become the UK's first outdoor event dedicated solely to drum and bass. 

Westfest 26^th > 28^th October

West Fest returns to Royal Bath & West Showground for 2019. Further information and ticket details TBC.

If you have any questions or queries about any other Event/Festivals, please feel free to contact us.

Congratulations to our winner of the Client Survey earlier this year, H Power! (The Windsor Horse Show & Windsor Endurance.) We hope you enjoyed the hamper! Of course, we’d like to say thank you to all who took part, your feed back enables us to reflect on what we do well and where it is we can make changes to provide you with the best service possible.

So let’s take a look at the results. You’ll see in the below table (click to enlarge) a summary of the feedback received, though we’re pleased to see that on a scale of 1>6 (1 being poor and 6 being excellent) that overall we were scored a 6 for all questions 36% of the time, a five for 37%, four for 14%, three for 6%, a two at 5% and a one 2% of the time.

We’d also like to say thank you to those who left encouraging feedback (as below). We look forward to working with you again soon!

Paul – Suffolk Show

“Without a doubt DC Site Services is a professional & personable company who cater for our cleaning needs with the utmost efficiency”

Lindsay Barrowclough – CLP Ltd

“Would go nowhere else for Site Cleaning. Service from start to finish exceptional.”

John Millichamp – Goose Live Events

“From start to finish the experience we had with DC Site Services was smooth and professional. Our enquiry was dealt with quickly and efficiently and the team onsite delivered what was required.”

This year DC has expanded its administration team by welcoming Michelle Hession, our new Office Assistant and Sharon Baker, our new Office Administrator to the team. Both ladies are already proving to be a valued addition to the team so if you happen to speak to them on the phone please give them a warm welcome!  

We’d also like to give a shout out to Sammi and Sharon who are currently at Wolverhampton University job fair representing DC. You’ll see DC dotted at various recruitment events throughout the Spring so if you happen to be local to the area, drop by the stand and say hello!

It's that time of year again when we reflect on the season just passed, thinking about how we can improve on our services as we head into the next season. Here is a breakdown all the responses we received from our staff surveys in 2018.

As you can see, the chart hyperlinked highlights a few areas where we need to improve, mainly with regards to on-site welfare & facilities, pre-event information, and our social media presence. Over the course of the next few months we will be analysing the feedback you have provided us with so that we can come up with comprehensive solutions to the issues raised.

Watch this space for news items over the winter months as these items will outline the solutions we will be implementing throughout 2019.

Firstly, we’d like to say thank you to the crew who represented DC at the Finsbury Park Job Fair on Wednesday, great work guys! As a part of our ongoing recruitment campaign DC will be visiting various job centres and job fairs across the UK this year, so keep an eye out for us!

Hooray for pay day! If it’s payday for you too then why not take a look at our Event Calendar or the applications on DCSS PAAM you’ve already made and consider covering that deposit to secure your applications. Remember, you can make a part payment, coming back to this at a later date if need be.

You’ll notice that the calendar has already been updated with some familiar upcoming Events & Festivals, this will only continue to expand over the next few months! And as always, if you have any queries about applying for the first time, most questions are covered in our FAQs. Or, you’d like to chat to a member of the admin team about any of your applications then please do not hesitate to get in contact!

We’re pleased to announce that the 2019 DC Event Calendar is officially open. This includes some of our regular clients such as…

• Latitude
• Leeds
• Reading
• Glastonbury
• Taste of London
• Let’s Rock Tour
• 2000 Trees

And many more! You can now view the calendar through the website or directly through DCSS PAAM to start planning out your summer.

Here’s a few tips before applying…

• Make sure your DCSS PAAM profile is still current. Has your contact number, address or tax declaration changed since you lasted logged in?
• Get your applications in sooner rather than later! Remember, we allocate positions on a first come, first served basis
• Deposits! We have an option called “Ongoing Employment” which is simply an alternative way of applying, check out more here in the FAQs
• Dust off those wellies and check your tents for repairs!

We hope you’re as excited and energised as we are for this new festival season and we hope to see you out in the field soon!

We’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We hope you all had a lovely Christmas break and that the hangovers have sufficiently worn off! We’re now back in full operation at the office and already looking towards changes within the Company for early 2019.

As DC continues to develop each year, we now seek to expand our office team to help evolve with this increasing demand in our services. We’re happy to say that we are now recruiting for an Office Administrator and an Office Assistant (Apprentice).

These are fulltime, permanent posts. If would like to see the Festival season from the perspective of the office team then please email recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with your CV and covering letter to express your interest and to request the job spec you are interested in.

We hope to hear from you!

We would like to wish all our Clients and Suppliers a very Happy Christmas and a Successful New Year. To all our staff working over the Christmas period, thank you and enjoy.

We would like to wish all our staff a very Happy Christmas and a Successful New Year. To all our staff working over the Christmas period, thank you and enjoy.

Please join us in congratulating our staff survey Winners of 2018! Chosen at random, our first prize winner is Otto Jones! Congratulations Otto, enjoy the £50 Amazon voucher (just in time for Christmas!)

Our first runner up is Phil Rayner, followed by our second runner up, Lucy Ringer! Vouchers are on their way to you as we speak.

Thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback has been invaluable, and we’ll be reviewing these comments with the objective of implementing improvements for the 2019 festival season, watch this space!

Big shout out to our crew working at our on-going winter events in London. We currently have crew providing cleaning services at the Natural History Museum Ice Rink and litter & waste management services at Alice in Winterland. To all our staff, you’ve done a fantastic job so far, keep up the good work!

In other news, be sure to keep your eyes peeled as we’ll potentially be closing the 2018 season on DCSS PAAM relatively soon. This means the publication of the 2019 festival season will follow shortly after. Watch this space!

Last Friday we were sad to say goodbye to Aaron, our Stores Assistant who is moving on to pastures new! Since April 2017 Aaron has been helping Mick, our Stores and Yard Manager to prep all vehicles & equipment going out to Events & Festivals, as well as ensuring returned equipment is in ship shape and working order, ready for the next show.

Aaron is now working as a lifeguard, so please join us in wishing him all the best as he slips into his inflatable armbands and begins this new venture!

We’re now finished up at Westfest; providing a full deep clean to stages, VIP areas & backstage areas. It's a tough job, so a massive thank you to all staff who were in attendance!

If you’re looking for work this weekend we’ve got a few positions left at Beaconsfield Fireworks this Sat 3^rd & Sun 4^th Nov.  If this is of interest feel free to get in touch with the office or simply apply through your DCSS PAAM profile.

To those of you who have already completed the staff Survey – thank you! You have now been entered in our prize draw, 1^st winner takes home £50 in vouchers, 2^nd & 3^rd winners will take £25 vouchers! It’s not too late for you to enter if you haven’t already, simply follow this link and fill out the survey for your chance to be entered into this draw!

With so many Events & Festivals over the Halloween period it can difficult to decide how to spend your time. No plans yet? Don’t worry, you can spend Halloween with us!

Once again, this year DC returns to Westfest. We’ll be providing a full deep clean service before, during and after the show – offering you the opportunity to work multiple days and get a unique perspective behind the scenes of this annual rave.

Right on the heels of Westfest, we’ll be moving into London to service various fireworks events, providing litter & waste management services to four different displays:

• Lambeth Fireworks (3^rd & 4^th Nov)
• Beaconsfield Fireworks (3^rd & 4^th Nov)
• Victoria Park Fireworks (4^th & 5^th Nov)
• Southwark Fireworks (5^th & 6^th Nov)

There is the potential for you to work one event straight after the other. If this is something you’d be interested in, simply get in contact with the office, otherwise apply through your DCSS PAAM Profile today!

Are you looking for work this weekend? DC has been contracted at short notice for the MX5 Owners Club Event at Ragley Hall, Alcester on Sunday 30^th. There’s only a few spots left open so if you’re local, get in contact with the office to see what it is we can do for you.

That takes us into everyone’s fave spooky month, October. This month brings a very interesting mix of Events ranging from the booz-tastic to the downright thrilling! We have a selection of positions available for various Oktoberfest events taking place across the UK this month (viewable here on the event schedule). We’re also pleased to be working with Thorpe Park for Scarefest in Chertsey! So, if you’re quite partial to seeing punters screaming their little head’s off while being chased by faux zombies, DC’s got you sorted.

Sandwiched in the middle of all this madness is TRAX, and as if that wasn’t enough, towards the end of the month DC is returning to the Natural History Museum in London (where we can offer you extended work on a rota basis) before moonwalking into November with Westfest. So much to apply for, so little time!

Make sure to apply soon, applications for these events are filling up fast!

By now all crew assigned to work at CRUK Night Shine this weekend should have received their shift patterns. If you have yet to receive yours, please check your emails and your DCSS PAAM profile or contact the office.

This October we’ll be working with Oktoberfest once again at a series of venues providing waste management, site crew and campsite stewards. This time around we’ll also be working at Erdinger Oktoberfest in London for a five week stretch at the Queens Elizabeth Olympic park!

We have separated this work into 5 separate weeks on DCSS PAAM. If you are interested in joining us at this event please don’t hesitate to get in touch advising of your availability!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by DC’s stand at the Whittlesey Fair, it was a lovely day, if not a little windy (though the kilt-clad Highland Pipe Band managed to perform with dignity intact!) We were once again happy act as one of the sponsors for this local event. 

Enough fun, back to work! We have the International Association of Scientologists Event coming up in early October then followed by TRAX. Two very different events we like to think as the mixer followed by the chaser. You can apply for one or the other but apply soon to secure your position!

If you’d like to join us in London, Southwark Park on the 22^nd September for the Cancer Research UK Night Shine Walk then there’s still time for you to apply! Or, if you’re closer to Kent then we also have work available at Southbeats Festival which showcases some of the UK’s biggest DJ’s and live acts across multiple stages. DC will be providing the waste management for this one and camping will be available. Sign up before you miss out!

If you’re looking ahead to October, we have several options for you. DC will once again be providing services to…               

• The International Association of Scientologists
• Spartan Race Windsor
• Westfest
• The Natural History Museum

The NHM will be through October, November and December on a rota basis. If you’d like to email in your availability, we’ll look at where we can slot you in over the next few weeks.

Finally, please wish the office team good luck as we represent DC within the local community at the Whittlesey Fair this weekend! (See, we occasionally work weekends too!)

We’d like to say a very big thank you to everyone who has powered through the back to back work over the past few weeks and the (recent) torrential weather. Well done everyone.

We’d also like to say good luck to everyone working at Electric Picnic, unbelievably they’re basking in sunshine! Enjoy it while it’s there, folks.

Finally, if you’re looking for work this weekend we may have some last minute, post-event work available at either Carfest South or Big Feastival. If this is something you’d be interested in, then please get in contact with the office to discuss further.

We’d like to give a big shout out to crew who joined us at Elrow Town over the weekend and to those who continue to help with the post-show clear-up. As you can see from Dylan’s expression, there was a smidge more confetti than expected, so well done team! #Perseverance

We’d also like to say Happy (belated) Birthday to Matt Hettle, Director of Operations. We hope you had a spare moment to swallow a slice of birthday cake pelican-style before throwing yourself back into the fray at Leeds.

Finally, Good luck to everyone working over the bank holiday weekend! If you have any queries regarding your positions prior to setting off, don’t hesitate to give the office a bell.

August bank holiday is just around the corner, if you’ve yet to make any plans then why not apply to work with DC at either Carfest South (Laverstoke Park, Hampshire 24^th>31^st) or Big Feastival (The Cotswolds, 24^th>28^th) Pukka!

We’ll be working flat-out over this period so would love to see any new faces along with our regulars.

As always, do not hesitate to get in contact with the office should you have any queries regarding these events.

We’d like to give a big shout out to Dylan, one of our Project Managers who was recently injured at an event (the perils of waste management!) He’s doing just fine at home with a G&T, resting his leg like a total legend. We’ll see you back in the field in a week’s time!

The show must go on! August is looming and with it plenty of opportunities. Take a peek at what we have coming up…

• Eastern Electrics (Morden) 4^th>5^th Aug
• Great Pilgrimage 90^th Anniversary (Belgium!) 7^th>8^th Aug
• Arts House/Ajunadeep (London) 11^th>12^th Aug
• Battle Proms Ragley Hall (Alcester) 11^th Aug
• Elrow Town (London) 18^th>22^nd Aug
• Leeds Festival 22^nd>28^th Aug
• Carfest South (Hampshire) 24^th>31^st Aug
• Big Feastival (The Cotswolds) 24^th>28^th Aug
• Electric Picnic (paid & volunteer positions! Ireland) 31^st>3^rd Sep
• Heritage Live – Wrest Park

As always, give the office a bell if you have any queries!

We’d like to say a big, big thank you to everyone who has worked with DC over the past two weeks, it’s been a challenge, but we’re not done yet! For the end of July there’s still a few spots open to apply for…

• Focus
• Little Mix Gateshead
• Let’s Rock London
• Classic Ibiza Harewood

Looking ahead into August there are plenty of opportunities coming up including Leeds Festival! This is ideal if you joined us for Latitude Festival and you’re looking for something similar. Other Events & Festival coming up in August include…

• CBB Summer Social
• Eastern Electrics
• Ford Fair
• Battle Proms – High Clere Castle
• Arts House/Ajunadeep
• Battle Proms Ragley Hall
• Anglesey Country Show
• Euston Park Endurance Masters
• Elrow Town

And that only takes us halfway into August! As you can see we’re on a roll and we’re eager to keep the momentum going. Well done everyone, take a breath and then let’s get back to it!

First of all, we’d like to give a shout out to all crew we have working across various Events & Festivals during this incredibly busy period! We’d also like to say good luck to crew arriving at Latitude Festival today, be sure to check the info packs one last time before you set off! You should also have received a text message regarding briefing times for Latitude changing to 5pm and 9pm today, you of course don’t need to attend both, but must attend one of them!

Let’s look ahead. There’s still opportunity to apply for work for the backend of July with applications still open for Battle Proms Blenheim Palace, Active Essex, Chalfest and Little Mix Gateshead. In August we have coming up…

• Euston Park Endurance
• Drive in Movies – Clencoe
• Eastern Electrics
• Ford Fair
• Arts House/Ajundeep  
• Battle Proms Ragley Hall
• Angelsey Country Show
• Elrow Town – London
• Leeds Festival

Any many more! To see the full rundown of what we have coming up visit our Event Calendar.

There’s still time to apply to work at Latitude Festival 2018!  Whether you’d like to work the main event, work the pre-show or even volunteer, we can offer you a position at Latitude festival this year.

Pre-show includes dates from 9^th>11^th July, the main festival dates are 12^th>16^th July and volunteering dates are the 12^th, 13^th and 16^th July.

If you’re already down for Latitude and you’re looking for something to keep you busy until then, we have St Paul’s Carnival in Bristol from 6^th>8^th July. There’s no camping at this one so you’d need to either be local or have accommodation close by. This event is celebrating its 50^th anniversary after making its debut in 1968 and is known for celebrating the very best in African Caribbean culture. Not to be missed!

As always, if you’d like to discuss any of your applications further then please do not hesitate to get in contact.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us over the past week at a series of different Events & Festivals, take a breather and then let’s get back to it!

In July we’re turning it up a gear, applications are now open for the following:

• Latitude pre-show – Beccles. (Contact the office to discuss remaining positions.)
• Battle Proms Burghley House – Peterborough. (Local to the Whittlesey unit, swing by and say hello!)
• Newham Mayor’s Show – London
• Kew the Music - Richmond
• Rochester Castle Concerts – Rochester
• Henley Festival – Henley on Thames
• Latitude Festival (the main festival – contact the office if you would like to work both the pre-show and the show days)
• Heritage Live – Audley House – Essex
• Let’s Rock Shrewsbury – Shrewsbury
• Euston Park Endurance – Thetford
• Spartan Race – Marston Lodge
• Battle Proms – Hatfield House
• Royal Welsh Show – Wales
• Kisstory/One Dance – London
• Little Mix – Norwich
• Made Festival – Birmingham

Talk about being spoilt for choice. And remember, one deposit can cover all other deposits of the same value. Bargain!

Latitude is a seasoned festival, taking place in Suffolk each year. DC will once again be providing our traffic management services and applications are still open if you would like to join us!

If you’re looking for as much work as possible then we have pre-show work available for Latitude (2^nd>11^th July) leading straight into the main event (12^th>16^th). You can apply to work at either or both online, or if you’d like to discuss this further with the office then don’t hesitate to get in contact.

DC is officially entering one of our busiest periods of the year. Over the next two weeks we’ll be at no less than eighteen different Events & Festivals up and down the country.

Just a few of those include…

• Taste of London
• Live at Chelsea
• Heritage Live, Kenwood House (week one and two)
• Let’s Rock Leeds
• Dogfest Cheshire

Log into your DCSS PAAM profile to apply or contact the office if you have any questions!

If you’re looking to keep yourself busy this weekend, then DC has a few last remaining positions available for…

• CRUK (Cancer Research) Welwyn (Sat 2^nd June) waste management
• Summer Social (Sat 2^nd June) car parking

Well done and thank you to everyone who joined us over the busy bank holiday weekend, and good luck to those starting out at the Suffolk Show. We’ll be crossing our fingers for you that the sun might make an appearance over the next few days!

Those of you who follow him on Facebook have no doubt seen Wheelie’s epic journey so far this year. If not, then make sure to follow him so as to not miss out on one wheelie bin’s heroic journey across the country this festival season.

There’ll be laughter. There’ll be tears. There’ll be waste management.

Good luck to those working this bank holiday weekend, we look forward to seeing you soon. For those looking to cast their net a little wider into June, applications for the following Events & Festivals are still open…

• Let’s Rock Sunderland
• Taste of London
• Live at Chelsea
• Heritage Live
• Let’s Rock Leeds
• Black Deer Festival
• Let’s Rock Scotland
• Dogfest Bristol
• Lionel Ritchie in Concert

That's just to name just a few. Apply now for your chance to meet wheelie in person!

DC is proud to celebrate its 25^th anniversary this year.  In twenty-five years DC has grown drastically and we are delighted to mark this milestone with a spiffy updated logo which you’ll see on our website very soon.

Founded in 1993 by Dick and Janet, DC has expanded to become a seasoned and cohesive company while maintaining its family-run business ethos. DC has evolved over the years from a handful of people to now include a Director of Operations and a well-rounded management and administration team. We’d like to say a big thank you to all of our regular crew who have stayed with us throughout these changes as the number of Events & Festivals DC provides its services to gradually doubled and tripled. We’d also like to say a big welcome to those who are new to the DC family!

Here’s to the next 25 years!

From Dick & Janet, Matt & the management team.

Big thank you to all crew who worked with DC at both Japfest and Arcadia, what a gorgeous weekend for it!

We want to wish good luck to the crew making their way to the Windsor Horse Show, remember to read through the information packs provided to ensure that you have all relevant ID with you.

Also coming up we have Alfresco Disco, a rave taking place at a secret location in Bristol. It’s one day only and not to be missed! If that doesn’t peek your interest then there’s still time to apply for either Glastonbudget, Mutiny Festival, Let’s Rock Norwich or Suffolk Show. Earn some extra cash while making the most of your bank holiday weekend at the end of May!

Well done to our event crew who managed the car parking at Active Essex over the weekend, nearly a thousand vehicles parked by a small but extremely capable team. Well done!

It’s usually this time of year when the Event Schedule begins to grow and flex its figurative muscles. Right on cue the following have been added in the past few days alone…

The Royal Wedding (Windsor Home Park)

Lionel Ritchie in Concert (Wells-Next-the-Sea)

Newham Mayor’s Show (London)

Glenfiddich Festival Experiment (Scotland)

As always, please contact the office to query any of the above further.

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that a number new Events & Festivals have recently been added to the Event Schedule. This includes…

• The Royal Wedding
• Ramblin Man
• Little Mix – Gateshead
• Great Pilgrimage 90^th Anniversary (Ypres, Belgium)
• Arts House/Ajunadeep

Remember, when you apply you can click the blue “Info” button on DCSS PAAM to find out more about the event before making an application. No one wants to mistakenly apply to work at a rave which turns out to an antiquing show.

But before all of that we have Arcadia which is just around the corner. We are managing all the waste onsite and have worked very closely with the event to reduce the amount of waste generated by implementing the following measures:

• Re-useable bar cups
• All food to be served in compostable containers
• Reducing the amount of single use water bottles on site

Lastly, please join is in wishing Happy Birthday to this Disney princess, Julian. He insisted on that balloon.

Please join us wishing Happy birthday to Scott Mason, one of our Project Managers. Enjoy the new coffee mug and balloon you lucky so and so.

Speaking of birthdays, did you know that DC celebrates its 25^th birthday this year! We’ll be arranging something special to celebrate this milestone, but if you’d like to wish DC a happy birthday then visit our Event Calendar and apply to work this summer.

Remember, only 1 deposit covers all applications which hold the same deposit value, with Ongoing employment as an alternative option. If you have any queries regarding working at an Event or Festival, then why not visit the website FAQ where you’ll likely find your answer.

Of course, if there is anything you’re unsure about or if you’d like to chat to a member of the team then don’t hesitate to call or email.

What better time than when you’re noshing on a lovely Easter egg to sit back, put your feet up and spend five minutes planning your summer. The best way to do this is to view our Event Schedule or by scrolling through the “Apply” tab on DCSS PAAM if you already have a profile set up.

You’ve heard the saying “summer bodies are made in winter,” well summer applications are secured in Spring!  

If something’s preventing you from making an application, then feel free to contact the office to discuss it further. If it’s the deposit that’s thwarting your applications, then look no further than ongoing employment!  

This is a slightly more formal way of applying where you may bypass the deposit by ensuring your DCSS PAAM profile is complete, including references. More information on this is available on the deposit screen when applying, however a member of the office team would be happy to walk you through this.

Back to the chocolate…

You wouldn’t believe it was snowing just a week ago but Spring is finally here, and with it, plenty of opportunities to work at your favourite upcoming Events & Festivals!

With a busy schedule just on the horizon it’s all the more important that we have our Team Leaders and Area Leaders lined up, ready to lead! We’re pleased to announce that all applications have now been reviewed and shortlisted and we will be contacting everyone who applied imminently to advise of the next step.

There’ll certainly be plenty of positions to offer to new appointees as May tends to be our first busy month of the festival season. Below is the current schedule for May…

• Arcadia - 5th & 6th May, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
• Keble College Ball - 5th May, Keble College Oxford
• Japfest - 5th – 7th May, Silverstone
• Windsor Endurance – 8^th – 14^th May, Windsor
• Windsor Horse Show - 9th – 13th May, Windsor
• Handmade Fair Ragley – 11^th – 13^th May, Alcester
• CRUK Stafford – 12^th May, Stafford
• Pub in The Park Marlow - 17th – 19th May, Marlow
• Let’s Rock the Moor - 19th – 30th May, Cookham Marsh Meadow
• CRUK Prestwold – 20^th May, Loughborough
• Crick Boat Show – 24^th – 30^th May, Crick
• Glastonbudget - 25th – 30th May, Leicestershire
• Mutiny Festival - 26th – 29th May, Portsmouth
• Let’s Rock Norwich - 26th – 27th May, Norwich
• Suffolk Show - 30th – 31st May, Ipswich

This will continue to expand as times goes on so be sure to check back regularly and let’s get those applications rolling in now so as to avoid disappointment later! As always, our admin team is on standby should you have any queries.

The closing date to work as a Team Leader or Area Leader this festival season is this Friday 16^th! There’s still time to send in your CV and covering letter via email, and of course if you have any queries then just give the office a bell.

We’ve kept ourselves busy over the past few months, stretching out the old muscles ready for when the summer hits us full on. In May, (not even 2 months away!) we have numerous Events & Festivals to keep you busy, employed and generally quite tanned. Glastonbudget, Mutiny and the Suffolk Show are just a few, but first on the list for many is the Windsor Horse Show.

What better way to reacquaint yourself with old friends and to kickstart your summer than to be a part of top-class sporting action and entertainment only a week prior to the Royal wedding!

Let’s get applying!

We’d like to say thank you to all the students who visited our stand this week at the Peterborough Regional College. It was lovely to meet you and we hope to have the opportunity to work with you soon.

Big shout out to our crew who worked at the Mini Oxford Plant this week and to those who are due to work at the Posh vs Charlton Athletic game at the Peterborough ABAX Stadium this weekend. Make sure to wrap up warm!

We’d also like to say thank you to everyone who applied for either Team Leader or Area Leader positions! Due to the positive response received, we've decided to extend the closing date by another week. As a quick reminder, you can apply by emailing with the position you're applying for in the subject line. Include your CV and covering letter and make sure to check that your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date. Once applications have closed we will begin shortlisting and be in touch to discuss the next step in your application, so keep an eye on your emails!

We’re pleased to confirm that applications to apply for the positions of either Team Leader or Area Leaders are now open.

These are both vital roles when it comes to ensuring that the service specification is being met and that the job itself is running smoothly. If you’re eager for a new challenge, or feel ready for more responsibility this season then apply by following these few steps:

• Review the applicable job spec on DCSS PAAM on the Overview tab, under the heading “job descriptions.” Or, you can view the specs on the website in our FAQ.
• If you do not yet have a DCSS PAAM profile, then pop the kettle on and spend fifteen minutes setting one up by clicking here. Make sure it’s 100% up to date (you must have one in order for your application to progress and we’ll be checking these!)
• Email recruitment with your CV and covering letter attached
• Make sure to put “2018 Team Leader Application” or “2018 Area Leader Application” in the subject line of your email as appropriate
• Hit send!

The closing date to apply for either positions is the 9^th March. Shortlisting and interviews will take place in the following two weeks up to the 23^rd March (interviews may be conducted either in person, by telephone or via Skype).

Of course, if you have any queries about your application which are not covered by the job spec then don’t hesitate to get in contact with the admin team.

We hope to hear form you!

DC is busy preparing for the next festival season by investing in our Event Crew. Following a recent SIA course and a Team Leader workshop, DC is now providing new opportunities for our crew this week with Street Works training. 

By putting our crew through NRSWA training this enables us to better cater to our clients needs by providing a capable, accredited team onsite! 

We'd also like to say a belated Happy Birthday to Conner, our Office Assistant who turned 20 last week. They grow up so fast. Another birthday just around the corner is DC's. We'll be 25 this year (5 years older than Conner!) so get ready to celebrate!

Please join us in congratulating Charles Reynolds on his recent appointment as Operations Manager! Well done, Charlie.

Charlie first joined the DC family back in 2013 as a crew member. Since then he’s progressed from Team Leader to Project Manager. A lot of hard work and dedication has since driven him into the position of Operations Manager, a post which holds more responsibility and is heavily involved with the office team. A very welcomed addition!

If you would like to follow in Charlie’s footsteps, then keep an eye on your emails as we will soon be recruiting for Team Leaders! All you need to do to apply is email your CV with covering letter with “Event & Festival Team Leader Application” as the subject line.  We’ll be sending out the specification for the role through DCSS PAAM imminently!

And we’re off! Applications for the 2018 DC Event Calendar are now open. If you have a DCSS PAAM profile, then blow away the cobwebs and take a look at what needs updating for the new festival season. Your tax declaration for certain will need updating (for paid workers, not volunteers) as this reset automatically at the beginning of each year.

Now for the fun bit, scroll through both Event Calendars (paid work and volunteering) to see what’s coming up and which Events & Festivals you’d like to apply to work at with DC. Remember, all applications are allocated on a first-come first- served basis (after being approved) so apply now!

This goes for our volunteers too. We have two separate PAAM applications systems for paid work and for volunteers. If volunteering is more your cup of tea, then log into or create your DCSS PAAM Volunteers profile.

This year we’re phasing in a few new changes for the better…

• There are now no booking fees to pay when making an application
• Our FAQ section is undergoing a face lift (more on that soon)
• Deposits from 2017 have now been reduced! Our new rates are £25, £75, £150 & £250

And whether you’re new to DC this year or an existing crew member, you’ll definitely want to take a look at our Ongoing Employment option. This is a more formal way of applying where you can bypass, at least in part, the deposit system. All you need to do is list two references, or at least one, and then choose this option on the deposit screen. Whatever deposit you do pay is returned to you in full. You also have the option to pay your deposit in instalments rather than all at once. Feel free to contact the office to discuss any of these updates further.

Applications may be open, but this is not yet our full event calendar. We’ll continue to update as we progress through the season, so we highly recommend that you follow us on our social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and even YouTube) and that you subscribe to our newsletter so as to not miss any announcements.   

Well done, team for polishing off a series of Best Parties Ever events this month, what a great start to the year!

In past years we got rid of our disposable mugs and introduced the new plastic DC mugs. This year we’re hoping to go a step further to reduce single use plastic by two thirds, so watch this space for the new additions to DC goodies used onsite!

We hope everyone had a Happy New Year and that all hangovers have since been nursed and cured with a full English breakfast as standard.

Here we are again, at the very beginning of a new year, pre-festival season. We’ll continue to update our Event Calendar as we progress, so keep an eye open for this and make sure you’re following DC on all social media platforms so as not to miss a single update!

It’s That Time of Year Again…

Another year has flown by, and while preparations for 2018 are already well underway it’s also a time for reflection of the year just gone by. This year we’ve pushed our recruitment, stepped up our training and changed a few of our operational procedures as you’ll see…

Customer Satisfaction...

With every debrief report we send post-event we include the link to our Client Survey. We also publicize this at the end of every year so that you have another opportunity once the dust has settled to reflect upon the service you received.  

From your initial enquiry to the final report, we’d like to know in detail exactly what you felt worked well and what you feel could be improved upon. Your feedback is vital as to how we move forwards as a business, so if you have not already filled one out, please pop the kettle on and take just a few minutes to complete one.

Recruitment

“The crowd is buzzing the music’s live, you’re working at the festivals you’re loving life. You and live events are the perfect fit, you can now be a part of it.”

This year we tried a new venture and branched out with our advertising. DC’s very own radio advert played throughout the summer on Connect FM, broadcasting to Peterborough and Northampton areas. If you’re a local, then perhaps you heard our jingle on the airways?

As fancy as a radio advert is it’s still no substitute for good old fashioned, boots-on-the-ground recruitment! This year we attended numerous job fairs, colleges, universities and job centres across the UK to recruit additional event crew.

These campaigns were then judiciously maintained and followed up by group Meet & Greets held at our Peterborough Headquarters.

The time and effort spent in recruiting the additional Event Crew to expand our current database has proved so far to be both successful and rewarding. As of December, we met with nearly x1,500 new recruits, and approximately 35% of these new recruits went on to sign up with us over the summer festival season.

Training & Development…

After recruiting the staff, we needed to train them! All event crew are trained before being set loose at any Event or Festival. This year we implemented new training material to better prepare and engage our crew before they have the opportunity to set foot onsite.

To make sure that all our crew are successfully and professionally managed we also cast our net out to recruit extra Team Leaders and Project Managers earlier on in the year. They joined our current pool of Team Leaders and Project Managers who also attended bespoke training sessions at our Peterborough Headquarters.

Needless to say, it’s important to us as a Company that our crew, at any level are happy and confident in their duties.

Operational Procedures…

Our Event schedule grew considerably this year and as such we have reviewed not only how it is we operate as a team on-site, but as a team back at the office. This year you’ll see a difference in how we process all information from enquiry stage to the final quotation via a new electronic system.

This is with the aim of streamlining the influx of quotation requests and correspondence with clients. We look forward to reviewing the outcome of this same time next year!

ISO Quality Standards…

Quality assurance remains a firm part of our ethos and is the standard we work towards each day.

An integral part of this is the capture of information and data as the year progresses and comparing this to the previous year’s data. To the left is a breakdown of all 2016 Incidents, Accidents and Occurrences.

Capturing this information is vital when it comes to assessing how it is we can improve upon our methods, and analysing what improvements we have successfully made in the following year.

2016 Occurrences make up 32% of all reports. Against 2015 this is a decrease of 34% due to how we now record all reports. 2016 Accidents make up the final 23%. Compared to 2015 this is an increase of 183% due to better reporting.

We are rigorous in logging and recording all incidents to be able to precisely track throughout the year any reoccurring themes.

We’re now at a point where we can review statistics for H&S data captured over the 2017 summer festival season. Even at a glance we are pleased to see a steadily maintained level in reporting by our crew out in the field.

In Total, our crew reported a total of x63 incidents, x49 accidents and x36 occurrences.

Both 2016 and 2017 figures are a significant increase to previous years so well done team!

This captured information is feedback into our Team Leader & Project Manager training to ensure that all recording and reporting of accidents, incidents and occurrences is managed proficiently. Changing how it is we categorise and report this information means an in-depth reflection of all happenings over a select period of time.

Services Provided over 2017…

This year DC Site Services was contracted for a total of x238 different Events & Festivals (a big increase compared to 2016!) To the left is a breakdown of these services provided by DC Site Services.

Despite a difficult July and August with the weather making our job even more of a challenge, we still managed to remove 2,393,208KG of waste this year!

Pushing waste treatment to the top of the agenda and selecting disposal points based on reclamation we successfully maintained an effective source separation system!

Being Environmentally Conscientious…  

In recent years the industry has noticed a sharp drop in the value of recyclable products so with less financial incentives and stricter recycling criteria’s how do we continue to move forward with sustainable events without breaking the bank?

The second problem now faced is packaging listed as ‘recyclable’ when yes, they may be, but disposal routes are not available readily in this country and therefore end up just contaminating the products that can be easily reprocessed without the carbon footprint of shipping the product to China and other such nations.

After analysing our 2016 waste streams there are huge gaps in recycling performance and not necessarily to do with audience profile but with the products supplied at events.  Over 2017 DC Site Services committed to looking to work closer with organisers in order to narrow packing and pint glass types to ensure products truly can be recycled.

2017 Stats...

Despite a difficult July and August with the weather making our job even more of a challenge, we still managed to remove 2,393,208KG of waste this year! Pushing waste treatment to the top of the agenda and selecting disposal points based on reclamation we successfully maintained an effective source separation system!

Our next big step is communication, signage for public use will be tailored to detail products specifically at events and big pictorial help will allow public to easily relate the item in their hand to the correct picture and therefore the correct bin. This will help to both reduce contamination and increase overall recycling rates.

Extending our portfolio… 

We’re proud to be able to say that DC Site Services provides a bespoke service to all our clients, tailored to your exact needs. In keeping with this promise we have expanded our portfolio of services to now include the provision and management of road signs and the introduction of SIA accredited crew to our stewarding teams. As we move into 2018 we intend to continue to develop the range of services we offer in line with the continuing evolution of the events industry.  

Coming up in 2018…

As we move into 2018 we look forward to celebrating our 25^th anniversary. Formed in 1993 by Dick & Janet Collins, we are proud to say that DC Site Services will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee very soon!

As with every company, we’ve had some very good years and some difficult ones, so we’re especially proud to be passing this milestone as a larger, stronger company with Dick & Janet, joined by Matt Hettle at the helm. 

On behalf of the Dick, Janet, Matt and office team, we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We look forward to working with you in 2018!

Time has flown by, but Christmas is now finally just around the corner! We’d like to give a big shout out to the crew who will continue to work at the Natural History Museum, Weedon Bec, Cardington Hangar and the London NYE Fireworks over the Christmas and New Year’s period. Good work everyone.

We’d also like to say thank you to everyone who participated in the staff surveys this year. You will have seen in our Christmas newsletter that Elea Drews Windeck is the lucky winner of this year’s prize draw – £100 worth of vouchers, congratulations!  

On behalf of the Dick, Janet, Matt and office team, we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We'll see you in the New Year! 

Last Friday we were sad to say goodbye to Jonathan Beresford, otherwise known as “Berry” who has moved onto pastures new! Working with DC as a crew member since 2010, he joined the office team in 2014 and quickly became an integral (and very loud!) part of the team.

We’re sure we’ll see you at a few festivals next year, but we’ll miss you regardless and wish you the best of luck with all future endeavours!

The 2017 Event Calendar is due to close soon which means the 2018 Event Schedule isn’t far behind! Remember, this schedule looks drastically different from one month to the next so once you’ve taken a peek be sure to revisit it for updates! 

At the end of this week we’ll also be sending out our staff and client surveys. We regard your feedback as essential when reviewing how it is we operate as a company and how it is we intend to move forwards, so please keep an eye on your emails.

This is your opportunity to share with us anything you feel is worthy of praise or in need of improvement. You’ll also be entered into a prize draw on completion of your survey, don't miss out!

This past weekend we were happy to provide our services to various fireworks events across London and Beaconsfield. What a display! Thank you to everyone who joined us, we hope you enjoyed the fireworks as much as we did.

We’ve mentioned previously that we’ll soon be sending out our annual Staff Surveys, this is still in the works and will appear in your inbox soon so please keep an eye out for this. We want to hear all your thoughts, from how fab you think we are to any and all grumbles you may have. Where else can you air your grievances, and be entered into a prize draw?!

Coming up at the end of this month we’ve got the biggest Indoor electronic music festival in the UK – you guessed it, its Westfest! This festival is an all-nighter running from 7pm – 6am and has seven different arenas, from Hardcore to Drum & Bass this is the ultimate all-nighter to celebrate Halloween. Check out their website here.

Of course, we’re not there to see the big names, we’ll be there in a professional capacity keeping on top of waste and cleaning. Sound like a job for you? Apply here.

If Halloween isn’t your preferred holiday, come and celebrate Guy Fawkes night this November at one of the various fireworks events we have booked in, most notably of which is Newham Fireworks – with music from a live DJ and a wide range of food and drink Newham Fireworks is an event for all ages – and free of charge!

If you’re looking for work over the fireworks weekend and want to see a stunning show you can apply to work at Newham Fireworks here.

We’ve been keeping busy this month with Oktoberfest! DC is providing event crew for three events taking place every weekend in different locations up and down the country. Our event crew are getting stuck in with site crew work, setting up the event and then keeping it clean throughout.

With lots of different jobs from fencing to décor it is certainly keeping our teams busy, so put on your lederhosen and raise a stein to all the crew working hard this month. Prost!

Now that the summer festival season has come to an end it's time to take stock and review the past six months. A vital part of this is the feedback we receive from all of you who have worked with us this year so far. We’ll soon be sending out our client and staff surveys, so you'll see the staff surveys appearing in your inbox soon.

This will be your chance to tell us about the good, the bad and the fabulous. We want to know what worked well for you this year, what didn't and how you feel about your experience with DC Site Services this summer festival season as a whole. 

This year's surveys will also include the added bonus of a prize draw! This could be a voucher for your favourite retailer or even a cash prize, we'll be sending these out by the end of the month so keep your eyes peeled!

DC Site Services was very sorry to hear of the passing of Harold Pendleton, famous for the founding of ‘The Reading Rock Festival’ with his wife, Barbara. Reading was the first of its kind and carved a pathway for Britain’s huge outdoor music scene which we see today. DC’s Dick and Janet worked with Harold for many years through several companies and played an instrumental role moving Dick and Janet into the events industry.

A true industry legend who will be sorely missed but never forgotten. 

We’d first like to say good luck to everyone joining us at Hospitality in the Park and CRUK Night Shine this weekend. We’ll see you soon!

We’d also like to send out a big thank you to those who’ve worked with us continuously this season thus far. It’s certainly been a busy year for all of us, in the last 2 months alone we’ve serviced more than 50 Events & Festivals!

Although we’re winding down we’re still busy with upcoming Events & Festivals. On the 30th September in Slough we have Major Series South, and taking place on the same day we also have Croydon International Mela where we’ll be running the traffic management for the day. If you’d like to join us, please apply through your DCSS PAAM profile.

In fact, take a look at our Event Calendar and you’ll notice that a few new events have popped up, including traffic management at London Mela – A Festival of Fire and Light at Wembley Park, and Litter Picking at Bath and West Showground for Westfest – “the UK’s biggest indoor electronic music festival.”

To discuss further please feel free to contact the office on 01733 200713 or by emailing the admin team. 

DC Site Services was pleased to attend this year’s Whittlesey Festival (it’s not often we get to attend a festival right on our doorstep!)

It was a lovely opportunity to meet so many locals, and we were especially happy to co-sponsor the tea cup rides with our neighbours, Hugh Crane!

We’d like to say thank you to everyone who stopped by, we look forward to hopefully working with you in one capacity or another in the future. We’ll see you at next year’s festival!

If you find yourself at a loose end we have positions available at Cancer Research UK Night Shine in Southwark Park on Sat 23rd & Sun 24th September. Also coming up is Major Series South at Black Country Park, Slough on Saturday 30th September.

Big thank you to all crew who joined us at Lockdown, Filthy Girl Mud Run, Spartan Race Marston Lodge, and a big shout out to everyone working away at Sundown & Reload Festival!

If you're interested and available contact us to discuss further.

We have positions available for Classic Ibiza in Bolesworth and Lockdown Festival. You can apply online through your DCSS PAAM profile, or to discuss further please contact us.

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined us at Leeds and Reading festival, BBC Good Foods, Stevofest and to those still working away at Carfest South and Big Feastival. Well done everyone.

Finally, good luck to everyone on their way to Electric Picnic and to those who are due to arrive at Sundown & Reload Festival!

Coming up we have Leeds and Reading, followed by Carfest South and the Big Feastival. All information has been sent out and is available to read online, but of course if you have any queries about your applications then please do not hesitate to get in contact with the office team https://www.dcsiteservices.com/contact/ .

Big Shout out to crew working at Boomtown Fair and to those due to start at Elrow Town London, Biggin Hill Airshow, Waitrose Summer Festival and Beautiful Days. We’ll see you all soon.

We’d also like to say thank you to everyone who joined us at Boardmasters, Mini in the Park, Jess Glynne and Battle Proms, well done everyone!

All crew working with us at Electric Picnic should have by now received an email regarding transport. We will be looking at the logistics of this next week, so please be sure to have a read of this and get in touch.

We’d like to say a belated thank you to everyone who joined us at Passchendaele, Focus, Ford Fair, Filthy Girl Mud Run, Classic Ibiza & the Great British Prom, Battle Proms and Eastern Electrics. The weather isn’t making it any easier for us at the moment so thank you for your perseverance.

We’d also like to give a shout out to those working at Boardmasters and Boomtown Fair, we’re sure that by the end of the season we’ll have all have grown gills (forever looking for that silver lining!)

Still to come we have the Biggin Hill Airshow, Elrow Town London, Leeds & Reading Festival, Carfest South, the Big Feastival and Stand up in the Wyldes to name a few. There’s time still to apply for these but don’t leave it too late!

Big Shout out to all our crew working this weekend at Focus, YNOT festival, Carfest North and those due to start at Ramblin Man. Make sure you have your waterproofs with you!

Thank you to those who joined us at Kew the Music, Rochester Castle Concerts, Latitude and Let’s Rock London this past week. Thank you for all your hard work!

Just around the corner we have Garage Nation, Spartan Race Edinburgh, Battle Proms Blenheim, Carfest North and Ramblin Man. Garage Nation comes up soonest and is London-based, so if you’re a Londoner then hop online and apply on DCSS PAAM, we’d love to see familiar faces at this one.

Lastly, we’d like to wish good luck to crew heading off to Passchendaele in Belgium, the photos coming back from the early crew already have the office staff green with envy!

We’d like to say good luck to everyone starting work at Latitude Festival, we’d also like to give a shout out to crew working at Kew the Music, Let’s Rock London and Battle Proms Hatfield House. Good luck everyone.

If you’re looking for the next Event or Festival to keep up the momentum of your summer then consider Garage Nation, a London-based festival, or the Royal Welsh Show in Wales (of all places). We also have Carfest North and Ramblin Man coming up at the end of July. Talk about being spoilt for choice.

Beyond July we do have several new events added to the Event Calendar including Mini in the Park, Jess Glynee @ Alnwick Castle, Waitrose Summer Festival, Biggin Hall Airshow, Stevofest and Concours of Elegance. And remember, if two shows you’d like to work at happen to overlap by a day or two then check-in with the office to see if we can work our magic for you. All together! “Bibbidi bobbidi boo…”

We’d like to say a big thank you to all the crew who joined us at Glastonbury Festival this year! You all gave 110% so well done and we hope to see you again at the next one!

We’d also like say well done and thank you to the crew who worked at Let’s Rock Norwich and to those who joined us for the last minute post-pick at Regent’s Park.

Coming up over the next few weeks we have Little Mix Donnington, Henley Festival, Chilfest, Village Green, Let’s Rock Southampton and Dorset Seafood Festival. There’s something for everyone this month, login as normal to your DCSS PAAM account to apply or contact the office for a chat.

We’d like to give a shout out to all crew currently working at Glastonbury Festival, make sure to use that suntan lotion and to stay hydrated!

Coming up we have a few Cancer Research UK events (CRUK) in Costello Stadium and Trinity Park, as well as Let’s Rock Norwich, Henley Regatta, Pop-up Hotel Goodwood Festival of Speed and AWOL in the Park. All viewable on our Event Calendar, positions are filling up quickly but you still have time to secure your spot.

As always our admin team are only an email or phone call (01733 200713) away if you have any queries.

Glastonbury is usually front and centre this time of year so it’s easy to forget about your post-Glasto applications. We recommend taking a look at all of your current, live applications to make sure that you have all other transport and arrangements sorted so that you’re ready to bounce on to the next Event or Festival coming up.

If you’re looking for work for the end of June/early July then why not apply for Dogfest (North or South), or Let’s Rock Norwich, Let’s Rock Exeter or Little Mix @ Donnington Park!

If you do have any final Glastonbury queries now is the time to contact the office (01733 200713) but you should be able to find all the information you need in the info packs uploaded to DCSS PAAM.

With Glastonbury now less than a month away the deadline to apply is now the 31^st May! Applications will be closing at 6pm, Wednesday 31^st so be sure to submit this soon or run the risk of missing out.

Though the deadline to submit your application is the 31^st, the deadline to pay your deposit is actually Thursday, the 8^th June. This means that if you won’t have the funds for the deposit by the 31^st, you can apply and still be allocated a position as long as the deposit is paid by the 8^th June.

Information packs for each team have been uploaded and are available to read within the “Event Info” section of DCSS PAAM, so be sure to have a read of this.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, before the big one we have a number of other Events & Festivals coming up which you still have time to apply for. This includes Build it Bicester, Wildlife, Junction 2, Performance Vauxhall Show, Southport Weekender, Gloucester Festival of Polo, Taste of London, Bolesworth International, Nocturne Live, Let’s Rock Leeds and Bromley Pageant!

There’s plenty of work to keep you ticking over for the next month so feel free to encourage a friend to sign up with you!

Finally, we want to give a quick shout out to the crew who joined us at Glastonbudget, Live in the Wyldes, Mutiny Festival, Let’s Rock Shrewsbury, Radio 1 Big Weekend Hull and Feztival. Well done everyone!

Well done to everyone who worked over the weekend at Lets Rock the Moor, Spartan Race Aston Down and Pub in the Park. Pause for breath and then take a look at what we have coming up next!

We have Feztival on the 28^th May, and if you’re based in London and interested in working this festival please contact the office. If enough register interest then we can arrange transport from London to the festival and back, so give your friends a shout to see if they’d be interested in working this one with you.

Finally we’d like to give a quick shout out to all crew working pre-show at Radio 1’s Big Weekend Hull, and to the crew heading to Glastonbudget and Lets Rock Shrewsbury this week, positions for these events are still open so get in contact if you’d like to make a cheeky last minute application!

Are you an 80s kid? Do you miss legwarmers and crimped hair? If so then clear your schedule for the 20^th & 21^st of May to join DC Site Services at Lets Rock the Moor, the retro festival! If that’s not your cup of tea then sign up for Spartan Race, Aston Down taking place on the same dates where you can cheer on competitors pushing their physical fitness to the limits! Apply online.

You’ll notice on our Event Calendar that we have a variety of work available leading into June. With Glastonbudget, Let’s Rock Shrewsbury, Radio 1 Big Weekend, Feztival 2017 (formally known as Old School Tea Party) and The Suffolk Show, you’re spoilt for choice.

Finally, we’d like to say a big thank you for your hard work at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Endurance and the Boishakhi Mela. You can see from the smile on Emma’s face that the hard work is worth it, particularly if you find yourself some pink skates (oh the perks of being a Project Manager).

May is putting January, February, March and April to shame! We have applications open still for the Boishakhi Mela, Let’s Rock the Moor, Spartan Race Aston Down, Glastonbudget, Live in the Wyldes, the Masked Ball, Mutiny Festival, Let’s Rock Shrewsbury, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Old School Team Party the Suffolk Show - Apply online!

For Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Hull we can also offer pre and post event work…

Pre show from the 18th May up to and including 30th May

Show Days 27th & 28th May

Post Show 29th May & 30th May

Lastly, we’d like to say thank you to those who joined us at Keble College Ball, CRUK Weston Park and Hadleigh Park over the weekend, and good luck to those beginning work at the Royal Windsor Horse Show this week!

We’re happy to announce that we have training videos in the pipeline! Following our collaboration with New Project Theatre Company you will get a chance to see them at an event briefing soon!

You may have noticed by now that the layout of the information packs we upload for each event has changed slightly. Our aim is to present this information in a simple and streamlined a fashion as possible. We’re also aiming to be at least one month ahead at a time when it comes to publishing this info so that you have the opportunity to make your travel plans earlier on and perhaps save a few pennies! Click the Event Info button for your next live application to take a look and let us know what you think.

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend in London at the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships, Hospitality in the Dock & SidexSide. With the addition of Sacrewell Farm in Peterborough it proved to be a busy Easter weekend for us and we’d pleased to say that it went fantastically.

A good number of the event crew who worked with us at Greenwich Tall Ships were new to DC Site Services and local to the area. This follows a recent recruitment push focused on London so welcome to the team everyone! We hope to see you again soon and if you have any queries about working with us again at any future Events & Festivals then please do not hesitate to contact our friendly admin team to find out more!

We’ve a busy weekend ahead of us with the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships taking place in Greenwich and Woolwich, Hospitality in the Dock and SidexSide at the Tobacco Docks and Sacrewell Farm in Peterborough. We’d like to wish everyone good luck!

To everyone else, Happy Easter from all at DC Site Services and enjoy your weekend!

We still have a few positions available at Tall Ships Regatta in Greenwich from the 13th - 16th April, Hospitality in The Dock on the 14th April and SidexSide at Tobacco Docks on the 16th April, with both Stewarding and Litter Picking positions available. If this is something that interests you to get in touch with our admin team for further information, we’re always happy to help! Or log on to your profile and apply now!

This weekend the sun was shining at Tunbridge Wells, the perfect weather to be parking cars at Major Series South! We’d like to say a big thank you to all those who attended, we hope you enjoyed it as much as the runners! 

If you’re glued to DC’s social media – of course you are, why wouldn’t you be? – Then you’ll be aware that we’ve been pushing our recruitment this year. We have more job fairs and job centre sessions coming up this month, but if you recently signed up with DC Site Services then we’d like to say thank you for dropping by our stall and welcome to the team. Take a look at the website and the DC Facebook groups to say hello to the crew you’ll hopefully be working with soon.

We’d like to say a big thank you to the crew who worked at the Studio Space Event last week. This one came through at very short notice, so well done team for jumping on that one straight away! We also returned to Major Series North and HSBC National School 7’s - thank you and well done, particularly to those still working at HSBC. Let’s keep up the good work.

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined us at Elrow London, Glitter Ball and Major Series Midlands this past weekend, a great effort from everyone so well done. We’d especially like to thank the Elrow crew for being good sports and wearing the hats provided (the pharaoh hat is our personal favourite).

Looking forwards to April we’re back in London for the Tall Ships Regatta - a mix of our experienced crew and people specifically local to the area, followed by Hospitality in the Dock and SidexSide at Tobacco Docks. We’d love to see the Elrow crew back at these so if you enjoyed yourself last weekend then login and apply through DCSS PAAM to join us once again.

Applications for Team Leaders and Project Managers will close this Friday 10^th. There’s still time to throw your hat in the ring, and don’t worry, this won’t affect any other applications you may make through DCSS PAAM, we’ll review individual schedules at a later date.

We have a few spots left for the Major Series North and South coming up this month and then it’s onto April! Recently added is Spartan Race – St Clere, and applications for Tall ships Regatta, Hospitality in the Dock and SidexSide are still open!

If you have any queries about any of these events then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our admin team who are happy to help.

DC Site Services are recruiting for additional Team Leaders and Project Managers this year. If you feel confident in your abilities in the field then we want to hear from you! Send in your application to recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with either “Team Leader Application” or “Project Manager Application” in the subject, a covering letter in the body of the email and with your CV attached.

If you applied last year but did not secure an interview then please apply again. A year can make a huge difference when it comes to experience, confidence and ability.

Here’s a little hint for those who want to apply… we have work at events all year round! We’ll review schedules on an individual basis with successful candidates, but a full itinerary on your DCSS PAAM profile is very encouraging ;)

Keep an eye out for the new Events & Festivals added to the Event Calendar, Summer Social has just been added and of course, applications for Elrow London on 11^th March are also still open. Be a part of it and sign up today!

With so many London events jobs coming up, you may notice our social media posts will be focused on London event jobs for a while, and with good reason! We’re recruiting a large team for Elrow London on the 11^th March, Tall Ships Regatta on the 13^th March, Hospitality in the Dock the 14^th March and SidexSide on 16^th April. You can apply online now.

For now, our main focus is Elrow London. We’ll be recruiting in London at various job centres and job fairs, but we want to see ALL of our regular London crew at this one! If you have a friend who’s looking to dip their toes into the Event & Festival industry then encourage them to get signed up and follow the ‘Ongoing Employment’ option online!

This isn’t to say that we won’t have a few other events coming up outside of London. If you want to see people test their physical limits then apply for the Major Series (Midlands & South!) also taking place in March.

We are pleased to welcome two new additions to the DC Site Services team!

Mick Austin has joined us as the new Warehouse & Yard Co-ordinator and will be supporting both the Admin & Operations team in the Warehouse throughout the year. In previous years, Mick has worked as a Mechanical Engineer, Operations Manager & Productions Manager before joining us in his new role.

Also joining us is a new Office Assistant, Conner Shinn. Conner will be supporting our Office Manager, Lindsay along with our Office Administrator, Julian. Conner has joined us from his previous apprenticeship as a mechanic working on Land Rovers.

Both started last week and are all ready for the start of another busy season! We wish them the best of luck in their new roles.

Last weekend the office team were invited to celebrate Dick and Janet’s (DC’s founders) Golden Anniversary in High Wycombe. Among those who attended were Dicks old work colleagues at Entec Sound & Light from his days before DC, and also the founders of Reading Festival Harold & Barbara Pendleton, family and other work colleagues were also present.

Please join us in join us in congratulating Dick & Janet on their Golden Anniversary!

The Event Calendar is filling out from March onwards and applications are steadily coming in, make sure to submit yours sooner rather than later so you don’t miss out on the shows you’d like to join us at!

For those of you based in the north, you have the chance to get a head start with the season by applying to work at the Drive-in Movies in Scotland this February. Don’t hesitate to get in contact if this is something you’re interested in.

If you’re based further south, why not join us at Elrow London. We’ll be returning to Tobacco Docks in March (and then again in April!) with both stewarding and litter positions which are available to apply for now. Signup with a friend and enjoy the party together!

That old saying “the calm before the storm” is very much applicable to DC Site Services at the beginning of each season. If you read our last news item then you should already be aware that applications, all of them so far – we’ll continue to update the Event Calendar throughout the year – are now officially open!

One of the most frequent questions we receive is “which are paid jobs and which are volunteer?” If you’re one of these confused souls then you’ll be pleased to know that there are two separate Event Schedules and DCSS PAAM logins for volunteer and paid positions so as to avoid confusion. You can view the Event calendar for PAID WORK here, and VOLUNTEER WORK here. Just click that blue button to the right of both screens to make sure you’re applying through the correct DCSS PAAM page.

We have a brief respite through January but now is the opportune time to get your profiles up to date, to get those applications in and to make your requests for your preferred spots.

As always, you can contact the admin team any time should you have any queries.

Thanks to everyone who worked with us over the Christmas period at the Horsham Ice Rink, the Natural History Museum, the New Year’s Day Bristol Event, the New Year’s Eve Fireworks, Best Parties Ever and LWE New Year’s Day. It's been an incredibly busy period and the year has only just begun! Thank you for all of your hard work.

We hope you’ve successfully recovered from your festive celebrations because 2017 is here and applications are now open for events and festivals including Glastonbury festival! Visit the Event Calendar for further details.

As always, here come your annual reminders…

• Your DCSS PAAM profile. Make sure your DCSS PAM profile is up to date before applying. This includes your Tax Declaration which was automatically reset at the beginning of the new season.

• You’ll also need to check that your Entitlement to Work in the UK Documents are still in date. If you’re British, this can be either a scan of your passport, or your long-form birth certificate along with an official document from the government which has your name and National Insurance number in print (a payslip, for example). If you’re from Europe a scan of your passport will do, and if you are from outside of Europe you will need a scan of your passport and VISA (all in date).

• Make your application! We allocate positions on a first come, first served basis. So to better your chances of securing a position and working on the team of your choice, apply early.

• Requests. If you would like to apply with a friend in the hopes of working together, or you would like to work on a particular team, make sure to note this on your DCSS PAAM profile and to also (and more importantly!) make sure to email your request in. If there’s a particular team you would like to work on for Glastonbury we always suggest sending your top three choices (there will be details in the blue “Info” button regarding each position).

• Glastonbury festival holds the largest deposit on our books (which then covers you for all other applications). Remember, even if you complete your DCSS PAAM profile and apply, your application will not come through to us until you have paid the deposit.

Let’s get applying!

Should you have any queries regarding an application you would like to make or regarding your DCSS PAAM profile, please do not hesitate to get in contact with the office (01733 200713 or email).

Happy New Year from all at DC Site Services!

With the continual growth of the DC Site Services event calendar, naturally so does the need for our operations team to expand and we are currently recruiting for a Warehouse & Yard Co-ordinator.

The more Events & Festivals we service each year, the busier the activity in our store room and yard and we are seeking an organised and enthusiastic individual to oversee and coordinate all movements at our Operations office in Whittlesey, Peterborough.

This is an essential role to our organisation and no small task. If you have a keen attention to detail, excellent organisational skills and you’re eager for a challenge, then apply for this role and become a part of the team!

You can find a full job specification and details of how to apply here.

New Year’s Day! New Year’s Day! New Year’s Day!

You’ll hear us harp on about this event for the next two weeks, LWE NYD will bring a cluster of the galaxy’s best sonic pioneers to Tobacco Dock. Building on a growing legacy you can expect stellar production levels, rippling out other-worldly sounds across the solar system so you might as well apply and see what the all hullabaloo is about.

Pros: Time and a half and good company. Cons: there are none!

Apply online now!

Thank you again to the crew working their socks off at the Horsham Ice Rink and the Natural History Museum. If you’re local to London and would like make some extra Christmas money this year, contact our admin team (admin@dcsiteservices.com or 01733 200713) to discuss available shifts at the Natural History Museum.

Finally, if you fancy a laugh, take a look at some of DC’s finest! Here’s our Operations Manager, Ed (left), our Operations & Development Manager, Jonathan (middle) and one of our Project Managers, Charlie (right) at a client Christmas party. They made those costumes themselves. That was literally the best they could do, bless them…

This New Year’s Day you’ll find DC Site Services at the Tobacco Docks in London. This is for the LWE New Year’s Day event, so if you’d rather make some money as opposed to nursing the hangover from hell, sign up and join us on January 1^st! Kick off 2017 the way you mean to continue, productive and squirrelling away your money!

If you are looking for something different than we have extra shifts at the Natural History Museum now available and open to all DC Event Crew, if you’d like to give the current team a break as we creep up to Christmas then please get in contact with the office to discuss further (admin@dcsiteservices.com or 01733 200713).

Last week you will have received your annual DC Site Services Staff Surveys. This is your chance to have your say, so take just a few minutes to blitz through this and tell us how the 2016 festival season was for you.

Finally a huge thank you to everyone who joined us at Spark on the Street this past weekend, it was a great event. We’d also like to give a shout out to the crew who continue to work at the Natural History Museum in London, thank you for your hard work.

We’d first like to wish a big, belated Happy Birthday to one of our Project Managers, Helen Bensted-Smith who turned 30 last week! We hope you celebrated in style!

You may have noticed that a few new events have popped up on the Event Calendar for November and December, namely, the Horsham Ice Rink, Spark on the Street and Best Parties Ever. Applications are open so apply now for these limited positions to make a little extra Christmas money!

We’re also happy to announce that applications for a number of Events & Festivals in 2017 are now open, with many more opening soon!

Continuing our busy streak from 2016 we’ll also be working with a number of new clients in 2017, starting off with LWE New Year’s Day, an event which could lead to opportunities such as regular stewarding roles and positions. We’ll also be providing our services to Tall Ships Regatta and Paschendale. The Event Calendar will continue to grow throughout the season so come back and check this regularly to make sure that you’re not missing out.

A quick reminder, when a new season is published on DCSS PAAM your DCSS PAAM profile will need its annual update. We’d recommend checking this before making your applications to ensure that all of your information is still current.

We look forward to working with you over winter and in upcoming months!

Thank you to all the crew who have been working with us throughout November at the National History Museum Ice Rink, and also the fireworks shows in Newham, Battersea, Beaconsfield, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. Everyone has done a great job, so thank you all!

That’s the last of the work this season, there may be a possibility of winter work so be sure to check the Event Calendar regularly.

As always, if you have any queries at all please do not hesitate to get in contact with our awesome admin team!

We’d like to say thank you to the crew who joined us at Town & Gown 10K Cambridge and Major Series North this weekend. Both events were successfully serviced despite the torrential weather, so well done to all!

Is everyone geared up for Halloween? Costumes ready? Perhaps you’d rather work with DC Site Services this Halloween at the Drumcode Halloween event at the Tobacco Docks in London? Or if you’re in a spooky mood but not local to London then Westfest at Bath & Showground may be for you. Both events takes place at the end of the month so make an application now to secure your spot.

If you have an aversion to clowns or ghostly goblins then we’d recommend hanging on until November when we will be servicing a number of firework events – not a ghost of ghoul in sight, we promise!

As always, if you have any queries about these upcoming events then please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our friendly admin team.

We’re happy to confirm that we will once again be in attendance at the Showman’s Show on the 19th & 20th October.

We’re also pleased to announce that Festiwork, a unique start-up specializing in organising large groups of presentable, committed students and young workers will be joining us at the Showman’s Show this year. They will be joining us to ensure that we do not neglect our colleagues in Europe!

You can find us at stand number 193 – Avenue D.

We’ll have tea, coffee and ale on standby so come and say hello!

We made it…

This summer season has come and gone in a flash and has proven to be the busiest yet for DC Site Services.

We have increased the number of Events & Festivals we provided our services to by almost 50% compared to last year.

By the end of last year we had provided Waste Management & Cleaning, Traffic Management and Stewarding services to eighty four different Events & Festivals. This year, we have surpassed this mark and serviced one hundred and twenty eight Events & Festivals with more on the horizon as we move into autumn and winter.

The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration

One of the highlights of this season so far has been without a doubt providing waste management and cleaning services to the Royal Windsor Horse Show and the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration!

Though we were not knighted, DC Site Services was all the same thrilled at the opportunity to work with such a prestigious event organiser. Fingers crossed we will be providing our services at Her Majesty’s 100th!

Events & Festivals this year included…

A jam packed calendar this year included events such as the Major Series, Active Essex, Windsor Endurance & Yorkshire Warrior…

Born & Bred Festival, Dogs Trust Uxbridge, Wild Life Festival, Found Festival, Dogfest Cheshire, Live at Chelsea, Glastonbury Festival, Gloucester Festival of Polo, Taste of London and Henley Regatta…

The Keswick Mountain Festival, Glastonbudget Tribute Festival, Mutiny Festival and the Crick Boat Show…

Major Series Glastonbudget Festival Taste Festival
Bermondsey Carnival, 2000 Trees Festival, BSTK (Brownstock), Village Green, Latitude Festival, Kew the Music, Rochester Castle Concerts, Truck Festival, The Royal Welsh Show, Beatherder, Focus Holy Trinity, YNOT Festival, and Boishakhi Mela…

51st State, CEX Fest, The Social Festival, Boomtown Fair, Board Masters, V Festival Chelmsford, Leeds & Reading Festival, The Big Feastival, Electric Picnic, Handmade Fair, IAS Event and Westfest.

We also had the good fortune to work alongside a number of new clients including T in the Park, Build It Live Bicester, Leopallooza, the Eastbourne Airshow, HSBC School 7’s, Spartan Race, CRUK Marathons, Pretty Mudders and Race For Life. Japfest, Fordfest, TRAX, Junction 2, AEGON Open Tennis, Cereals, Pop-Up Hotel, Big Day Out, Priory Park Concerts, Battle Proms, BGL Funday, Jimmy’s Harvest Festival, Ramblin Man, Carfest North & Carfest South, Moondance Festival, BAE Systems, The AMP, CRUK Night Shine and Town & Gown 10K Cambridge.

With this mammoth schedule behind us we’ve now had the chance to take a breath and review our accomplishments for 2016 so far...

Our accomplishments for 2016 so far...

Taking into account all methods in which all waste has been moved off-site, in the space of eight months we have moved a total of…

2,062.705 Tonnes!

That’s more than two thousand tonnes of waste in just 243 days!

We’re also very pleased with the progress we’ve made with Traffic Management so far this season which exceeds previous years. In total, DC Site services has parked a total of…

173,627 vehicles!

That’s one hundred and seventy three thousand, six hundred and twenty seven vehicles in 243 days (714 vehicles a day!)

Moving into Autumn & Winter…

With the bulk of the season behind us we’d like to remind all event organisers that your feedback is not only greatly appreciated, but helps us to better meet your requirements and fulfil your needs for future bookings. With that in mind, we will be sending out our Client Surveys in the near future and would value your input. Please keep an eye out for this survey coming within the next few months.

If you’d like to complete the Client Survey sooner rather than later then please click the below link to get a head start on everyone else…

ISO Accreditation

In our previous Newsletter we discussed our goals to become fully ISO accredited. Our heavy workload this year will be utilised and has helped us in gathering evidence needed towards attaining this accreditation.

We are fully committed to this endeavour and hope to become fully accredited by the end of 2017.

The goal posts have moved, but the aim remains the same, to “make excellence a habit…”

Future Endeavours…

We are already looking towards 2017 and our aspirations for future seasons. In our next newsletter we hope to announce our intentions to expand our Operations team by bringing in new electronic systems to monitor our equipment and inventory and additional, qualified staff to drive this.

DC Site Services also hopes to continue to provide services to not only existing and new UK clients, but will also be opening our portfolio to the European festival market, actively looking to engage with promoters from overseas.

If we don’t see you at the Showman’s Show then we hope to work with you again soon!

A few new events have cropped up on the Event Calendar. This includes Drumcode Halloween in London and Beconsfield Fireworks in – of all places – Beaconsfield. But before that we have the Town & Gown 10K, the Major Series Midlands and Westfest! These events are still open so apply today.

Thank you to all of the crew who joined us last weekend, another great event with a fantastic team of event staff. We’d also like to ask for you to send in any pictures you may have taken while working with DC Site Services this season (keep it family-friendly!) so we can share these on our website, Facebook and Instagram. We will of course credit you.

Thank you to those who joined us at TRAX, Tranz-mission/Hospitality & CRUK Night Shine this past weekend. All went very well, in fact we received some great feedback from the Event Organiser for CRUK Night Shine…

Thanks very much, all went well, few little hiccups here and there but nothing a bit of running around didn’t solve! :)

A smiley face is always encouraging, well done everybody.

With these three events under our belt we now look towards the next three coming up this weekend; Spartan Race – Windsor, Major Series South in Tunbridge Wells, & The AMP All Day Raves in London. Applications for these event jobs are still open, so apply sooner rather than later to make sure you secure your position!

As always, if you have any queries regarding these events please do not hesitate to contact our friendly admin team.

Thank you to those who joined us at the BAE Systems Centenary, Moondance Festival and Ford Fair this past week, all went off without a hitch!

Moving into October, applications are still open for Spartan Race-Windsor, Major Series South, the Amp All Day Raves, the Town & Gown 10K in Cambridge and Westfest. So if you’d like to start early saving a few extra pennies for the holidays then join us at these events and encourage a friend to come along!

Thank you to those who joined us at the Iron Man Tournament in Weymouth. Congratulations to those of your who completed the 2.6 mile swim, 13 mile bike ride and 26 mile marathon – oh wait, we were directing the traffic (just as exhausting!) We’d also like to give a shout out to those who joined us at the Social Festival in Maidstone this past week, thank you!

No time for resting on your laurels just yet. Still to come is the BAE Systems Centenary, Ford Fest, TRAX, Tranz-mission/Hospitality and the CRUK Night Shine. All within the next two weeks so apply today. In October we have a number of London-based events coming up such as Tobacco Docks, the Cambridge 10K and Westfest. Apply soon to secure your positions as we move into autumn.

We’d like to say a very big thank you to all of the crew who joined us at Leeds & Reading Festival, Carfest South, Big Feastival, BBC Good Foods, Windsor Castle and Electric Picnic! We’d also like to give a shout out to the crew who helped with the final clear of Boomtown Faire and V Festival, two very big jobs!

August was another big month for us, and though we will slowly begin to wind down we still have a somewhat busy month ahead of us. Applications are open for The Social Festival, the Iron Man Tournament, Handmade Fair, TRAX, Tranzmission, Major Series Midlands and CRUK Night Shine. All taking place in the next few weeks so get your applications in today.

Summer may be on its way out but DC’s still going!

We’d like to say good luck to those joining us at Leeds & Reading Festival, and thank you to those who worked with us at V Festival and Boomtown Fair. Two big events down, two more to come!

A few new Events & Festivals have been added to the calendar, including Tobacco Docks, The AMP All Day Raves – London and Southwark Fireworks. If you are local to London then apply today.

Just around the corner is Electric Picnic. If you’re joining us in Ireland this year please email ahead to advise of how it is you intend to travel. Event crew working at either Leeds or Reading may be able to travel with DC Site Services though you will be asked to contribute to the fare. All other crew not coming from Leeds or Reading will need to make their own way there.

We look forward to seeing you in a field somewhere soon!

We’d like to say a big thank you to those who joined us at the Board Masters, the Eastbourne Airshow and Battle Proms Ragley Hall last week. We’d also like to give a shout out to those who have arrived at Boomtown Fair, V Festival Chelmsford and Camberwell Fair, enjoy the sunshine!

Still to come this August is Carfest South and the Big Feastival. Applications for these events are still open so you still have time to apply. Looking forwards we have Electric Picnic, Spartan Race – Elton Hall and Tranz-mission still open, so if you’d like to travel to Ireland or you enjoy a good old-fashioned London rave then these events will be right up your street!

As always, if you have any questions, our admin team are an email away.

As always, we’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who worked with us at Ford Fair, 51^st State, Battle Proms Highclere and CEX this past week, and good luck to those joining us at Boomtown, Boardmasters, the Eastbourne Airshow and Battle Proms – Ragley Hall.

Are you looking to fill any gaps in your diary for August? If so then applications for Leeds & Reading Festival, Carfest South and Big Feastival are still open. Submit apply today and make some money while enjoying your favourite festivals!

As always, we’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who worked at Battle Proms, Jimmy’s Harvest and Spartan Race last week. We’d also like to send a shout out to our crew currently working at Focus, and to those finishing up at Ramblin Man. Well done!

Coming up in August we have more Battle Proms at Highclere Castle and Ragley Hall, Board Masters, V festival Chelmsford, Beautiful Days, Leeds & Reading Festival and many more! Applications for these events are still open so apply today.

Another jam-packed week has flown by! With Latitude, Kew the Music and Rochester Castle Concerts now under our belts, we’re looking ahead to upcoming events such as Battle Proms – Hatfield House, Ramblin Man Fair, Carfest North, YNOT Festival, Leopallooza, Hadleigh Park and Boishakhi Mela. And that’s just within the next week!

Though you still have time to get a few applications in for the remainder of July, applications for August give you a large variety of Events & Festivals to choose from. If you enjoy a diverse range of music genres then Boomtown is for you! Enjoy fireworks? The Battle Proms at Highclere Castle will be right up your street! Take a look at our event calendar to see which applications you would like to make.

As always, if you have any queries, the admin team is only an email or call away.

We’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who worked at 2000 Trees, BSTK, T in the Park and Village Green these past few weeks, and we’d like to wish good luck to our crew arriving at Latitude Festival, Truck Festival, the Royal Welsh Show, Kew the Music and Beatherder. Let’s keep the momentum going!

As you can see we have a packed week ahead of us. If you’re joining us at any of these events then please make sure to read your information pack and to note down your onsite contacts before you travel. If you’re looking fill the gaps in your diary this July, applications for Cancer Research, Spartan Race – Spittal Farm, Battle Proms – Hatfield House, Carfest North, Kendall Calling and Hadleigh Park Event are still open. Secure your placement soon!

A big, big thank you is owed to all of our crew who have worked at Taste of London, Eroica Britannia, Pop-Up Hotel, Glastonbury Festival, Dogfest Cheshire & Windsor and the Big Day Out over the past week.

The weather has been a little spontaneous to say the least, fluctuating between sunny and hot to downright torrential. This obviously affects us with the work we do so thank you for powering through with us!

With T in the Park just over a week there’s still time to submit your application, but be quick! If you’d like to apply and work with a friend please login into your profile to do so, or if you have any queries about the event then please contact the office where the team would be happy to discuss this with you.

Thank you to our crew who have finished up at Cereals, Eroica Britannia, Live at Chelsea and Taste of London. Let’s keep the steady momentum going!

We’ve added a new event to the calendar, Priory Park Concerts. This is a music festival in Southend from the 30^th June. Other Events & Festivals coming up soon with applications still open include T in the Park, Latitude, Rochester Castle Concerts, Kew the Music, Truck Festival, the Royal Welsh Show and more. Make sure to log in and secure your placement soon!

Remember, if you want to apply with a friend, the earlier you apply the easier it is to allocate you together.

Glastonbury is just around the corner! Our earlier teams will be arriving at the end of this week and the rest of the teams early next week so now is your last chance to make sure that you have everything you need before you arrive.

Before you leave you will need to make sure you do the following…

• Acknowledge your position on your DCSS PAAM profile
• Read the information pack for your team (match your team name to the info pack within the Event Info section for Glastonbury on DCSS PAAM)
• Double check your arrival and finish dates
• If you’re bringing a campervan make sure this has been approved with the office beforehand
• If you’ve been approved to bring a campervan, make sure to arrive on Monday 20^th by 6pm at the latest, regardless if the arrival date on your info pack is later
• Read the Welfare & Directions Info
• Read the shuttle bus information pack
• Make sure to arrange your travel to and from the event

We’d also recommend ticking off a checklist…

• Camping equipment!
• Do you have snacks and refreshments for when you’re not on shift?
• Have your entitlement to work in the UK documents (as on your DCSS PAAM profile)
• Have your onsite sign-in sheet (found on your overview page of DCSS PAAM)
• A good pair of dark boots (waterproof, protective and comfortable)
• A waterproof jacket should it rain
• Dark/black trousers/shorts. We recommend cargo trousers as these have lots of pockets!

Other than that, make sure you have a good pair of wellies and some sun block and you’re good to go!

T in the park is a well-known music festival in Scotland and not one to be missed! This takes place in July and applications on DCSS PAAM are still open! Login and apply to secure your placement.

Those keeping an eye on the event calendar will have noticed that a number of events have recently been added. These include Days of Portugal, a food & drinks festival in London. The Big Day Out, a music festival in Kent. Summer Drive in Movies, drive in theatres in Scotland and Greenfield Beyond, a street parade in Lincoln to name just a few!

We still have a few positions left at some upcoming events such as Taste of London, Eroica Britannia, Gloucester of Polo and a couple more. Apply today or contact the admin team should you have any questions.

We’d like to say thank you and well done to our teams who have just finished at the Royal Windsor Horse Show & Endurance and Keswick Mountain Festival (and thank you for the pictures!)

As we head into June you’ll see from our Event Calendar that we’re entering into an exceptionally busy period for DC Site Services. Don’t forget to acknowledge the positions you've been allocated via DCSS PAAM, and send in any requests such as e.g. to work with friends early to avoid disappointment. You can contact the admin team at any time if you have any queries regarding this.

Applications are still open for the following events in June:

Junction 2, AEGON Open, Classic Ford Show, Dogs Trust Uxbridge, Found Festival, Build It Live – Bicester, Cereals, Taste of London, Eroica Britannia, Live at Chelsea and many more.

If you have been holding off completing your application for Glastonbury Festival we would recommend finishing these sooner rather than later to secure your placement!

We’d like to give a big shout out to everyone who joined us at the Royal Windsor Horse Show and Windsor Endurance this past week. The weather fluctuated from sunny and warm, to downright torrential but your work remained consistently good, so thank you.

The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that a few new events have been added to the schedule; The Big Day Out and Dogstrust Uxbridge. These events take place in June, in Kent and Uxbridge respectively. Make sure you get your applications in soon via DCSS PAAM to avoid any disappointment!

Also be sure to take a look at the Events & Festivals taking place over June and July as these are shaping up to be a very busy couple of months!

Summertime is almost here and Festival season is very much upon us; that we can be sure when we find ourselves working with multiple events running alongside each other! This past week DC Site Services have worked at MSG Festival, Keble College Ball, the Berlinetta Classic Car Auction and Cancer Research UK. A very big thank you to all of you!

Just a quick reminder that applications are still open for Active Essex, Mutiny Festival and Spartan Race Aston Down so be sure to get your applications in quickly via DCSS PAAM

Lastly, we’d like to say good luck to our event staff who are either working at or who are due to arrive at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, be sure to practice your curtsy!

We’d like to say thank you to our crew who managed the traffic at Yorkshire Warrior in Harrogate over the weekend!

It’s not long now until we’re at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The event information has now been published on DCSS PAAM so be sure to read this thoroughly as it details the forms of ID you must bring with you. If you are at all unsure about the ID you intend to bring then please contact our admin team straight away, we’ll be more than happy to help.

As touched on previously, people are now being sorted into their teams for Glastonbury. Please check your DCSS PAAM profile to see which team you will be working with and if any requests to work alongside a friend have been confirmed. Information for each team will be published this month.

We’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who worked with us at Japfest this past weekend. The job ran smoothly and was completed on time so well done!

We’re happy to announce that we have begun allocating people into their teams for Glastonbury Festival, so keep an eye on your DCSS PAAM profile to see which team you will be working in! An information pack for each team will be published nearer the time detailing everything you will need to know.

Applications are still open for our May events; these are filling up fast but you still have time to apply for MSG Festival, Mutiny Festival and Spartan Race – Aston Down. Apply with a friend and nab yourself a position!

We’d like to say thank you to our crew who were up bright and early for the traffic management event Active Essex last week. You did a great job and the client was happy. Well done!

With May just around the corner you still have time to make some cheeky short notice applications for MSG Festival, the Berlinetta Classic Car Auction, Mutiny Festival and Spartan Race – Aston Down! Make your Event Applications today and don’t forget,  if you’d like to work alongside a friend feel free to encourage them to apply with you.

Glastonbury applications are also filling up fast so secure your position soon to avoid disappointment. We will begin allocating people into their teams by the end of the month!

We’d like to give a shout out to our event crew who worked with us last weekend parking cars in a very muddy field at the Major Series South, thank you and we’ll see you at the next Major Series! 

As a quick reminder, if you’ve made your applications in DCSS PAAM but have not yet heard back about a placement, be sure to check your email in case we’ve contacted you about any missing information. We plan to begin allocating people into their teams for the larger upcoming festivals very soon, so this will increase your chances of being assigned.

Finally, we’d also like to acknowledge those who worked at Spartan Race this week after being contacted at very short notice, thank you for making yourself available.

We’d like to say a big thank you to our crew who worked at the Sacrewell Easter Weekend. A successful traffic management job was done by all, many Easter eggs were collected and as you can see from our photo of Dylan, the locals were very friendly!

A quick reminder that applications are still open for the Sound on Festival at the end of April and also for the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Mutiny Festival and Spartan Race in May. We’ve also added a number of new events to the Event Calendar including the Found Series, BGL Fun Day, Keble Ball and T in the Park to name just a few. Apply Early to avoid disappointment!

Finally, we’d like to welcome back Matt Hettle, our Director of Operations who has just returned from a much deserved break abroad. We’re only a tiny bit jealous of his tan and glad to have him back.

See you soon!

We’d like to say a big thank you to our event crew who worked at Selsdon Half Marathon and the Major Series North this weekend, great job!

As a quick reminder, applications are still open on DCSS PAAM for a large number of shows. This includes some regulars who we work with each year including the Royal Welsh Show, Taste of London and Eroica Britannia to name just a few. We’ll also be returning to Mutiny Festival, Carfest, Wild Life Festival and Live at Chelsea.

The new events on our Event Calendar include Sound on Festival, Spartan Race – Aston Down and the Royal Windsor Horse Show. We’re especially pleased to be providing our services at HMQ’s 90th birthday celebration!

The event calendar will continue to be updated so make sure to log into your DCSS PAAM profile to secure your positions!

Also a reminder that the office will be closed on Good Friday and East Monday – the team at DC Site Services would like to wish you all a lovely Easter.

Head over to our 2016 event calendar to take a look at a few new additions: Sound On Festival, the Royal Windsor Horse Show and the Royal Welsh Show. Applications are also still open for Mutiny Festival, the Spartan Race in Aston Down, AEGON Open, Wild Life Festival and many more, so be sure to login and apply via DCSS PAAM!

We’d like to give a big shout out to our event crew who worked at the Major Series Midlands over the weekend and to those who are currently working at HSBC National School 7’s, thank you!

Please join us in congratulating two of our Project Managers, Helen Bensted-Smith and Dylan Bennett for achieving their B+E classification in driving, allowing them to tow any vehicle and trailer up to 7.5 tonnes.

We are committed to supporting our staff in all training and development. This qualification enables us to enhance the service we provide and makes our transportation of equipment more sustainable, so a very big well done to Helen and Dylan!

In last week's news we touched upon the feedback received from you in our 2015 recent staff surveys, we'd like to now share this in more detail. As a reminder we asked you to score each area on a scale of 1 to 6, 6 being very satisfied, 1 being unsatisfied.

Your feedback on our briefing and resource materials was very positive overall, with 85% of the responses received being satisfied or better. The main negative point realised was a lack of directions to events provided. As a result of this we'll now be ensuring that the pre-event information provided includes detailed directions to each event including access and meeting points.

65% of your feedback on our welfare facilities was positive, with the main negative being a lack of cups for hot drinks and those that were provided becoming soggy and unusable. We're pleased to say that DC Site Services will now be providing plastic cups for everyone who works with us onsite, both durable and reusable!

Your feedback on your communication with our office, payroll queries, and the ease of navigation and general use of our website and DCSS PAAM was very positive with 75-85% of feedback being satisfied or better. In a view to continue this we'll be rolling out a series of updates to the website and DCSS PAAM very soon all with the intention of making your experience easier than ever!

45% of all staff found the supply of phone and device charging points onsite to be inadequate. While we would love to be able to accommodate everyone, it depends entirely on the event as to how many electrical points are available for charging. We'd recommend that all of our staff invest in a portable or external battery charger. These are compatible with most makes and models of device, can usually be found from around £10, and are far safer to leave charging unattended on an event site than your phone or tablet.

One of the most important questions in our staff surveys was how approachable you feel our managers and team leaders are, and if you feel that you're treated with respect when working with us. The response received was mixed with 89% of it positive for approachability but only 73% positive regarding respect and dignity.

We're aiming for 100% satisfaction for approachability, respect and dignity for all of our staff by this time next year. DC Site Services is a family-run business and as such it is important to us that all of our event staff feel that they are supported and respected by the people they work with and report to in line with our company ethos.

It's clear from your comments that this issue relates mainly to relationships with team leaders and managers following your work at Glastonbury Festival. Regardless of the high-pressured atmosphere that comes with working at Glastonbury, we fully intend to address how our staff, team leaders and managers communicate with one another. We’re looking into holding separate briefings for team leaders to address the morale of the staff and how best to dissolve high-tensioned situations. Our aim is for all our event staff to feel completely comfortable in approaching any other member of our team, regardless of their job title.

Thank you once again for taking part in the survey, we hope to see you all back with us again this season.

We've just added new event and festival jobs to our 2016 calendar! New additions include Carfest North and South, Keswick Mountain Festival, Pop-up Hotel and Kew the Music. We’ve also reopened Glastonbudget applications to fill some extra positions that you can login to DCSS PAAM and apply for now!

We're also pleased to announce that DC Site Services has recently partnered up with a new client meaning we're now looking for staff local to our head office for an exciting new venture! The work is based around data capture and customer service at some of the largest motor events across the UK and Europe including Goodwood Festival of Speed and Carfest! The jobs available will be paid slightly differently to our normal event work; on a day rate based on experience and how much data you capture. Food, travel and accommodation will be provided by our client. The only pre-requisites are that you are able to get to our Peterborough office (sometimes at short notice) and that you are a customer focussed person. All training will be provided by our client. The jobs will be across the UK and Europe so will mean days and nights away, sometimes up to a week or more. For further information and to apply for these positions please email our recruitment team along with your recent CV and a covering letter.

In other news, we were very pleased with the overall response received in the 2015 staff surveys so a big thank you to everyone who completed a survey! From reviewing the feedback, we've found that the areas you feel DC Site Services performs best in are on-site briefings and resources, with some asking for more role-specific briefings. Also highly rated was communication with our office, the information on the website, DCSS PAAM navigation, and the approachability of the managers and supervisors.

Areas we'll be aiming to improve upon include greater provision of charging points on-site, and issues experienced with overlapping shifts and the relationship between staff and supervisors, specifically at Glastonbury Festival. Steps have been taken to ensure that these issues will not arise again. Your feedback is key in helping to improve and move the company forwards, so thank you once again for taking part in the surveys.

We opened our 2016 event and festival season staff applications on the 5th February and are happy to see so many of you applying and keen to join us again this year!

If you'd like to work with us this year but are yet to apply you can apply now via DCSS PAAM!

Please make sure you apply early to avoid disappointment and make sure your application profile is complete to avoid any delays in positions being offered. This is especially important for the earlier events on our 2016 calendar which include Windsor Duathlon, Japfest, Glastonbudget and Mutiny Festival.

When you apply you'll notice some changes to the DCSS PAAM system, for example when you now apply for an event you'll be advised of the last possible cancelation date! This is just one of a number of new DCSS PAAM updates that we'll be adding over the coming months, all of which have been designed to make the application process even more user-friendly for you, so be sure to login and take a look!

We'll be sending out an update with the results of the staff surveys very soon. This will collate all of your feedback and we'll be sharing the good, the areas for improvement, and some of the more amusing comments received, so stay tuned!

As always, if you have any queries about working with DC Site Services in 2016 please get in touch!

The 2016 DC Site Services event and festival applications are now open!

As you can see our event calendar is already packed with shows for 2016, all of which you can login and apply for now via DCSS PAAM!

We'll be adding new event and festival jobs to the calendar and application as the season progresses.

When you login to DCSS PAAM you'll notice that the Tax Declarations (formally known as your P46 statement) on your profile have reset. Please take a moment to check and update these, along with the rest of your profile as this will fast-track your applications for work with DC Site Services in 2016!

If you have any questions about working with us in 2016 please don't hesitate to contact us.

We're pleased to be able to welcome two new members of staff to the DC Site Services team!

Ed Hawker has joined us as our new Operations Manager and will be supporting Jonathan, our Operations & Development Manager. Ed first joined DC Site Services back in 2003 working onsite at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Since then Ed has moved up in the company, first as a team leader, then supervisor, and eventually taking the lead in recent years as one of our project managers at Glastonbury and Leeds Festival.

Also joining us is our new Office Assistant, Julian Arnold. Julian will be supporting Lindsay, our Office Manager. This is Julian's first office job since leaving school, he plays the trumpet, is very polite and will be your first point of contact when calling or emailing the office.

Please join us in welcoming Ed and Julian to the team!

In the past year we've been working with Peterborough Regional College providing work experience placements for their Employability and Digital Traineeship Scheme. In 2015 we supported two trainees; both gaining 100 hours of work experience with DC Site Services which lead to further employment with us during our busy periods. Trainees have gained experience from working within the office, stores and onsite at events and festivals.

Following the success of this program and the further growth to our business we're now seeking to recruit a Business Administration Apprentice for the main DC Site Services office based in Whittlesey, Peterborough.

The new position will assist with the running of our Whittlesey office by covering our main reception and supporting our administration and operations offices, and also whilst gaining an NVQ in Business Administration.

The Business Administration Apprentice is an entry level position with the company which holds great potential for future prospects. We'll be encouraging the successful candidate to pursue training (AAT Accreditation) and to develop their skills with the objective of eventually progressing into our accounts/payroll department.

Applications for the opportunity are not exclusive to the college - if you're interested in a career with DC Site Services you can view the vacancy and apply through the gov.uk website or email our recruitment address for an application form.

Alternatively, if you know anyone who might like to apply please pass on our details!

We hope you all had a fantastic holiday and you've now sufficiently recovered from your Christmas and New Year celebrations!

The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that last year's event calendar has been removed from the DC Site Services website, this is because we're currently preparing the 2016 event calendar which we'll be publishing in January. 2016 applications will open just after we publish the 2016 event listings (yep, including Glastonbury!).

The first to know when applications open will be those with a DCSS PAAM account so please login and make sure your profile is up to date e.g. your contact details and that your P46 statement reflects your current circumstances.

A big thank you to everyone who completed the DC Site Services staff survey in December, we'll be sharing the feedback with you soon and also letting you know the changes we'll be making following your feedback.

If you're yet to complete the survey and would like to send us your feedback about working with DC Site Services it's not too late - you can complete the survey here.

2015 has come and gone and with it DC Site Services has provided services to almost 100 different events and festivals across the UK and Ireland, nearly doubling our schedule compared to the previous season!

In total we provided Waste and Cleaning services to 44 events, Traffic Management and Car Parking services to 26 events, Stewarding and Crew to 27 events!

That's 10,831 caravans and campervans sited, 55,000 cars parked, and 1,482 tonnes of waste moved... 

March

In March DC Site Services installed all company vehicles with ABAX to provide vehicle tracking and fleet management for all haulage and vehicle aspects of our business. We provided services to the Spring Major Series Midlands, North and South, and Active Essex.

April

In April we partnered with JPS Event Consultancy to provide CSAS operatives accredited traffic stewards, and undertook training of ten operatives with Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. We provided event services to Yorkshire Warriors and the VW Financial Services Launch.

May

In May DC Site Services began the process of seeking ISO accreditation. We provided services to the Oxford College Balls, the Windsor Horse Show and Endurance, Keswick Mountain Festival, Boishakhi Mela, Glastonbudget Tribute, Crick Boat Show, Luna Cinema, Virgo Festival, We are FSTVL, and Bredhurst Woodland Fair.

June

In June DC Site Services took the giant leap in acquiring an Operator's Licence. The licence allows us to run our own HGVs and refuse collection vehicles onsite, giving us greater flexibility on hours of operations. With the summer season in full swing we also provided services to Wild Life Festival, Born and Bred Festival, Dogs Trust Uxbridge Fun Day, Found Festival, Live at Chelsea, Dog Fest North, Gloucester Festival of Polo, O2 Touch Rugby Tour, Eroica Britannia, Taste of London, Dog Fest South, Glastonbury Festival, the Wallingford Festival of Cycling, Farewell to the Garrison and Henley Regatta.

July

In July our CSAS staff completed further training with the Metropolitan Police Force, and an additional group of staff attained their Unit 2 and 10 in traffic management and street works, meaning they're now qualified to handle all aspects of traffic management planning, can work on high-speed roads and duel carriageways, and can plan, develop and place bespoke event signage. We also provided services to events including the Bermondsey Festival, Kew the Music, 2000 Trees, Brownstock, Village Green, Latitude Festival, Rochester Castle Concerts, Mutiny Festival, Truck Festival, Beat-Herder Festival, the Royal Welsh Show, Focus and Y-Not Festival.

August

In August we provided services to Haringey @ 50, a number of CSAS events, 51st State, Boomtown Fair, Hevy Festival, V Festival Chelmsford, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, Boardsmasters, and the Big Feastival.

September

In September we provided services to Electric Picnic, Grillstock, a number of private and corporate events, Ceremony/United Festivals, the Handmade Fair, Peterborough Square Market, Tobacco Dock and Radio Times.

October

Although by October the summer season was beginning to wind down DC Site Services was still at work, providing our services to the Autumn South, North & Midlands Major Series, IAS Event and the Natural History Museum Ice Rink. We also attended the Showman’s Show, meeting with new companies and catching up with those we work closely with each year.

November

In November we provided our services to Westfest, JPS Newham Fireworks, Southwark Fireworks, the JPS Battersea Fireworks Show, Tower Hamlets Fireworks and Cancer Research.

A big thank you

The DC Site Services board of Directors and Operations Team would like to say a special thank you to our event and festival staff who have made all of this possible. Thank you for the hard work and dedication, particularly when it came to working through the more torrential-like weather this season!

Awards

We're also very pleased to announce that DC Site Services has been shortlisted for \"Best Waste Management Company\" at the Festival Supplier Awards 2016! We've been nominated following the waste management services we provided at Boomtown Fair this year, so another big thank you to all of the staff who joined us at Boomtown! The winners will be announced at the Festival Supplier Awards' ceremony and gala dinner on the 28th January 2016, so keep your fingers crossed for us!

Christmas and New Year

Heading towards Christmas our staff are still hard at work, providing services to Tower of London Ice Rink, the Drive in Movies at Loch Lomond in Scotland and New Year's Fireworks in London.

We're also continuing with our work towards ISO accreditation, if we worked with your event in 2015 or you were employed by us you will have recently received a request to complete a client or staff survey. If you can spare 10 minutes we'd really appreciate your feedback!

2016 Event and Festival Calendar

We'll be adding our 2016 event and festival calendar to the DC Site Services website and opening applications earlier than usual - in January - so please keep an eye on our website and your email for updates!

We'd like to say a final thank you to all of our hardworking staff, and all of the clients who we've had the pleasure of working with this year. We look forward to working with you all again in 2016.

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at DC Site Services!

DC Site Services is pleased to announce that we've been shortlisted by the Festival Supplier Awards 2016 in the Best Waste Management Company category for our work at Boomtown Fair this year!

Making the shortlist is an achievement in itself and would not have been possible without all of the staff who worked with us at Boomtown Fair, so a big, big thank you! Keep your fingers and toes crossed!

We've also just sent out an email asking everyone who worked with us this year to complete our staff survey, so please keep your eyes peeled for this!

He knows when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you've been good or bad so...no, we're not talking about Matt Hettle but Santa! Yes, it's that time of year again, time to brave the shops to get your significant other their favourite perfume and to annoy your neighbours with seizure-inducing lights and decorations.

We'd like to say a big thank you to our dedicated team working away at the Swarovski Ice Rink, you're all doing a fantastic job!

Apart from the official DC Ice Skating Team (we've mentioned we're expanding!) you've probably noticed that our Event Calendar has been relatively quiet for the past month. If you're based or close to Scotland DC Site Services is providing stewarding, waste and traffic management services to the Drive in Movies at Loch Lomond! You can login and apply now to work with us at Drive in Movies at Loch Lomond from the 18th to 24th December!

If you have any queries about working with us at Drive in Movies at Loch Lomond, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Come the start of January 2016 we'll be releasing the entire 2016 DC Site Services event and festival jobs schedule!

So if you'd like to get your Glastonbury Festival 2016 job application in early you no longer need to wait until March to do so. Once you've sufficiently recovered from your turkey coma (or nut roast coma for the veggies out there) please be sure to log into DCSS PAAM to make sure your profile is up to date so you're ready to apply come January!

We'll also soon be sending out our 2015 staff feedback survey. You'll be able to complete this online and it should only take 10 minutes. We'd really appreciate if you could complete the survey so please keep an eye on your email for the link!

We'd like to send out a big thank you to all of the event staff who have been working with us throughout November at events including Westfest and the fireworks shows in Newham, Southwark, Battersea and Tower Hamlets. You've all been doing a brilliant job and we hope you enjoyed the fireworks!

As a part of our Quality Management System we'll soon be introducing a new system for feedback. We'll be implementing this over the next few months, commencing with a 2015 staff survey.

The staff survey will be your opportunity to be as honest (and hopefully flattering!) as you like about your experience of working with DC Site Services at events and festivals this year. At the risk of sounding like an automated telephone service...your opinions are important to us and will influence how we develop the company for 2016.

Following the success of our visit to the Showman's Show last year, DC Site Services attended again this October with high expectations! It was another great event and a pleasure to meet with new companies and catch up with those we work closely with each year. We're feeling very positive following this year's event and looking forward to talking more with everyone we met as we look towards the 2016 event season.

Attending the exhibition affords us the opportunity to network with new and existing clients and showcase what DC Site Services has to offer!

As an Event and Festival Contractor, we provide a full range of services including:

• Staffing and Stewarding Solutions
• Traffic and Car Parking Services
• Volunteer Management
• Recycling, Litter and Waste Management
• Event Cleaning Services

In 2015 alone we provided...

• Waste and Cleaning services to 44 events
• Traffic Management and Car Parking services to 26 events
• Stewarding and Crew to 27 events

That's 10,831 caravans and campervans sited, 55,000 cars parked, and 1,482 tonnes of waste moved!

We hope following meeting some of our team you'll consider DC Site Services for your future events and festivals.

If you'd like to talk with us about your requirements and how a bespoke solution from DC Site Services can achieve your goals please don't hesitate to contact us.

We'd like to send out a special thank you to the Showman's Show for having us again this year, as always it was a friendly and well-organised event and we hope to see you all again next year!

Just when you thought it was safe to have a lazy weekend the winter event season is upon us! We've been busy in October working at the Major Series events and planning for upcoming events including the National History Museum Ice Rink and a host of fireworks shows across London.

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If you'd like to work with us this winter please head over and apply via DCSS PAAM.

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We've also been busy selling our wares at the 2015 Showman's Show this week. We had a great time again meeting up with everyone and hope that those who dropped over to say hello enjoyed finding out more about DC Site Services and enjoyed the free drinks!

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Last but by no means least, if you keep up with DC Site Services on twitter and facebook you'll have seen that our Operations and Development Manager Jonathan Beresford (or Berry to our regular staff) recently completed a 10k run at the (comically wet and muddy) Major Series North event! If you’d like to see Berry covered in mud (who wouldn't?) head over to our facebook page!

Following the success of our stand at last year's Showman's Show DC Site Services will again be exhibiting in 2015!

Last year we enjoyed making new contacts and putting a face to those we regularly work with in the event and festival industry.

If you're planning on attending this year please do drop by and say hello to bag your free drink!

We'll be at stand No. 208 on Avenue D.

Firstly we'd like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who joined us working at the Major Series Midlands event last weekend! You did a brilliant job and we hope to be seeing you again at the Major Series North and South events!

We've just added a host of new winter events to our event calendar and DCSS PAAM application that you can login and apply for now!

The events include a number of Fireworks shows and we’ve also added a general Any Winter Work event. The last isn't a specific event but an opportunity for you to show your interest in working with us this winter. Those who apply to the general Any Winter Work event will be the first to be contacted about winter event jobs with DC Site Services so if you're keen to work with us this winter please make sure you login and apply!

We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has sent in photos after working with us this season. We've received some fantastic photos and some...more questionable ones which we'll retain for our own amusement rather than publication on the website but thank you again to everyone who has sent them in!

We'd like to send out a big thank you to all of the event staff who've been working with us at the Electric Picnic Festival, the Ceremony/United Festivals and the Luna Cinema events that have taken place over the past few weeks. A lot of the smaller events we've been working with recently have asked for staff at very short notice, so we're especially appreciative to everyone who made themselves available to help out at the last minute!

Although we're now through the busiest part of the 2015 event season we do still have events on the horizon with job vacancies, these include the Major Series Midlands, South and North.

If you'd like to work with us this autumn please head over and apply via DCSS PAAM.

Last but not least if you've worked with us at an event or festival in 2015 and have any photos that you'd be happy for us to share on our website please email them over to our admin address!

This season has been one of the busiest to date for DC Site Services. We've been working on a program of expansion throughout 2015 which has yielded very positive results - nearly doubling the number of events and festivals we serviced in 2015 compared to previous seasons.

In 2015 working with over 100 events with a total of 1.5 million visitors we've provided:

• Waste and Cleaning services to 44 events
• Traffic Management and Car Parking services to 26 events
• Stewarding and Crew to 27 events

We'd like to send out a special thank you to our regular suppliers including Grundon Waste Management, Winner Events, the McGrath Group, Dunmow Waste Management and Symbiotic Solutions who have all continued to support us throughout the 2015 season. As ever your diligence and commitment to DC Site Services has enabled us to continue to meet our clients' needs.

We've been delighted to work with a wide range of new clients in 2015 including Boomtown Fair, V Festival, Mutiny Festival, Oxford College Ball, 51st State, Eroica Britannia, Crick Boat Show, Virgo Festival, Dog's Trust, Live at Chelsea, Keswick Mountain Festival, The Luna Cinema, Churchill Retirement Living, Farewell Border Garrison, Wild Life Festival, Born & Bred Festival, Wallingford Festival of Cycling, Henley Regatta, and Haringey @ 50.

We were especially excited to provide Waste Management services at Boomtown Fair this year. Boomtown Fair has a long history of audience participation in the running of the event and attracts thousands of volunteers each year who help out across the festival. We worked closely with Boomtown Fair to manage their waste and recycling utilising a primarily voluntary workforce. This proved to be a rewarding challenge and the combination of our experience with waste and volunteer management resulted in a successful event for DC Site Services and Boomtown Fair.

Another unexpected but much welcomed contract awarded to DC Site Services in 2015 was V Festival Chelmsford. We provided the litter collection, cleaning, recycling and waste management for V. Special thanks are owed to the volunteers from the Rotary Club and Ethical Festival for their tent salvage teams, and to Symbiotic Solutions and Dunmow who worked with us to clear the campsites quickly despite the poor weather conditions.

As the 2015 festival season begins to wind down all at DC Site Services would like to send out a huge thank you to all of the event staff who have worked with us at the Reading and Leeds Festival, V-Festival and Big Feastival. The weather of course wasn't always with us so a special thank you to all those who carried on regardless - you were a credit to DC Site Services!

Although we're now winding down there is still the opportunity to join us working at some of the smaller events we have coming up such as Handmaid Fair, Radio Times, and Peterborough Square Market.

We've also just temporarily reopened applications for the Ceremony/United Festival, so if you missed out on applying the first time around and would like to join us please head over to DCSS PAAM and apply ASAP!

Finally we'd like to send a big shout out to everyone working with us at Electric Picnic! Fingers crossed the weather holds out but either way we’re sure you'll have a brilliant weekend!

We'd like to send out a huge thank you to all of our event staff who worked their socks off at 51st State, Luna Cinema and Heavy Fest, and of course to all those currently working away at Boomtown and V Festival!

If you'd like to join the DC team at the Reading or Leeds Festival now is your last chance!

To join us at Reading or Leeds please head over and apply via DCSS PAAM!

We're also currently recruiting for Electric Picnic and the Big Feastival if you'd like to join us there too!

As always if you'd like to chat about working with DC at a festival this summer please don't hesitate to get in touch!

If you're interested in working at the 2015 Reading Festival, Leeds Festival or V-Festival we currently still have paid jobs available at all three festivals!

If you've not worked with us before applying is a quick and easy process that you can do online via DCSS PAAM.

If you already have a DCSS PAAM account and you'd like to join us at Reading, Leeds or V-Festival you can login and apply straight away!

You will need to pay a refundable security deposit to work with us but you'll receive this back along with your wages after you've worked at the event.

If you'd like to find out more about working with us please don't hesitate to get in touch!

The past week has been one of our busiest so far this summer! We've had teams working at Mutiny Festival, Truck Festival, Beat-Herder Festival and the Royal Welsh Show!

We're always pushed and pulled when we have multiple events on at the same time but we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been working with us! You've been doing a fantastic job for us and our clients, and almost always with a smile which is at least half the battle!

If you're looking for event work and would like to join us we've got more events fast approaching, including the Luna Cinema events at Ascot Racecourse and Leeds Castle next week, then moving into August we have V-Festival, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival and the Big Feastival! 

Please head over to DCSS PAAM to apply for event jobs.

As always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch!

We've recently been focusing on the development of our Event Traffic Management services.

Prior to 2015 we were only able to offer event car parking and onsite traffic management. Through training and investment we've now expanded our services to offer full onsite and offsite traffic management services.

With staff now trained in Unit 2 and 10 Street Works we're able to work with our clients to:

• Handle all aspects of traffic management planning and council/highways agency applications.
• Work on high speed roads and duel carriageways.
• Plan, develop and place bespoke event signage.

We're also very pleased to announce that we're working with JPS Event Consultancy to provide CSAS (Community Safety Accreditation Scheme) qualified traffic staff.

Our CSAS staff are trained by the Devon and Cornwall Police Force and granted powers by the Government to direct traffic on any public highway. This allows us to build exceptional flexibility into traffic management planning and allows for fast response onsite to congestion without the need for placing traffic lights.

We would like to send out a huge thank you to everyone who worked with us at Glastonbury Festival 2015. As always the bands were excellent, the weather was a little erratic and DC’s event crew were 100% dedicated and hardworking!

You’ll be pleased to know that payment for work carried out at Glastonbury will be processed this week and in your accounts by July 17^th. For those who have not made any further applications your deposits will be returned by the end of July (into the account details listed on your DCSS PAAM profile).

Now that you are sufficiently rested and recovered we look on towards what’s coming up next! We know how easy it can be to forget which applications you may have made prior to Glastonbury, but Henley Regatta, Bermondsey Carnival and Kew the Music went off without a hitch, so we owe another big thank you to our hardy staff who bounced from one event onto the next without hesitation.

Currently we have crew working at Latitude, Rochester Castle Concerts and Mutiny Festival so please all cross your fingers and wish them nothing but lovely, sunny weather over the next week!

The festival season is now in full swing with Truck Festival, Beat-Herder and the Royal Welsh Show all rapidly approaching. However we do still have spaces left for Reading, Leeds, V-Festival and the Big Feastival, so apply now to secure your placement! 

In order to continually improve the service we offer whilst remaining competitive, DC Site Services has taken the giant leap in acquiring an Operator's Licence!

Our Operator's Licence allows us to run our own HGVs and refuse collection vehicles onsite, giving our clients greater flexibility on hours of operation. This move is also designed to reduce our haulage miles by utilising larger vehicles to transport equipment around the UK and Europe.

Glastonbury is just around the corner!

By now you should know the team you are allocated to, your arrival date and your shift pattern for the festival.

If you are not sure of any of these details then please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Everything you need to know is covered in the information pack for your team, there is also a seperate information pack 'Glastonbury Directions & Welfare – All Teams'. These have been uploaded to the Event Info section for Glastonbury on DCSS PAAM so please be sure to have a read of these files as they will detail all the information you will need to know, including directions and what you will need to bring with you (entitlement to work in the UK docs, DCSS PAAM sign in sheet, clothing/footwear etc.)

We will also be uploading some information on transport from the Castle Carry train station to the festival site very soon, so please keep an eye on your emails. However it is always a good idea to look into local taxi firms.

Before you set off we would recommend that you also make yourself a checklist of the following:

• Have you acknowledged your position through your DCSS PAAM profile?
• Do you have your tent and all camping equipment ready?
• Do you have the appropriate footwear and uniform?
• Have you arranged your travel to and from the festival?
• Have you read through the information packs relevant to your team?

Finally, as a quick reminder here are the arrival days for each team for Glastonbury festival:

• Clickers 8 Day & 7 Night – Saturday 20^th June
• Clickers 5 Day & 4 Night – Tuesday 23^rd June
• All Crossing Teams – Tuesday 23^rd June
• All Chaperone Teams – Tuesday 23^rd June
• Campervan 7 Day/Night – Monday 22^nd June
• Campervan 6 Day – Tuesday 23^rd
• Campervan 6 Night – Monday 22^nd or Tuesday 23^rd
• Campervan 5 Night – Monday 22^nd or Tuesday 23^rd
• All Z-Zone Teams – Tuesday 23^rd June

If you have checked all of the above and you have your sunblock and wellies ready then you’re good to go. We look forward to working with you at Glastonbury 2015! 

We're happy to announce that we've just been awarded the V Festival Chelmsford Litter and Waste Management contract!

If you'd like to join us working at the 2015 V Festival please login to DCSS PAAM and apply!

Wild Life Festival is now just around the corner and we have some last minute spaces available! If you're available to join us working at the Wild Life Festival please apply ASAP!

Of course Glastonbury Festival is now just around the corner! If you've applied and paid your deposit for Glastonbury but you've not yet been assigned a position this is most likely due to information missing from your DCSS PAAM profile. Adding info to your profile is a quick and easy process, please check your email for a message from our admin team which will let you know what you need to do!

If you've applied and paid your deposit to work with us at Glastonbury but you're not 100% sure that you'll be able to make it please note that the cancellation deadline is the end of May - so this weekend! If you cancel late you will lose your deposit so please make sure you cancel in good time if you need to. You can find further info about cancellation deadlines in our Terms and Conditions.

If you have any questions you can't find the answer to as ever please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Another big thank you is due for all of our event staff who worked with us at Keswick Mountain Festival and Boishakhi Mela last week! As always you cleared the event sites of litter and recycling quickly and efficiently and were a credit to DC Site Services.

We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has applied and will be working with this weekend at Glastonbudget Tribute, Crick Boat Show, Virgo Festival and Luna Cinema in Norfolk. Fingers crossed the sunny weather will hold!

If you've applied to work with us at Glastonbury Festival and you're waiting for an update please make sure you keep a close eye on your email as we may have already been in touch! We still have a few places remaining at Glastonbury so if you know anyone who may like to work please don't hesitate to point them in our direction!

There of course is life after Glastonbury! We have a whole host of event jobs up for grabs throughout the summer so if you fancy joining us at an event please head over and take a look at our 2015 event calendar. If anything takes your fancy you can then apply online using DCSS PAAM.

Finally please all join us in wishing our Office Manager Lindsay Gilbert a very happy 30th birthday! Lindsay celebrated her 30th this week which is why no emails were answered on Wednesday whilst she recovered!

A big thank you to everyone who worked with us last weekend at the Oxford College Balls and to all of our event staff currently working with us at Windsor Horse Show and Endurance. You've been doing a fantastic job and we'd like to send a particular thank you out to those who joined us at the eleventh hour!

Looking forward we have a whole host of event and festival jobs on our 2015 event calendar that you can apply for if you're interested in joining us this season. If you're London based or can easily travel in for work we'd recommend you apply for Taste of London! Based in Regent's Park Taste of London is the world's largest food festival and an event not to be missed, especially if you're a foodie!

If Greenfield events are more your thing then we still have jobs available at the Wild Life Festival, the Found Festival, Eroica Britannia and of course Glastonbury Festival! Yep that's right, we pay you to come to Glastonbury Festival! No brainer eh?

If you'd like to apply for one of our 2015 event jobs you can do this quickly and easily online using DCSS PAAM. If you've not worked with us before and you're not sure about doing it alone, why not ask a friend to apply with you so you can enjoy the festival together?

If you'd like to work at Eroica Britannia or Glastonbury Festival and would like further info before applying please don't hesitate to get in touch!

As always please keep an eye on our event calendar for new event and festival jobs!

We're pleased to announce that we are seeking ISO accreditation! We're pursuing the accreditation to improve the quality of our management services and send the message to our staff, suppliers, and clients, that we are committed to providing a consistent, high level of service by "making excellence a habit".

As part of this, we'll soon be sending out client surveys. Our aim for the surveys is to improve the service you receive from DC Site Services so your feedback is very important and would be greatly appreciated.

We'd like to send out congratulations to all of our event staff who have recently successfully completed their Signing Lighting & Guarding and Towing training! We'd also like to wish good luck to all those who are about to complete their CSAS training next week!

Our 2015 event and festival calendar is continuing to expand, with new events added in the past week including Beatherder Festival, the British Beach Handball Championships, The Big Feastival and Boishakhi Mela.

Of course the Glastonbury Festival is now only a little over six weeks away!

If you've already applied please make sure you keep an eye on your email and DCSS PAAM account for updates.

Before we get there if you'd like to join us working at some other events we're still currently recruiting for Virgo Festival, Wild Life Festival, Found Festival, Eroica Britannia and Taste of London.

To apply to work at events and festivals with us in 2015 please head over to DCSS PAAM.

First off we'd like to send out a big thank you to all of our staff who worked with us at the Yorkshire Warrior in April, and especially those who joined us at the eleventh hour! The weather was amazing (especially for April!) and thanks to you all the service we provided to our clients was top notch!

We'd also like to thank our VW Financial Launch staff who worked with us last weekend, the weather was unfortunately not as favourable but your work was still first rate so again a huge thank you!

We're pleased to be able to let you know that a number of new festivals and events have been added to our Event Calendar including Taste of London, Beatherder, Born & Bred Festival, 2000 Trees, Windsor Endurance and 51st State.

As always our 2015 festival and event list will continue to expand so please do check the website regularly for updates.

We're still recruiting staff for Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, The Royal Welsh Show, Y-Not Festival, Reading Festival and Leeds Festival so if you’d like to join us please log in to DCSS PAAM and apply to join us!

We hope you enjoyed your Easter break and didn't overdo it too much with the chocolate!

We're pleased to be able to let you know that we'll soon we allocating 2015 event jobs! You can find out if you've been allocated a job by logging into DCSS PAAM and checking if you've been grouped for an event.

If you see that you haven't been allocated a group before getting in touch please check your PAAM profile to make sure all of your information is up to date as incomplete profiles will delay job and group allocation.

We're also happy to confirm that camping for Wild Life Festival has now been okayed! If you’re hoping to work with us at the Wild Life Festival and haven't yet contacted us to express your interest in camping at the festival whilst you work with us please email our admin address ASAP!

Applications are still open for the majority of 2015 events and festivals - including Glastonbury Festival, the Royal Welsh Show, Reading and Leeds - so if you're yet to apply don't delay! Head over to PAAM now!

We'll be updating our 2015 event calendar soon with some new event and festivals so please keep an eye on that for any new events you might like to work at!

As always if you have any questions about working with us at an event or festival in 2015 please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Firstly we'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who worked with us at Active Essex this week! It was another great event and you all did a fantastic job.

We'd also like to thank all of our event staff who have been busy updating their DCSS PAAM profiles for 2015. Event and festival job applications are now flooding in so if you'd like to join us please be sure to login to DCSS PAAM, update your profile, and apply ASAP to avoid disappointment!

We're happy to announce that The Royal Welsh Show has just confirmed our 2015 Toilet and Cleaning contract for 2015! You can login to DCSS PAAM and apply for The Royal Welsh Show now, plus a host of other new events we've added to our Event Calendar in the past week!

Thank you to everyone who has already applied for our 2015 Event & Waste Supervisor position, we're currently reviewing applications but it's not too late to apply if you're interested in the role! The deadline is April 10th, if you'd like to apply please email through your CV and covering letter to recruitment@dcsiteservices.com with Event & Waste Management Supervisor Application as the subject line.

As always please keep an eye on our Event Calendar for new event and festival jobs that we'll be adding soon!

We'd like to send out a big thank you to everyone who has been working with us at the Major Series events so far! We find the Major Series spring events the perfect way to gently ease us back into the hectic activities of the year ahead and we hope you've enjoyed working at them as much as we have!

If you tried to call our office on the 9th of March and couldn't get through we'd like to send our apologies. We're currently aiming for ISO: 9001 accreditation; our office staff and managers were in a training session for this.

Now, back to 2015 event and festival applications! If you haven't already, please take a look at our ever-expanding event calendar and submit your 2015 job applications! Please remember, the sooner you make your applications (with complete and up to date profiles please!) the better your chances of being allocated a position!

If you'd like to chat with us about working at events and festivals in 2015 please contact us!

We'd like to say a big thank you to ABAX for our trip to watch the POSH in action earlier this year – for those of you less familiar it's our local side Peterborough United!

ABAX now supplies DC Site Services with vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions which help monitor all haulage and vehicle aspects of our business.

The ABAX system has already proved invaluable to keep track of miles, driver hours and maintenance checks.

We're pleased to announce that the 2015 DC Site Services Event and Festival Calendar is now live!

Please log into your DCSS PAAM account or visit the Event Calendar on the website to see the events and festivals that DC Site Services will be working with this year and which you can apply for now!

For our regulars you'll be happy to know we'll again be working with the Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, Reading Festival and Leeds Festival!

As usual the Event Calendar in its current form is just a start, we'll be adding new events and festivals to the calendar as the season progresses and contracts are confirmed.

One of the updates to DCSS PAAM for 2015 is a new application approval procedure; following an application your profile will now be checked for any missing details before jobs at events are offered. If any info is missing we'll contact you to let you know but please do double check your profile to avoid any unnecessary delays!

We've also made a change to our deposit returns process for 2015, if it has been more than a month since last working with us your deposit will be returned in the next monthly pay run (at the end of each month). For example if the last event you worked at with DC Site Services was in June and you have not made any applications for further events, your deposit will automatically be returned to you by bank transfer at the end of July (minus a £5 booking fee). Please see our Terms and Conditions for further details.

If you have any questions about applying to work with DC Site Services at events and festivals in 2015 please contact us!

We’re sure that you're as relieved as we are to be saying goodbye to the winter and hello to spring! With this small peak of sunshine we're pleased to be able to let you know that the long-awaited DC Site Services 2015 event calendar will soon be released!

As our long standing event staff already know, the release of the event calendar is just the first peak at our schedule for the year. As always our list of event jobs will grow and change over the course of the year.

We can't give you an exact date for the release of our 2015 calendar yet, although we promise it won't be long, we're just finalising a few details...

The best way to get ready for the upcoming season is to polish up those profiles! We allocate staff on a first come first served basis although your profiles need to be complete to be amongst those considered. This includes making sure that all of your contact information is up to date, and that any files you have uploaded to your profiles are still current.

We're currently working closely with our friends over at Hotbox Studios who provide us with our PAAM Event Management Software and we'll soon be letting you know about some updates to your DCSS PAAM profiles and the deposit section of the DCSS Terms and Conditions, all with a view making DCSS PAAM profiles and the application process a more streamlined and user-friendly experience for all of our event staff. We’ll provide you with more information as these updates rollout.

If you have any queries about applying to work with DC Site Services at an event or festival, please contact our office who will be happy to help!

We hope you're all having a good 2015 so far? If not don't worry, January is almost over!

The first month of the year has gone by very quickly for us, thankfully, as the DC Site Services SMT has been doing a 30 day health and fitness challenge! We're almost there so keep your fingers crossed for us. We hope if you've also made any resolutions, you're on a detox or diet you're doing well too.

We're pleased to be able to let you know that we've been receiving a lot of enquiries in January from event and festival organisers, both new enquiries via our website and follow-ons from the Showman's Show last autumn where DC Site Services exhibited!

We already have a number of projects underway to develop the company in 2015 which include:

• Further updates to our website and DCSS PAAM for our event staff and clients.
• A review of our security deposit system; we hope to develop an improved and more user-friendly system to enable deposits to be returned on a monthly basis rather than waiting for the end of the season.
• Improvements to our on-site admin processes including electronic timesheets, new recruitment, training and staff development.
• Growth of the DC Site Services Volunteering scheme
• We've agreed a partnership for accredited CSAS traffic marshalling opportunities.
• We're seeking to complete and achieve full accreditation for Quality Assurance ISO 9001 and Health & Safety OHSAS 18001.

So with all of the above the big question is of course when will our 2015 event calendar be released?

We currently plan to upload the 2015 event and festival calendar and open for applications towards the end of February! So please keep an eye on our website for updates, as usual the first to know will be those with a DCSS PAAM account so if you've not already signed up please head over now and create a PAAM account!

We have however already agreed some early season events including car parking at the three Major Series events in March, several festivals in May including Glastonbudget Tribute Festival and the Worthing Weekender in June. We're also in final negotiations for Glastonbury Festival and our other regular events and festivals, so if you've joined us before please make sure you login to DCSS PAAM and check that your profile is up to date!

We're still on the hunt for event and festival photos from last season so if you have any please email any you have over to our admin address!

This year DC Site Services provided services to events and festivals all over the UK and Ireland including the Major Series, Onesie walk, Yorkshire Warrior, Windsor Endurance, Glastonbudget, Arctic Monkeys, Found, Taste of London, Glastonbury, Boishakhi Mela, Bermondsey Carnival, Tour de France, 2000 Trees Festival, Bristol Pride, Village Green, Latitude, Kew the Music, Rochester Castle, Beatherder, The Royal Welsh show, Focus, China Town, YNOT, Eastern Electrics, Dog Fest, CEX Fest, Hevy Fest, Battle Proms, Reading & Leeds Festivals, BBC Good Food Show, Big Feastival, Brownstock, Electric Picnic, Bestival, Ceremony & United, Enfield Autumn Show, Proms in the Park, Oktober Fest, Westfest, Boo!, Tower Hamlets Fireworks, Southwark Fireworks, Great British Bioscience, Taste of London Winter, and The Military Awards. Of course not forgetting our staff who are working through to the New Year at Winterville and other chilly winter 2014 events!

We hope that many of these events and festivals will return to our event calendar in 2015! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our event and festival staff for your hard work throughout the year, and of course our clients for using our services!

The Board of Directors would like to say a special thank you to our operations and administration team for all of their hard work in keeping the company running behind the scenes. We’d like to send out a special thank you to Jonathan Beresford; our new Operations and Development Manager. After several years working with DC Site Services in the summer months whilst completing his studies; Jonathan joined the company full time in February and has brought with him new ideas and a smiley face!

Usually, when the summer season comes to an end, the number of events and festivals which DC Site Services works at typically decreases. In 2014 we've increased our autumn and winter activity. Due to this we'll be looking at our event calendar and recruitment processes and would welcome any feedback! We're already working on a number of new processes and we’ll update you in the New Year as to our plans for 2015 which will hopefully prove to be of benefit to all of our event and festival staff.

Whilst we’re rounding off the year, we'd like to ask that if you have any photos from working with us in the 2014 event season that you'd be happy to share you send them through to our admin email address. For the very best there may even be a prize!

Finally, we'd like to send out a huge thank you to all of our event staff who worked with us this year. It's always great to see returning faces, and exciting to introduce people who haven't worked with us before. We hope to see you all again in 2015!

Wishing you all a very Merry Festival Christmas!

Dick and Janet Collins, Matt Hettle, Jonathan Beresford and all at DC Site Services

We're very pleased to be able to let you all know that DC Site Services' head office in Peterborough has moved!

You can now find us at:

Fenland District Estate, Station road, Whittlesey, PE7 2EY

Or if you'd like to drop in for a cuppa, it's the first right after the train tracks!

The move follows the continual growth of the company in recent years, and needless to say we are very pleased that we will no longer have to climb over one another to reach the coffee machine!

Also, whilst we're chatting...

Applications for Winterville are still open!

Winterville is only a few weeks away and we have a variety of jobs available at the event. If you'd like to register your interest then please apply as normal through your DCSS PAAM profile.

Winterville is a month-long event, we’ll be sending out more information about the event soon including the work schedules.

If you'd like to let us know details of your availability for the event please email these through to our admin email address.

For most thinking about music festivals means hot (ish) summer days and green fields, followed by a long, wet, chilly, and fairly mundane winter!

If you're one of these people then fear not, in more recent years the UK winter festival scene has been growing and there are now all sorts of options to keep you entertained throughout the colder months.

For all of us not entirely sure what the options are our friends over at the PAAM Event Management Software Blog have just released their Best UK Winter 2014-2015 Winter Festivals Guide!

If you head to the PAAM Blog you can find more about The Big Reunion in Skegness, the Bugged Out Weekender in Bognor Regis, Spitalfields Music Winter Festival in London, and Celtic Connections in Glasgow!

If you'd like to work at some winter events and festivals then head to our event calendar to find out where DC Site Services will be working this winter!

For all those on the hunt for London based winter event jobs we currently have vacancies at the 2014 Taste of London Winter event at Tobacco Dock and Winterville in Victoria Park! If you already have a DCSS PAAM account you can login and apply now, if you're yet to setup a DCSS PAAM account you can sign up here.

If you'd like any further info about our winter job vacancies please don’t hesitate to get in touch, although as usual we'll be adding further information about the events to DCSS PAAM soon!

Last week the DC Site Services team headed to the 2014 Showman's Show at the Newbury Showground. The Showman's show is an Outdoor Event Services Exhibition which we regularly attend but in 2014 decided to exhibit at! It was a pleasure to meet the suppliers and event organisers we work alongside in the event and festival industry, and it has also opened up some exciting new opportunities for DC Site Services.

So watch this space for exciting news for the 2015 event season!

Happy Halloween from all at DC Site Services!

Although we're now at the end of the summer event season and it's time to retire those summer festival wellies, our winter event season has now officially commenced!

We've got events in the coming months including the Firework Festival, The Major Series, West Fest, and the new Winterville at Victoria Park in London.

If you'd like to work with us at any of our winter events just a £25 deposit will cover you for them all and will be returned in January 2015.

Also if you've worked with DC Site Services in 2014 and have any photos you'd be happy to share with us for use on our website and marketing please send them over! So if you have a mo please have a hunt through your photos and email them to our admin email address.

There is also a rumour that there may be a reward on the cards for the best we're sent!

If you paid a deposit for the 2014 event season you should have now received your 2014 deposit return; this will have been paid into the bank account you entered on your DCSS PAAM profile. If you've not received it please don't hesitate to contact accounts.

Please make sure you keep an eye on our news as we'll soon be posting new info about forthcoming autumn and winter work in London!

The 2014 festival season has flown by! We hope everyone who has worked with us has enjoyed the season as much as we have and you're looking forward to coming back for more of the same in 2015!

As usual we'll be returning deposits via bank transfer. We'll be starting the return process the week commencing Monday 29th September 2014, and all deposits should be with you by the end of next week.

Please be aware that your deposit will be returned, minus the booking fee, to the account you've entered on your DCSS PAAM profile. If this is not the account you wish the deposit to be transferred to, please make sure you update your account details ASAP and then send an email to Accounts to let us know you've updated your profile.

Although the summer is coming to an end we will have jobs available at events throughout the autumn and winter months so please keep an eye on our event calendar and DCSS PAAM application for new events being added!

If you're keen to join us then we're already accepting applications for a number of London events taking place in November - please head over to DCSS PAAM for further details!

We'd like to send out a huge thank you to all of our event staff who have been working with us in Finsbury Park and Hyde Park! We've been receiving fantastic feedback about you all!

A special mention must go out to this week's star employee Janet Collins! Today is Janet's 70th birthday and rather than laying on a beach sipping cocktails Janet has been working her socks off working for DC at the BBC Music Live event in Hyde Park - that's dedication!

So a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY from everyone at DC Site Services to Janet - we hope you get some well-deserved time off soon!

We would like to send out a big thank you to everyone who worked with us at Electric Picnic! With the increased numbers attending the festival in 2014 we found the car parks and buses very full, although despite the additional work all of our staff met the challenge and made a difficult job very enjoyable. Since leaving the festival we've been looking at the aerial photos and are proud to say the parking and traffic management was some of the tidiest we've seen!

We'd also like to send out a special mention to our volunteers for helping us throughout the weekend and for making the Friday of the festival a little easier. In particular, we'd like to thank Michelle Doyle for organising our volunteers and ensuring that everyone got where they needed to be at the right time.

Another big thank you must go out to our friends at McKnight Events Services in Belfast for keeping the Electric Picnic car parks running smoothly overnight. We enjoyed working with you all and welcoming you to the DC Site Services team!

Electric Picnic hasn't been the only festival we've been working with in the past week, so another huge thank you to the stellar staff who worked with us at the Big Feastival and Brownstock Festival!

Helen, the site manager for Brownstock, would like us to send out a special thank you on her behalf to everyone who worked with DC Site Services at Brownstock Festival.

Jonathan, the site manager for the Big Feastival, would also like us to send out a big thank you to those who worked with DC Site Services at Big Feastival, the team giving 110% to compensate for absences.

As always, please keep your eyes peeled for new festivals and events being added to our event calendar as we move into the autumn and winter!

We'd like to send out a very big thank you to all of our event staff who worked with us at the 2014 Leeds Festival and Reading Festival! As ever you all did a fantastic job and we hope to see you back for more of the same in 2015!

We are now heading towards the last few events and festivals of our 2014 summer season, but please do be sure to keep an eye on our event calendar and DCSS PAAM for event jobs during the autumn and winter of 2014 to 2015.

We currently still have paid event staff positions available for the Ceremony Festival, taking place in Finsbury Park, London in September.

As always, if you have queries about any of the upcoming events or festivals DC Site Services will be working with please don’t hesitate to contact us!

We're just days away from heading to the 2014 Reading and Leeds Festival!

Okay, to be truthful, we've actually been onsite for a week! Although we're looking forward to welcoming all of the event staff who will be joining us over the next few days!

We hope you've now got all you need, packed your bag and planned your travel.

Please do have a read of the info in DCSS PAAM and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries!

Before you head to Reading or Leeds we'd also recommend you have a read of the new 2014 Reading and Leeds Festival guides written by our friends over a the PAAM Volunteer Management and Recruitment blog:

2014 Reading Festival Guide, Hints and Tips!

2014 Leeds Festival Guide, Hints and Tips!

The 2014 guides includes all sorts including travel advice, info about festival facilities, and tips to help you enjoy your time when you're off shift!

See you at Reading and Leeds!

We're pleased to be able to let you know that DC Site Services will be working with the Ceremony Festival and United Festival which take place in Finsbury Park, London, in September! The two events in one offer six arenas; showcasing the latest in house and dance on the first night, then celebrating 25 years of British rave culture the next!

If you'd like to work with us at the Ceremony Festival and United Festival you can apply now via DCSS PAAM!

We also have new volunteering positions available at Bestival! Bestival is a boutique music festival set at Robin Hill on the Isle of White. To volunteer with us at Bestival you need to be able to get there for Wednesday 3rd September, ready to work 3x 8 hr shifts in the box office. All volunteers will have a day free over the weekend to enjoy the festival!

If you'd like to volunteer at Bestival please head to DCSS Volunteering PAAM to apply!

Of course the Reading and Leeds Festival are now just around the corner! Applications for Reading and Leeds are now closed. If you've been accepted to work with us at Reading or Leeds please make sure you've logged into DCSS PAAM to acknowledge your position!

If you have any questions about working with us at Ceremony Festival and United Festival, Bestival, or Reading and Leeds please get in touch!

We currently have paid event staff vacancies at the 2014 Electric Picnic Festival!

We're now only two weeks away from Electric Picnic so will need to close the application soon!

If you'd like to join us in Ireland please login to DCSS PAAM, apply and pay your refundable staff deposit ASAP!

For Electric Picnic we're currently recruiting Traffic Management Stewards and Campsite Tower Fire Marshals.

If you have any queries about working with DC Site Services at Electric Picnic please get in touch!

Hopefully see you there!

We have a small number of paid staff vacancies left at the 2014 Reading Festival and Leeds Festival!

We need to close the application soon so if you'd like to join us please login to DCSS PAAM, apply and pay your deposit ASAP!

For Leeds Festival we're currently recruiting Traffic Management Stewards.

For Reading Festival we're recruiting both Traffic Management Stewards and Campsite Tower Fire Marshals.

If you have any queries about working with DC Site Services at Reading or Leeds please get in touch!

A big shout out to all of the event staff who have worked with us so far!

We'd like to give a big shout out to all of the event staff who have worked with us so far this season!

July has been our busiest (and warmest!) month yet. With DC Site Services teams working at 2000 Trees, Latitude Festival and The Royal Welsh Show, to name but a few, we are very grateful to all those who have committed their time and energy to ensure that no job is left incomplete.

As we move into August, please make sure to regularly check your DCSS PAAM profile for the progress of applications you have made, and also please check our website's event calendar which is continuously updated with new event and festival jobs!

We are currently still accepting applications for a number of events including the Reading and Leeds Festival, and Big Feastival.

A number of new events are soon to be added to our calendar and application so as always if you're interested in working with us please drop back regularly for updates!

DC Site Services is taking an exciting step forwards by moving into volunteering!

You can now find out more and apply to volunteer with us as a Traffic Marshal at the Latitude Festival and Leeds Festival via our Festival Volunteers page!

One of the best things about volunteering with us at a festival is that you get the Saturday and Sunday of the festival off to enjoy the show!

You also get all the benefits that our staff receive including:

• A festival uniform
• Access to Crew Catering
• Access to Crew Toilets and Showers
• Secure Crew Camping

All we ask is that you work 24 hours with us on the Thursday, Friday and Monday!

We look forward to seeing you at Latitude and Leeds!

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of our event staff who worked with us at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival!

From the hail and rain to the baking sun Glastonbury very much lived up to its reputation this year! So we hope you're all starting to recover from the work, play, and of course Dolly Parton AKA the best chest in the west!

We introduced a new barcode scanning check-in system for Glastonbury 2014 and would also like to thank all those who remembered to bring along their DCSS PAAM sign-in forms to help speed up the booking-in process. This is something we will be using again at future events.

For those of you with Glastonbury wage and deposit queries:

• Providing that you've included the necessary information on your DCSS PAAM profile your wage may be with you as soon as Friday 4th July / Monday 7th July.
• If your profile is missing information (e.g. P46 statements or bank account details) then you will be contacted regarding this and your wage will be included in the next fortnightly pay run.
• For those with deposit queries; we return deposits at the end of the season unless you request an early return. You can find further details within our Terms and Conditions.

Finally the DC Site Services Glastonbury team would again like to send out their thanks for all of your hard work this year:

"A big shout out and well done to the team at Glastonbury Festival 2014. We hope to see you there again soon.\"

DC Glastonbury Management Team.

"Thank you for all the hard work, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and look forward to seeing you at future events!\"

Berry (Jonathan Beresford), Operations & Development Manager

We're finally there! Today is the day DC Site Services starts arriving at Glastonbury Festival to start getting things ready for our first team of staff who will be arriving at Glastonbury tomorrow!

We hope you've now got all you need, packed your bag and planned your travel.

Please do have a read of our recent news articles and the info in DCSS PAAM and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries!

Before you head down to Worthy Farm we'd also recommend you have a read of the new 2014 Glastonbury Festival guide written by our friends over a the PAAM Event Staff Software blog:

2014 Glastonbury Festival Guide, Hints and Tips!

The 2014 guide includes all sorts including travel advice, info about the festival's facilities, and tips to help you enjoy your time when you're off shift!

See you at Glastonbury!

With Glastonbury Festival just around the corner it’s time to dust off the wellies and start trying to remember all the things you forgot last year!

Please do make sure you login to DCSS PAAM to check you've confirmed your position, uploaded the necessary documents (as outlined in your info pack), and if required you've contacted us to book a spot on the DC Site Services shuttle bus which will be running on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th June.

If you have any queries regarding your position, arrival date, or what to bring with you please don't hesitate to contact our lovely and talented administrator in the DC Site Services office who will be only too happy to help!

We've put together a quick checklist for you:

• Do you have your tent (preferably hole free) and have you dusted off your camping equipment?
• Do you have the appropriate footwear and uniform?
• Have you arranged your travel there and back?
• If the shuttle bus is not running when you are due to arrive, have you looked into local taxi firms?
• Are you ready to have an amazing time working with us at Glastonbury?

If you answered yes to all of the above then we look forward to seeing you there!

If you've not worked at a festival before then we'd recommend heading over and having a read of the Festival Survival Guide written by our friends at the PAAM blog! The guide includes a handy list which will help with your festival packing.

Finally, as a quick reminder here are the individual arrival dates for all Glastonbury teams:

• 8 Day/Night Clickers Saturday 21st June
• Chaperone Response Saturday 21st June
• Campervan and Caravan Marshals Monday 23rd June
• Chaperones Tuesday 24th June
• 5 Day/Night Clickers Tuesday 24th June
• Crossing Points Tuesday 24th June
• Z-Zone Tuesday 24th or Wednesday 25th June (we recommend the 24th to avoid congestion).

See you at Glastonbury!

We've just added new events and festivals to the 2014 DC Site Services event calendar!

The new events you can apply to include:

• Proms in The Park
• Big Feastival
• Kew the Music
• Bioshakhi Mela
• Bermonsey Carnival
• Rochester Castle Concerts

You can login to DCSS PAAM and apply for the new events now!

We'll also be adding new winter events to the calendar soon so keep your eye on our website and social feeds!

If you missed your chance to work with us at Glastonbury Festival but are still keen to join us at Glastonbury please contact us to be added to the reserve list - we'll contact you in the event of cancellations!

If you've been offered a job at Glastonbury but you've not completed your DCSS PAAM profile please make sure you do this ASAP! We'll be contacting all those with incomplete profiles but if you don't get it updated in time you run the risk of your position being offered to another!

With the start of the summer festival season upon us we'd like to remind all of our event staff that now is the time to make sure your DCSS PAAM event job applications are all in order!

Please remember to keep track of the events and festivals you have applied for, remembering that if at any point you are no longer able to attend to please cancel your application, ensuring that you give the required notice period as per our Terms and Conditions.

Please note that the cut-off date to cancel a Glastonbury Festival position is this weekend; as you need to give 20 days' notice to cancel a position and the start date for Glastonbury as advertised on our website is 21st June 2014. Having said this, we of course hope that you do attend and we look forward to seeing you at Glastonbury!

If you'd like to join us working at Glastonbury we do have a small number of vacancies left but will be closing the application at the end of this weekend so please apply to join us ASAP!

If you have been assigned a job with DC Site Services at Glastonbury, please make sure that you log into your profile to confirm your position.

We'll again be running the DC Site Services staff shuttle bus at Glastonbury Festival! You can find an info pack with further details in the Glastonbury Event Info section of your DCSS PAAM profile. Please contact us if you would like to book a seat on the shuttle bus.

If you are arriving before the shuttle bus starts you will need to make alternative travel arrangements e.g. a taxi from the station to festival site.

Finally, as always please ensure that your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date, including a photo, all entitlement to work in the UK documents and your P46 form for 2014.

As announced in our recent news we've begun allocating event jobs for the 2014 Glastonbury Festival!

If you've applied and paid a deposit to work with DC Site Services at Glastonbury you should have received an email asking you to confirm your position. If you were late in applying, please make sure you check your DCSS PAAM profile regularly to see if you have been allocated a job at Glastonbury.

The next step is for you to confirm your position. This is very straightforward, though we would like to reiterate that this is not an option to rescind your application, it is merely a way to communicate to DC Site Services that you are aware of your job allocation e.g. we don't need to chase you about it!

As always our standard Terms and Conditions regarding event job cancellations apply.

Following the confirmation of your position you will need to check the Glastonbury Festival Event Info section of your DCSS PAAM account for your team's information pack. The pack will outline all information you will require to attend and work at the festival.

There seems to be some confusion with arrival dates so to clarify:

• The dates 21st - 30th June are the broadest dates that DC Site Services will be onsite at Glastonbury Festival.
• Your team arrival dates are clarified under Arrival & Briefing Times in the info pack.

Finally, as one last quick reminder, please make sure that your contact details are up to date on your DCSS PAAM profile, this will benefit you as much as it will DC Site Services if we should need to get a hold of you at short notice. We will continue to contact all event staff with incomplete DCSS PAAM profiles, so to stay ahead of the curve please double check that your profiles are up to date.

If you have any queries relating to your position, your profile, or being allocated a job with a friend, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

We're pleased to announce that we've started allocating jobs in DCSS PAAM at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival!

The Glastonbury Festival application will remain open for the time being, so if you've not yet applied you still have time!

As long as your profile is up to date and your deposit has been paid you stand as good a chance of being assigned as anyone else. If at any point you wish to discuss applying for Glastonbury before paying the deposit, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please do take the time to check that your DCSS PAAM profile is completely up to date! Our Office Co-ordinator, Lindsay, will continue to check all Glastonbury Festival applications and will be contacting all event staff who have incomplete profiles (any missing information on your profile can affect the success of your applications).

If you would like to be allocated into the same team as a friend please make sure you've mentioned this in the Additional Details section of your DCSS PAAM profile and you follow this up with an email.

If you would like to bring a campervan to Glastonbury this also needs to be noted on your profile and you need to contact us to get a confirmation as there is limited room in the DC Site Services compound!

All staff car parking is free and passes will be issued on the day you arrive.

Good luck with your applications!

We're pleased to be able to let you know that job allocations for the events and festivals coming up in the next few months will begin soon!

If you haven't already, please be sure to check that your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date. This will give you the best possible chance of being selected to work with us this summer!

We're receiving a lot of queries with regards to whether there are still jobs available at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival. We're happy to be able to confirm that we do still have jobs available at Glastonbury so please do not hesitate to apply or to recommend a friend to join us!

We'd also like to remind all of our event staff that it is important to follow the progress of your applications:

1. Please make sure you keep an eye on your DCSS PAAM account; checking if jobs have been offered and if your availability changes you cancel before the 20 day cancellation deadline!
2. If you are offered a job please make sure you login to your DCSS PAAM account and if necessary confirm your acceptance of the job offer (the new process detailed in our previous news articles). The new process does not apply to all events so please keep an eye out for when this is required.

As always, we are continuing to add new events and festivals to our event calendar so please keep an eye on the calendar for new jobs with DC Site Services this season!

We're getting busier by the day in the DC Site Services office which can only mean the 2014 event and festival season is picking up pace!

We'd like to send out a big thank you to everyone who has been risking the weather to work with us in March and April at some of the season's first events.

If you're longing to be out in the spring sun but won't be joining us working at an event until later in the season, our friends over at the PAAM Volunteer Software Blog have just released their previews of the Best 2014 Beer Festivals in the UK and abroad!

The PAAM 2014 Beer Festival previews include the the Reading Beer and Cider Festival, Big Bournemouth Beer Festival, the Great British Beer Festival, the Cambridge Beer Festival, the London Craft Beer Festival, the Thai Beer Festival, Mondial de la Bière in Montreal, Cape Town Festival of Beer, and of course Oktoberfest in Munich!

We've been busy in the DC office meeting with 2014 event and festival organisers and we're pleased to be able to let you know about new event and festival jobs that have been added to our 2014 season calendar!

The recent additions include event jobs at Eastern Electrics, CEX Fest, Hevy Fest, and Brownstock Festival.

As usual new events and festivals will continue to be added to our event calendar as the season progresses so please make sure you keep an eye on our website and login to your DCSS PAAM account to check for new event jobs!

Of course all of your regular festival favourites can also be found in our 2014 event calendar including the Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds Festival. If you'd like to apply to work with us please head over to DCSS PAAM!

We'll be offering event and festival jobs a little later in the season but if you're yet to apply and concerned you may have missed out don't worry - if an event is still open this usually means we still have positions available!

To have the best chance of gaining a job at an event or festival as always please make sure your DCSS PAAM account is as up to date as possible.

If you have any questions about working with us please don't hesitate to get in touch!

We've received a fantastic response to the opening of our 2014 event and festival applications so a huge thank you to everyone who has applied so far - we're looking forward to another great year working with you all!

Many of you have been asking how long our applications will remain open - applications will remain open for the next month or so at the very least. We tend to close each application a couple of weeks before each event and only close earlier than this if all spaces are taken. So don’t panic, although remember the sooner you apply then the better your chances of being offered a position!

For those enquiring about arrival dates for events; as a rule we list the maximum dates you could need to be at the events with us (the beginning to the end of an event). However, the precise arrival dates will depend on the team you are assigned to. As an event approaches we'll publish an information pack for each individual team which will outline the job role, everything you will need to know, and the arrival times for your team. Should circumstances arise and you find that you are unable to arrive on the day requested you will need to contact admin straight away.

To assist with some of the questions we have been receiving, we are reviewing the FAQ section of our website and will be updating this soon! Be sure to keep an eye out for this and any further notifications and updates. We've already updated DCSS PAAM so that once you've been assigned a position you'll be able to read the information provided for the positions in the event info section.

Lastly, with the beginning of a new event season comes the inevitable spring-clean of all DCSS PAAM profiles. We would like to remind you that having a complete profile will only better your chances of being assigned a role. The eagle-eyed may have noticed that your entitlement to work in the UK documents may have expired. If this is the case, those documents will need to be updated. Please check that all relevant files in your DCSS PAAM profile are up to date and uploaded new copies if required.

We've just opened the 2014 DC Site Services event and festival staff job applications!

If you've already got a DCSS PAAM account then you can login and apply to work with us now!

If you're yet to setup a DCSS PAAM account it's a quick and easy process to sign-up.

We've added many of the events and festivals we'll be working with in 2014 to DCSS PAAM and the website's event calendar. As always, we’ll be adding new events to the calendar as the season progresses and new shows are confirmed.

For our event staff returning to work with us for another season we hope you'll be happy to see many of your regular favourites including the Major Series events, Glastonbudget, 2000 Trees, Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, The Royal Welsh Show, Y Not Festival, the Reading and Leeds Festival, and Electric Picnic.

We're still confirming details with a number of new events but hopefully you'll be keen to join us at some of the first to be confirmed which include The Arctic Monkeys at Finsbury Park and Huddlefest!

If you have any questions about applying for 2014 event jobs please don't hesitate to contact us.

Also please make sure you have a read of our recent news articles which explain some of the changes we've made to the event application and confirmation process for 2014.

The eagle-eyed may have noticed we've been busy adding many of the 2014 events and festivals we'll be working with to the website's event calendar and DCSS PAAM!

Please don't rush off to apply just yet though as we're not quite ready to start accepting 2014 job applications - we're just getting everything setup. This is why many of the events in DCSS PAAM are showing as opening soon.

The plan is we'll be opening at midday on Friday 14th March!

If you've already got a DCSS PAAM account then you'll be the first to know as we'll be emailing everyone in DCSS PAAM as soon as we're open.

If you've not yet setup a DCSS PAAM account it's a quick and easy process to sign-up to DCSS PAAM.

We'll also let everyone know via our website's news, newsletter, RSS and social feeds so to be kept up to date please make sure you've subscribed to our newsletter and RSS, and joined us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+!

We're now very close to the line-up of 2014 events and festivals DC Site Services will be working with this season being added to DCSS PAAM and the website's event calendar!

Once the 2014 events have been added you'll be able to log in and apply for 2014 event jobs via DCSS PAAM. We would like to send out one last (promise!) friendly reminder that to better your chances of being offered event work please make sure your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date and that there is no missing information or files.

As usual our event calendar will continue to be updated as the season progresses, so be sure to check either your DCSS PAAM account or the website's event calendar regularly for updates. When new events are added you may find that there is an event or festival which you would like to work at that conflicts with a job you've already been assigned to. If this is the case we would ask that you contact admin to discuss the possibility of switching events.

Please note that if you are applying to work at an event or festival with a friend you need to write the name of your friend and the event or festival you wish to work at with them in the Additional Details field of your DCSS PAAM profile. Your friend will need to do the same. We are unable to guarantee that you will be placed together, but we do endeavour to make your experience with DC Site Services an enjoyable one and we will do what we can to accommodate your requests.

As noted in our recent posts there is a change to the way positions will be offered via DCSS PAAM in 2014. Once you have applied to work at an event with DC Site Services the event will show as Application Received on the overview screen of your DCSS PAAM account. Please be advised that this does not mean you have been assigned a job at an event. If your application has been successful you will see a Confirm Position button similar to the below which you will need to click in order to confirm your acceptance of the job offer.

By clicking the new Confirm Position button you are confirming to DC Site Services that you are fully aware that you have been assigned a job and as per our Terms and Conditions you will arrive in accordance with the information we post in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM for that particular event or festival.  If at any point this is unclear, please contact admin for clarification.

As we head towards the spring (no honestly!) and the beginning of the 2014 event and festival season, we've been making a few changes that'll hopefully help us all throughout the year.

Whilst you'll still be able to contact us on the same phone number, we've increased our phone capacity to better meet the needs of our clients and staff. Meaning you should be able to get through to someone in the office more easily and get the answers you need a little faster.

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Jonathan Beresford; the newest member of our fulltime staff based in our Peterborough office. Event staff who are regulars will be familiar with Berry, so please join us in congratulating him on becoming a part of the DC family! Joining Berry, our administrator Lindsay who was made a permanent member of staff back in October 2013 and answers you're every query via phone and email, will now be reachable at the office for an extended amount of time each week.

As mentioned in our previous newsletter, the line-up of events and festivals we will be servicing this year will go live on the website at the beginning of March 2014. As the season kicks off and we begin the process of allocating staff positions, you'll notice that once you have been assigned a position there will be a new requirement in DCSS PAAM for you to confirm your attendance on your overview page. With this new feature we hope to overcome the problem we experienced in 2013 with some staff not being aware they had been assigned a job. Following the assignment of event jobs we'll now be getting in touch via email / txt to let you know you need to login and confirm your position; it is your responsibility to login and check which jobs and teams you have been assigned to. We'll try and contact those who do not confirm but please be aware that moving forwards by not confirming your position you will be risking the loss of your job at the event. We will touch on this again a little nearer the time with further details.

Finally, we would like to give one last friendly reminder to all of our event and festival staff that as March approaches please better your chances of being assigned event jobs with DC Site Services by making sure your profile is up to date!
Roll on spring!

DC Site Services would like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who have braved the cold weather with us over the winter months. We're already deep into the depths of planning for the summer event and festival season, if you're starting to do the same make sure you have a read of our recent news about the 2014 event and festival season rumours!

We've been receiving a lot of questions about jobs applications for events and festivals in 2014 and it's great to hear so many of you are keen to work with us again in 2014!

We'll be adding the 2014 event and festival job calendar to the DC Site Services website and DCSS PAAM in early March.

Please make sure you check that your DCSS PAAM profile is up to date e.g. contact details, experience and references. There are also a number of new sections being added to the DCSS PAAM application form so even if you're sure your profile is up to date please check your profile before you apply for jobs at 2014 events and festivals.

We would also like to take a moment to remind all of our event staff about internet security. Sensitive details on your profile (such as bank details) are at no point altered or shared by DC Site Services. This information remains confidential, and it is therefore important that you are careful as to who you share your DCSS PAAM login details with. If you are using a public or shared PC or device please make sure that you log out of your profile after you have finished your session.

So brush off those wellies (just in case!) and we look forward to seeing you again in the spring!

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a very Happy New Year to all of our festival and event staff! We hope you all had a great break and wherever you are it's a little warmer than where we are!

We're a few months away from the 2014 festival season getting into full swing but the rumours about who will be playing where are already hitting the festival press!

If you'd like to find out more head over to the PAAM festival staff blog and have a read of their new 2014 Festival Rumours post. The new post from PAAM talks about the bands rumoured to be joining us at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival, where the Arctic Monkeys will be heading in 2014, when to catch Aerosmith, and where to head if you're an Iron Maiden or Metallica and more!

To all D.C. Site Services Staff,

2013 has been a very busy year!

As well as covering our usual events, Glastonbury, Golf Live, Baishakhi Mela, Royal Welsh Show, Glastonbudget, We are Festival, Taste of London and Christmas, Beatherder, 2000 Trees, Latitude, Lounge on the Farm, Reading and Leeds Festival, Carfest South, Big Feastival, Proms in the Park  and several Firework events, we also sent staff to Ireland for Oxegen 2013 and Electric Picnic. We have added many new smaller events to our lists this year, which we hope will lead to further contracts in 2014.

We would like to thank everybody for their hard work this year and hope to see you all again for more of the same next year!

In the past two years we've introduced the positions of office assistant and payroll administrator, both work hard behind the scenes ensuring everyone knows what they are doing and of course gets paid! We often send out thank you messages to all of our onsite festival and event staff but rarely to our wonderful office team so this year a big thank you goes out to them too!

In 2013 we celebrated the companies 20 year anniversary! This brought together a discounted booking fee, updated and refreshed website, and our new logo and branding. So a special thank you to everyone who has worked with us over the years for your dedication and commitment.

Dick and Janet Collins, and Matt Hettle

We'd like to send out a huge thank you to all of the event staff who have been braving the cold temperatures working at events with DC Site Services in October and November!

We've had brilliant teams at our autumn and winter events so far including Oktoberfest, the BOO! events, and the Back with a Bang, Weavers Fields and Southwark firework events.

As chilly as it is we're already getting ready for 2014 and we hope you're looking forward to another year of festivals and event as much as we are!

If the summer of 2013 seems like a distant memory head over to the PAAM festival software and warm yourself with their new 2013 festival season review packed with memories of a brilliant summer:

2013 festival roundup and review, best and worst festivals, festival performances and festival acts

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who have been working with us as the nights have been drawing in - especially the fantastic team who worked with us at The Major Series South (British Military Fitness) last weekend (soggy as it was!).

If you're missing the summer festivals but can't quite bring yourself to don the waterproofs and attend a UK autumn festival our friends over at the PAAM event software blog have just posted their Best European 2013-2014 Autumn and Winter Festivals Guide!

The new PAAM guide previews the best of the 2013-2014 European Festivals bunch including the Venice Carnival, Las Fallas, Iceland Airwaves, Snowboxx and the Big Snow Festival.

If you're looking for autumn and winter event jobs please make sure you keep an eye on our event calendar and keep your DCSS PAAM staff profile up to date so we can get in touch!

Following one of the busiest festival and event packed summers DC Site Services has ever worked we're now starting to cool down a little for the quieter autumn and winter event season. If you're still looking for event jobs please do keep an eye on our event calendar as we've been adding new events that you can apply to work via DCSS PAAM.

For those expecting a deposit return from their work with us in the summer; all deposit returns have now been processed and if not already in your account should be with you very soon! We receive a lot of queries regarding the deposit return amount and would like to remind staff that all deposits paid are subject to a booking fee of £3.00.

In 2013 we moved our merchant account from PayPal to WorldPay to reduce the deposit fee from £7.00 to £5.00; to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of DC Site Services with all of our event staff we further reduced this to £3.00 for 2013! We realise a £4.00 saving isn't enough to retire on but at least enough for a drink on us!

If you would like to discuss any aspect of your deposit return please contact

DC Site Services would like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who worked at Brisfest (Bristol Festival) last weekend!

Brisfest got in touch at the last minute needing some extra help for their 2013 festival and although contracted at very short notice our team was as organised and diligent as ever!

We would also like to remind all of our staff of the contact email addresses that should be used depending on the query:

Wages and Payroll:

General queries:

Deposit queries:

Deposits are planned to be returned in October - please don't chase us re your deposit as it won't speed up your return. Please just keep an eye on your account for the transfer from DC Site Services. If you've not received your deposit return by the end of October please get in touch then.

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a huge thank you to all of our event staff who worked with us at Proms in the Park and Festival in a Day in Hyde Park, and the Enfield Autumn Show in Town Park.

As is often the way we were asked to do more than planned including assisting with the stewarding and event traffic management. You all pulled together to make sure everything was managed professionally and efficiently.

As usual we couldn't have asked for more from you all so thank you again and we hope to see you all back working at another event with DC Site Services soon!

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who worked at the 2013 Reading Festival and Leeds Festival!

Apart from the somewhat turbulent weather at Leeds Festival (sorry about that!), all went off without a hitch and we would like thank you for all of your hard work so far this season.

Though we are approaching the end of summer, please do keep an eye on the DC Site Services website and social feeds for new event jobs - as in 2012 we'll be continuing to work with events throughout the autumn and winter months!

It's that time of year again! With the end of the summer comes the return of your festival and event deposits paid for the 2013 season.

We would like to remind all of our staff that as usual event deposits will be returned in October. As the event deposit return process is fairly lengthy, we are unable to provide an exact date in October when your deposit will be returned to you. However, we advise checking your account regularly for your return.

Please note that all deposits will be returned to the bank acocunt into which we have paid your 2013 event wages.

Thank you again for all of your hard work in 2013 and we hope to see you again in 2014 for more of the same!

If you have any queries regarding your 2013 event deposit return please contact us.

It has come to our attention that some of our event staff are getting a little confused when we have multiple teams at an event; unsure of which info they should be downloading from DCSS PAAM.

To make this clearer we've changed the way we're naming and displaying event info in DCSS PAAM. The team you have been allocated to at the event will now be displayed in large text in a green field at the top of the 'Event Info' page.  Once you've confirmed your team you just need to match this to the corresponding download which will be named for your team.

E.g. if you’re in the 'Litter' team you will need to download the 'Litter' info pack.

We hope this helps to make things easier but if you're unsure or have any additional queries please don't hesitate to contact us for clarification.

The Big Feastival kicks off on Friday 29th August!

If you're working with us and yet to contact the DC Site Services office to confirm if you'll be camping at Big Feastival please contact us ASAP.

Please note that we need to know the specifics of your camping arrangements e.g. will you be camping alone or sharing a tent with a colleague.

If you have any additional queries re Big Feastival please get in touch.

As part of DC Site Services' on-going efforts to be as environmentally friendly as possible both onsite at events and in the DC office, all payslips will now be sent electronically to our event staff!

If for whatever reason you experience any problems with our new paperless payroll system please don't hesitate to contact our payroll department - you can find contact details on the DC Site Services website's contact page.

Of course please do make sure you login to DCSS PAAM and make sure your email address and other contact details are up to date to make sure we're sending your payslips and other event information to the right address!

As all of our event staff should now be aware, DC Site Services has agreed a smaller contract than originally planned with the 2013 Reading Festival. It is sometimes the nature of live events that plans are changed at short notice; meaning our staff levels need to be increased or reduced at the last minute.

Both the Reading and Leeds Festival are annual music festivals which run simultaneously and DC Site Services has longstanding contracts with both festivals.

As an alternative for our event staff that had been offered jobs at Reading Festival, we have offered positions and moved those who were happy to change over to the 2013 Leeds Festival!

If you had a position confirmed at the 2013 Reading Festival please check your DCSS PAAM profile for any changes and contact our office if you have any queries.

We hope you've been enjoying your summer working with DC Site Services!

We're getting close to what many call the end of the summer festival season - the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festival weekend - of course we carry on working with events into the depths of September with Electric Picnic, Big Feastival, Live by the Lake and more but when we reach Reading and Leeds we know we're getting close!

If you're starting to plan for your 2013 Reading Festival and Leeds Festival weekend our friends over at the PAAM Volunteer Software Blog have just posted their 2013 Reading and Leeds Festival Guide!

The new PAAM guide talks about the festival sites and what makes Reading and Leeds the amazing festivals they are, plus all the line-up info you should need to make sure you don't miss any of the best acts!

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a big thank you to all of our event staff who worked at the 2013 Royal Welsh Show!

We were asked to cover more than ever at the 2013 event including site wide waste management and for the first time toilet cleaning and maintenance. 2013 was the first year of our three year waste management contract with the Royal Welsh Show and all reports are that you all did a fantastic job!

We'd also like to send a big shout out to the Festimen crew who worked in partnership with DC Site Services at the Royal Welsh Show; helping to make sure the toilet attending and cleaning contracts were fulfilled to an excellent standard.

We've been super busy so this is coming a little later than usual but we'd like to send out a very big thank you to all of our event staff who slaved away at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival! It was a fantastic event and you were all a credit to DC Site Services. We look forward to working with you again soon!

The Royal Welsh Show is now underway, and we would like to thank all of our event staff who responded so quickly to questions regarding attendance and camping arrangements.

Lastly, a couple of quick and friendly reminders for all of our staff...

When posting on the DC Site Services event staff forum please do not post your personal details such as your email address or phone number - please one another via the 'email poster' option which you can find above each forum post or direct via a forum member's profile page.

Also once you've applied for a festival or event please make sure you regularly login to DCSS PAAM to check for event job offers and info updates!

DC Site Services has worked with Latitude Festival since its beginnings and we're all looking forward to the 2013 edition! If you're joining us this year and you haven't been keeping up with the news pouring out of Latitude HQ you're in for a fantastic week!

If you have any work related questions please contact us and we'll do our best to give you the answers you need!

For those of you who are starting to think about your off shift festival plans, our friends over at the PAAM Event Management Software blog have just posted their 2013 Latitude Festival Hints and Tips Guide!

If you head over to the new PAAM guide you'll find all sorts of handy advice talking about the music, varied arenas, comedy and more!

We'd like to send a big shout out to all of our 2013 Glastonbury Festival staff!

We hope you've enjoyed the calm before the storm of the gates opening this morning and are looking forward to a fantastic weekend of working as part of the DC Site Services Glastonbury Festival team!

Remember, work hard, play harder, and don't tinkle in the trees...or Fiona's 4x4!

If you can remember to let us know how you're doing via our Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages!

We're now only days away from our first days at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival and we hope you're all as excited to be back there as we are!

Before you leave for the festival please make sure you login to DCSS PAAM and check all of the documents and info available via the Event Info page.

We're sure you're all also keen to make plans for your downtime - if you head over to the PAAM Event Software blog you can find a brand new 2013 Glastonbury Festival Guide.

The new 2013 PAAM Glastonbury Festival Guide talks through many of the top acts, stages and includes hints and tips to help you get the most out of your festival!

If you have any questions about working with us at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival please get in touch.

DC Site Services will be running a staff shuttle bus service from Castle Cary station to the Glastonbury Festival site for DC Site Services staff on the 24th and 25th June 2013.

The shuttle bus will pick up at Castle Cary station at 11:30, 13:30, 15:30 and 17:30 on both days.

There will be a limited service from the festival site to the station on Monday 1st July after the show.

Please book your train tickets in consideration of these times.

For further information or any problems please email

We've been receiving a lot of questions from our festival and event staff about wages and payroll - the majority of these questions can be answered with a little information about how we run payroll so please read through the below before getting in touch.

The DC Site Services' working week starts on a Sunday and finishes on a Saturday.

For the majority of our event staff we run payroll fortnightly.

Each member of staff needs to submit a timesheet each week, covering the 7 day period Sunday to Saturday, submitted to the office on the following Monday.

Once a fortnight payroll is run. At the beginning of the week all timesheets submitted by staff up to and including those submitted on the previous Monday are input into the payroll system. Payments for these timesheets are processed on the following Friday.

This means that for many festivals and events you will receive your pay for a single event within two separate payroll runs.

We realise this is a change on previous years but we have to be very strict with how we run payroll due to the governments new RTI system.

We hope this goes some way to explaining how and when you'll be paid for your work with DC Site Services.

The 2013 Glastonbury Festival is now just around the corner!

For our festival staff the maximum working dates are 22nd June to 2nd July 2013.

As we approach the festival arrival date please make sure you check your DCSS PAAM account regularly for updates. As usual the finer details are likely to be amended as things are moved around and finalised over the next week or so.

We've been receiving a lot of queries about start dates - many staff seem to be confused about which day they need to arrive at the festival.

The arrival and start date for your team is posted in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM. Please make sure to familiarise yourself with this information before travelling.

With regards to the end dates; the end date for your team is also noted in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM.

If you have arranged to arrive late or leave early and have been given the okay by our office, please contact us to re-confirm this.

Please note that as we are now very close to the festival any Glastonbury Festival job cancellations made between now and the festival will result in the forfeiture of your deposit and any future employment with DC Site Services.

Info for those bringing a Campervan or Caravan

If you are travelling by campervan or caravan to Glastonbury Festival please follow the directions given in the Campervan and Caravan Marshall Information sheet in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM.

When you get close to the festival there will be signs to guide you and DC Site Services staff will already be working onsite. Please contact us to re-confirm that you are travelling by campervan or caravan as we need to be aware of this beforehand.

We would like to remind all of our event staff that any payroll related query should be directed to our payroll department which you can contact by emailing.

Please do not email our admin email address with payroll queries as your message will not reach the right person.

As always we will endeavour to resolve all payroll queries as quickly as possible.

We've noticed that many of you are yet to fully update your DCSS PAAM staff profile.

Please make sure that ALL FIELDS are completed in your profile, including the Your Files section which should include the completed first page of your P46 and your entitlement to work in the UK documents.

Please note that you will also need to bring the ORIGINAL entitlement to work in the UK documents with you to Glastonbury Festival - we will have a safe on-site to store this sensitive information.

Please also keep checking our website and social feeds for upcoming festival and event job updates this summer!

We're now in full festival swing at DC Site Services! We've already worked with all sorts of fantastic events and of course our largest of the year is only weeks away...Glastonbury Festival!

With each event the staff meal arrangements are different but if you've worked with us before you'll know that more often than not we provide at least 2 meals for each shift that you work.

If like many you plan to be a little self-sufficient by bringing your own food and cooking facilities, and also plan on heading out and running the public festival food gauntlet, head over to the PAAM festival software blog and check out this week's festival food, eating and cooking guide!

DC Site Services is proud to be supporting the 2013 Hazards Off (HAZOFF) on festival and event sites campaign!

The HAZOFF campaign is working to stop the common policy of site vehicles turning their hazard lights on when driving on event sites.

The idea behind the campaign is that vehicles driving around on event sites with their hazard lights on is counterproductive and potentially dangerous. With hazards flashing vehicles cannot indicate to advise other vehicles and pedestrians in which direction they will be heading next. Site vehicles also often forget to then cancel their hazards when leaving the event site and driving on public highways.

We will be briefing all of our event staff in 2013 that they should not be driving onsite with their hazards flashing and that if they see a vehicle doing so it should be advised to stop!

For more information about the HAZOFF campaign please visit www.hazardsoff.org.uk

Glastonbury is fast approaching!

We've now allocated all of our Glastonbury Festival staff into teams and groups - if you login to DCSS PAAM you should see you're in one of the following teams:

• 8 Day/Night Clickers
• 5 Day/night Clickers
• Campervan and Caravan Parking and Stewarding
• Campsite Towers
• Chaperones and Crossings
• Z Zone

All of the details for each of the Glastonbury Festival job roles can now be found in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM. Here we've provided directions to the festival, arrival information, briefing and shift times, and additional details you will need to work with DC Site Services at Glastonbury!

The finer points of job allocation e.g. specific positions and roles will be dealt with on-site on a first come first served basis - so the earlier you arrive the more likely you are to get the top spots!

One of the most frequently asked questions this year has been regarding shift patterns. Shifts range from 7.5 hours to 12 hours, depending on what team you are assigned to. Staff will be required to work each day of the festival and all shifts will include a break of at least one hour.

We are currently discussing a change in our camping area with Glastonbury Festival, so please keep an eye out for future Glastonbury news items and updated Glastonbury information in the Event Info section of DCSS PAAM.

Unfortunately, cancellations are inevitable. We would like to remind staff of the minimum cancelation period (20 days prior to an event) required to receive your deposit back. The last day to cancel your Glastonbury job without forfeiting your deposit is the 1st June 2013. All deposits are returned in October (applicable to staff attending and staff who cancel). An early deposit return can be requested (for those who decide to cancel). Early returns are processed on a monthly basis and are subject to a £20 admin fee. We encourage you to re-read the Terms and Conditions on our website to make sure you understand our deposit related policies.

If you are travelling by campervan or want to bring a caravan, please contact us. If you're planning on camping please do remember to bring your camping equipment...there is always one! Whilst working with us you are required to camp in the DC Site Services staff compound.

If you have any other queries about Glastonbury, please do contact us.

We look forward to working with you soon!

We've been hinting for months that something is on the way and today is the day - its DC Site Services' 20 year anniversary!

All together now Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us...

DC Site Services was incorporated (turned into a limited company) on the 26th May 1993, so our actual birthday is on Sunday but we all plan to be a little tipsy on Sunday so we thought we'd have the celebration today!

Although DC Site Services was incorporated in 1993 the company and team has a much longer history. To celebrate this Dick Collins has written a full company history which we've added to our new Company History page.

Talking new pages, you may have noticed we've also launched our new website today! We hope you like it and it makes finding all the festival and event info we add that little bit easier. We've added lots of new sections and features such as the comments boxes under news articles - give it a go and let us know what you think!

Oh and we've also got a new logo which we love! What do you think?

To finish things off we've got something a little different. Do you remember Matt Hettle in the Chicken Dance? Well Matt has been at it again - this time underwater! You can find the new Underwater Chicken Dance here!

Thank you to everyone who has worked with us for making the past 20 plus years unforgettable!

DC Site Services is pleased to announce that we have secured the cleaning contract for the 2013 Royal Welsh Show - adding another team of event staff to our previously confirmed litter, recycling and waste management contract! If you'd like to join us at the 2013 Royal Welsh please head over to DCSS PAAM and apply.

We're getting very close to one of your new events for 2013 - We Are FSTVL - we still have positions available for the 2013 festival. If you'd like to join us please apply online using DCSS PAAM!

We'd like to send out a huge thank you to all of the staff who have worked at events with DCSS in May so far - your work at the Boishakhi Mela, Golf Live and Windsor Endurance Event was outstanding and we've received fantastic feedback from the event organisers!

Now about this little bit of elusive news we've been hinting at, we're still not allowed to tell...but apparently all will be revealed next week so keep your eyes and ears on the DC Site Services news!

We're now heading into the busiest part of our year - DC Site Services will have event staff working at 6 events in May 2013 including:

• Royal Windsor Endurance
• Golf Live 2013
• Boishakhi Mela
• The Royal Welsh Spring Festival
• Glastonbudget (staff and volunteers)
• We Are Fstvls

If you'd like to join us you can still apply for event jobs at:

• Boishakhi Mela
• Glastonbudget (volunteers)
• We Are Fstvls

If you have any questions about working with DC Site Services in 2013 please get in touch.

We do have another little nugget of news for you, although the powers that be are telling us to keep it to ourselves...only for another few weeks.

In the meantime, if you're looking for some handy advice about surviving the elements at this season's festivals and events check out this week's guide to extreme festival weather on the PAAM volunteer software blog!

All at DC Site Services would like to send out a big festival style welcome to one of our newest members of staff Matt Wilkin!

Matt is now working at the DC Site Services head office as our new project and service development manager. Matt will also be overseeing DC Site Services' operations on event projects throughout the 2013 season and working to Matt Hettle with a view to improvements and development of the company's overall festival and event services.

To find out more about the services offered by DC Site Services please head over to our festival and event services page.

We're all very busy at DC Site Services HQ preparing for forthcoming festivals and events. Hopefully the current blue skies will follow us all into the fields!

Once the season is in full swing we're always inundated with emails, many of these relating to event staff wages. To make things a little easier for us all we've setup a new email address that forwards direct to payroll. So if you have a payroll related query moving forwards please send this direct to \r\n\r\n

We're keen to let you know about something else too but we've been told we're not allowed to yet, so bad at keeping secrets...

All at DC Site Services would like to welcome our newest member of staff Lindsay Gilbert!

Lindsay started with DC Site Services on Monday 15th April 2013. Lindsay will be working with us at head office - helping to keep everything in order, especially in the summer when everyone else is off around the country managing our staff at festivals and events!

We hope that the additional help in the office will mean that your questions are answered faster, event information is sent out to you in a timely fashion and you have a little more support as and when you need it.

If you do have a query about 2013 event jobs please don't hesitate to call the office - remembering to ask for Lindsay!

There is another bit of news on the horizon, not too far off now, keep your eyes and ears on our news for more...

The sun in the sky (finally!) is hinting that the 2013 festival and event season isn't far away!

A big thank you to everyone who has applied to work with DC Site Services so far - we realise many of you are keen to receive your 2013 event job confirmations. We're planning on offering positions to all who have applied and paid their event deposits next week!

Starting in May we then plan to do our best to confirm new festival and event applications on a weekly basis.

If you're yet to apply to work with us in 2013 please head over to DCSS PAAM and apply ASAP as positions are filling up faster than ever!

We hope everyone is doing well and would like to send out our thanks for all of your applications for 2013 festival and event jobs so far!

We do still have positions at most of the events we're supplying event staff and volunteers to in 2013 - if you're yet to apply for event work with us please head over to DCSS PAAM where you can apply for the festival and event jobs you're interested in.

In 2013 DC Site Services will be working with festivals and events all over the UK, and although we're yet to break the US you never know! If you've ever wondered what the US has to offer festival wise head over to the PAAM Event Management Software blog and have a read of their new Best 2013 US Music Festivals post!

DC Site Services is pleased to announce that we have been selected for a three year event litter, recycling and waste management contract for the Royal Welsh show (2013 to 2015).

Following DC Site Services' success at the 2012 Royal Welsh Show, Matt Hettle from DC Site Services and Peter Kent from Grundon Waste Management have been working in partnership to put together the three year Royal Welsh Show litter, recycling and waste management proposal:

"We are delighted to have secured this deal as this will enable us to progress each year with improved recycling rates as we can adapt the service to the changing needs of the event\" Matt Hettle

"It's wonderful to be involved with this prestigious event and DC Site Services\" Peter Kent

DC Site Services' Sustainability Co-ordinator Harriet Jessup-Neary has been appointed as Project Manager for the three year Royal Welsh Show contract to ensure continuity to the event:

"I'm very excited about this role, it's great to see all the animals and different activities, I really enjoyed the challenge in 2012 and look forward to the next three years\" Harriet Jessup-Neary

We are pleased to be recruiting event staff for the Royal Welsh Show via DCSS PAAM in our normal way, however we are particularly keen to recruit from the local area. We will be releasing a local recruitment opportunity through the job centre and other similar agencies in April 2013.

The 2013 DC Site Services festival and event applications are now open!

If you already have a DCSS PAAM account you can login and apply now for 2013 event jobs.

If you haven't yet signed up to our application system you can sign up here.

If you head over to our festival and event calendar you can check the 2013 festivals and events that we're currently accepting event staff applications for. These currently include Belton International Horse Trials 2013, Golf Live 2013, Glastonbudget Festival 2013, Glastonbury Festival 2013, Beatherder Festival 2013, 2000 Trees Festival 2013, Latitude Festival 2013, Royal Welsh Show 2013, Y Not Festival 2013, Greenman Festival 2013, Northern Soul 2013, Leeds Festival 2013, Reading Festival 2013, Carfest South 2013 and Electric Picnic 2013.

New festival and event jobs will be added as contracts are confirmed.

If you have any queries about working with DC Site Services in 2013 please contact us.

Less than a week to go until the DC Site Services 2013 festival and event staff applications go live!

As soon as the 2013 applications are up and running we'll let you know via our newsletter, twitter, facebook and DCSS PAAM. If you're yet to setup a DCSS PAAM account or check that your details are up to date for the new season; please sign-up or login ASAP.

All at DCSS can't wait for the 2013 event season to get going - the winter has been too long! If you're feeling the same head over to the PAAM festival software blog and check out their new 2013 Best European Beach Festivals Guide.

We're starting to receive a lot of queries about when the 2013 DC Site Services festival and event applications will be opening for 2013. We're now happy to be able to let you know that we've set the opening date for 11th March 2013!

We'll again be accepting event staff applications via DCSS PAAM.

If you've already got a DCSS PAAM account please login and make sure your details are up to date so you're ready to apply on the 11th March.

If you're yet to setup a DCSS PAAM account you can sign up here.

If you have any queries about 2013 festival and event jobs please contact us.

DC Site Services would like to send out huge congratulations to Grundon Waste Management for winning the Best Waste Management Company at the 2013 Event Production Awards!

DC Site Services' Operations Director Matt Hettle was delighted to be invited to join Grundon Waste Management, one of our main suppliers for festival and event waste disposal and recycling, at the 2013 Event Production Awards. What made the evening of 5th Feb 2013 was when out of the four nominees, Grundon Waste Management was declared the winner for Best Waste Management Company of the 2013 Event Production Awards!

DC Site Services has worked with Grundon Waste Management for many years; our first collaborative project being the Reading Festival about 35 years ago - before DC Site Services was even incorporated!

Working together with Grundon Waste Management, DC Site Services is able to achieve great environmental results for our festival and event clients. Working hand-in-hand with Grundon all of the litter and recycling collected by our event staff is properly segregated which results in a huge reduction in waste heading to landfill. Grundon's Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and Energy From Waste (EFW) plant has enabled us to divert up to 100% from Landfill at many greenfield events.

In 2012 we worked with Grundon Waste Management at twelve events starting with Golf Live in Kent, then Glastonbudget in Leicestershire, Beachbreak Live in Wales, Taste of London, Lounge on the farm in Kent, 2000 Trees Festival near Cheltenham, The Royal Welsh show, CarFest South, Big Feastival, BBC Proms in the park and various events in and around London supporting the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee.

The combination of our fantastic event staff and the services provided by Grundon Waste Management allow us to process over 500 tonnes of event waste and divert over 350 tonnes from landfill. So a big thank you to all of the staff who worked so hard with us at events in 2012, and to Grundon Waste Management and particularly Peter Kent their Event Manager for your continued improvements to services which enable us to achieve such fantastic results.

We're all getting very busy at DC Site Services - talking with festivals and events new and old about this season's plans. We'll be getting in touch soon to let you know which events we'll be working with. If you haven't already created your DCSS PAAM account or checked that your details are current; please sign-up or login and check your info. We'll send you a message once the 2013 event info has been added.

As usual we'll be working with festivals in the fields and events that are a little closer to home for many. If you'd like to find out more about some of Europe's best city festivals have a read of the new PAAM event software post - the 2013 Best European City Festivals Guide.

All at DCSS hope you're keeping warm in the chilly weather, before you know it the sun will be shining and we'll all be in the fields again!

We'll let you know soon about the 2013 festivals and events that DCSS will be working with so you can get signed up and apply to work with us. In the meantime if you're starting to think about your 2013 event planning, check out this new festival calendar.

The new festival calendar, just launched by the PAAM event management software Blog, lists over a hundred 2013 festivals in the UK and abroad, includes locations, ticket prices and contact information!

DC Site Services would like to wish all of our staff a very Happy New Year!

We hope you're all looking forward to another great season working with DCSS at some of the best UK music festivals and events! The 2013 festival and event calendar is still being finalised, we'll let you know once that's online and you can apply via our news, twitter, facebook and our newsletter.

Whilst you're waiting for the 2013 event season to kick in, if you fancy having a read about the history of the live event industry head over to the PAAM festival staff Blog. PAAM's first post of 2013 looks at the history of music festivals - starting way back in ancient Greece!

Please find below a Christmas message from Dick and Janet Collins and Matt Hettle to all DC Site Services staff...

Dear all,

2012 has been another very busy year.

We started the season with Toilet Attendants at The London Marathon and ended with Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, which is still taking place. During the season we had event staff at the Baishakhi Mela, Golf Live, The Taste Festivals, T4 on the Beach, Latitude Festival, Medway Festival, Magic Loungeabout, The Royal Welsh Show, Skyfest, Green Man, Reading and Leeds Festivals and Proms in the Park. We took a decision not to get involved with the Olympics as the paperwork was colossal but we were asked by a Production Manager we do regular work for to provide services at the Beach Volley Ball at Horse Guards Parade and we had staff there from June until September. We also were involved with a few new events, some of which suffered due to the Olympics or the bad weather.

We would like to thank everybody for all their hard work in the difficult weather conditions this year and hope to see you all again in 2013.

Dick, Janet & Matt

It's already getting to the time of the year when DCSS is off and about the country meeting with festival and event organisers. We've already got some exciting events on the cards for 2013 and we hope you're looking forward to joining us!

As we're planning so of course are the events, which means the news and rumours about all the artists and bands due to perform at 2013's festivals and events are coming in too! For more head over to the PAAM festival staff blog and check out their latest post:

2013 Festivals Rumours and News - Artists and Bands at 2013 Festivals

We're looking forward to seeing all of those working with DCSS this weekend at our London based firework events!

For those of you hanging on for the 2013 festival and event season it may seem a long way off but the 2013 festival and event news is already flooding in!

If you've been listening to the news you may have heard about the changes planned for Glastonbury Festival, the planned reinvention of The Big Chill Festival, Hyde Park Concerts news, the MAMA group lending a helping hand to 'All Tomorrows Parties' and more!

For all of this and more 2013 festival and event news head over to the PAAM volunteer recruitment blog and check out their latest post with all the 2013 festival news.

We're starting to grow our new winter event staff contact list, this will be our first port of call when looking to recruit staff for the new winter event jobs we're taking on. The majority of winter events jobs will be London based.

If you're interested in working at some winter events with DCSS please contact us noting this and we'll add you to the list!

It's that time of year again - the UK 2012 Festival Awards!

Many of the festivals and events DCSS has worked with in 2012 have been nominated for awards. If you have a few minutes please head over and vote. If you do you'll even be in with the chance of winning tickets to every festival that wins an award!

You'll find categories for the best small, medium and major UK festivals, the best new festival, dance event, the best family festival and even the best toilets!

You can find the UK festival awards website at www.festivalawards.com

Or head straight to the voting page here www.surveymonkey.com/s/ukfa2012

If before you vote you'd like a reminder about the 2012 UK festival season have a read of the 2012 festivals roundup and review on the PAAM volunteer management blog!

Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong photo by Marc Sethi.

We've just added three new winter 2012 event jobs to DCSS PAAM!

The new events are:

• Halloween Fun at Stepney Green (31st Oct 2012)
• Halloween Fun at KEMP (31st Oct 2012)
• Southwark Firework Display (5th Nov 2012)

If you'd like to join DCSS working at one of the events above you can login to DCSS PAAM and apply!

All three of the events offer litter and recycling management work for staff.

Any questions, please contact us!

We're pleased to confirm that all 2012 DCSS staff deposit returns have now been sent!

As usual we have returned all 2012 festival and event deposit returns via BACS; if not already in your bank you should receive your 2012 deposit return by Thursday 11th October at the latest.

Please remember that if you paid your deposit via PayPal then your deposit return will be less PayPal's transaction fee.

If you have any queries about your 2012 deposit return please contact us.

A huge thank you to everyone who worked with DC Site Services at festivals and events in 2012!

Come rain or shine (yes we know, a little more of the former!) you all worked tirelessly and the fantastic feedback and results we've achieved as a company this year are down to your efforts.

It's now that time of year when we need to return your festival deposits. We plan to do this next week via BACS. So please make sure that the bank details in your DCSS PAAM account are current.

We have received a few queries about deposit returns - people asking why they cannot be returned until October. As you know we use a merchant provider to process the deposit payments. All merchant providers have a reserve and release strategy when dealing with any form of payment related to events; meaning that in a similar way to festival goers buying tickets you are protected in the unlikely event that a festival or event does not take place. Your deposits are held by the merchant provider and released to DC Site Services a maximum of 30 days after the last event of the season. We received the 2012 deposits from our merchant provider yesterday (Thursday 5th October 2012).

We hope that this explains why we are unable to return your deposits until October; we really do process them as quickly as possible!

If you have any further queries about 2012 festival and event deposit returns please don't hesitate to contact us.