DC Site Services

News for the Year 2007

DCSS and CAT Deposit returns

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.All deposit returns have been sent - cheques

Crew Party Accommodation

Please find below a list of hotels and B&Bs within a couple of miles of The Boiler Room venue: Yew Tree House Distance from venue (The Boiler

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2007 Glastonbury Festival 2007, Latitude Festival and Spirit Of Adventure have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks

New DCSS website for 2008!

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.The www.DCSiteServices.com website is planned

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2007 Guilfest Festival, Hyde Park Calling and Global Gathering have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks to all who

2007 Crew Party update!

The venue & band for the party have been booked, all info below. If you haven't logged into DCSS PAAM or HBE PAAM and put your name down for

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, Big Chill and Download Festival have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks to all who

DCSS and CAT Deposit returns

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.As per our Terms & Conditions all deposits

End of season Crew Party!

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.The end of season DCSS & CAT crew party

Emma and Geoff's wedding!

Emma & Geoff Pryke are getting married! Emma & Geoff met through working with DC Site Services and have thus invited us all to their reception...how

Reading and Leeds thank you...

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.A huge "THANK YOU" to all who worked

DCSS and CAT Deposit returns

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.We're starting to go through all DCSS staff

All 2007 festivals and events full

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.All paid and voluntary positions are now full.

Reading and Leeds Festivals

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.Please make sure you've logged into your DCSS

Green Man Festival Info in PAAM

All information regarding the Green Man Festival is now within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this. If you haven't confirmed

Global Hand - Give Me Shelter

A new section 'Give Me Shelter ' has been added to the DC Site Services website! Please take a moment to read about the Give Me Shelter project.

End of Season Crew Party!

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.As we head towards the end of the season

New Event: Green Man Festival

The Green Man Festival has been added to the calendar and DCSS PAAM: The Green Man Festival (16th > 20th August) If you would like to work at

Carling Weekend DCSS Staff

We require a number of DCSS staff to arrive on Tuesday 21st of August to start work at midday on Wednesday 22nd August at the Carling Weekend:

Reading and Leeds info in PAAM

All information regarding The Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals is now within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this. If

Leeds Festival Easy Riders

Leeds Festival has asked us to provide the Motorbike Spotters again. We require two people, each with a motorbike and full license, to work 8am >

Big Chill Festival Info updated

Information regarding The Big Chill Festival has been updated within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this. If you haven't confirmed

Festival Travel (inc Big Chill info)

Due to recent flooding please make sure you plan your travel arrangements well in advance - especially if using public transport. Please see the

Reading and Leeds Festivals

There are positions available at The Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals! A number of paid staff positions are available. All volunteer

Global Gathering fully staffed

Global Gathering is fully staffed. All staff for Global Gathering have been confirmed on-site after working at other events with DC Site Services -

DCSS Forum is being upgraded

The DCSS Forum is being upgraded between 10pm and midnight tonight. Hopefully it will take no more than 20 minutes although apologies for any

Latitude Festival Info in PAAM

All information regarding Latitude Festival is now within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this.If you haven't confirmed your position

Big Chill Festival info in PAAM

All information regarding The Big Chill Festival is now within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this. If you haven't confirmed your

Glastonbury Festival Ice Cream

A member of the Glastonbury Festival team is trying to track down an ice cream salesperson who was based near the Pyramid stage on the Sunday

Festival Crime Reduction

Festival Republic, the Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festival organisers, and the Police have teamed up to provide information to both festival

Guilfest Info within PAAM

All information regarding Guilfest is now within DCSS PAAM - please login to DCSS PAAM and check this. If you haven't confirmed your position please

Contacting DC Site Services

A phone number has been added to the website's contact page for DCSS staff with urgent enquiries. Please ONLY call if the query is urgent and can't

How to recycle a damaged tent?

Many of you are hopefully aware of the "Give Me Shelter" campaign which was initiated by Global Hand & Festival Republic at last year's Carling

New PAAM Function: CONFIRM!

DCSS PAAM now allows you to confirm your acceptance of a position at an event - please login and look for the "confirm acceptance of this

Glastonbury Campervan Staff

Please find below a message from Fiona & Dave Ingram to all DCSS staff that worked as part of the campervan crew at Glastonbury 2007 "I wish to

Olympics to drain Arts Funding

Please take a moment to oppose the unprecedented 35% cut in arts funding, and stop the chancellor using Lottery money to plug the funding gap in the

Wireless (London) info in PAAM

Info for all DCSS staff working at the Wireless Festival (London) has been added to PAAM - this includes roles, travel info, and so on. You can

Reading DCSS places NOT FULL

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.We do still have places available - they are

Glastonbury Festival Info

For all those confirmed to work with DCSS at Glastonbury - Please login to DCSS PAAM and check the event info, you can find this via the

Isle of White Festival

We still require staff for the Isle of White Festival - out of the hundreds who applied and all those we confirmed - only 9 people turned up for the

Reading Festival CAT Volunteers

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.All 204 available positions for Reading

Glastonbury Festival

All newly available positions at Glastonbury are now filled - many thanks for the speedy response and apologies to those who haven't gained a

Glastonbury Festival

We've just been asked for a few more staff for Glastonbury Festival - please contact us if you would like to work at Glastonbury. The places we have

Glastonbury Festival Catering

As some of you may be aware - Janets Cafe will not be at Glastonbury Festival. S&M Cafe and Nuts Cage (vegetarian) will be catering for us all in

DCSS Sponsoring Team Flamingo

The Exeter based mountain bike team (Team Flamingo) DC Site Services sponsored in the Nightrider12 event at Plymouth's Newnham Park on April 28th

SUBU Summer Ball on 9th June

The dates of the SUBU Summer Ball have changed to 9th June > 10th June, please make a note of this if you're planning to work at the Ball.

Isle of White Info within PAAM

Info for all DCSS staff working at the Isle of White Festival has been uploaded to PAAM - this includes roles, travel info, and so on. You can

Download Info within PAAM

Info for all DCSS staff working at the Download Festival has been uploaded to PAAM - this includes roles, travel info, where to go once you arrive,

Glastonbury Info within PAAM

Info for all DCSS staff working at Glastonbury Festival has been uploaded to PAAM - this includes roles, travel info, where to go once you arrive,

Festival and Event updates

A new event has been added to the calendar and application: Danson Festival - Bexley, Kent, 30th June to 1st July. Please logon to your account

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2006 Leeds Festival have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks to all who have sent over photos!It's great for new

CAT positions filling up fast!

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.Campsite Assistance Team Volunteer positions

Staff required near Rochester

We need staff based around Rochester for the 3 Medway Festivals: 7-Jul-2007 > 24-Jul-2007, Medway Festival - Rochester Castle

Travelling to festivals

Please drop into the forum if you're looking for a lift to a festival, or can offer a lift to others - people are starting to discuss sharing

Glastonbury Festival

All positions with DCSS at Glastonbury Festival are now filled. If you have applied and paid your deposit please login your DCSS PAAM account to see

Festival and Event updates

2 new events have been added to the calendar and application: Isle of Wight Festival (8th > 10th June) Rockness Festival (8th > 10th

Please check your PAAM profile

We've noticed that quite a few people have set-up an account with DCSS PAAM, entered all personal details, but not applied for any events! Please

Applications update

We have now received close to 1000 applications in less than 2 weeks - thank you for getting those in so quickly. About 1 in 10 of applicants so far

The Velvet Hearts - V Festival

Remember John James Newman? Many of you will have worked with him at a festival with DCSS. The Velvet Hearts (of which John is a member) are doing

Glastonbury Festival update

We need to confirm all staff working at Glastonbury Festival by the 29th April. Please apply and pay your deposit ASAP if you're hoping to work at

Festival and Event updates

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.New events have been added to the calendar and

DCSS Sponsoring Team Flamingo

  DC Site Services is sponsoring an Exeter based mountain bike team! Team Flamingo is currently in training for what will be their biggest

FAQ Updates

New info has been added to the FAQ pages, and many of the older questions and answers have been updated - please read the FAQ pages if you have a mo

Deposit Info

Info has been added to the website about the new deposit system for staff, you can find that here. Please read the info as it may well answer any

2007 Application Live!

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.The 2007 DCSS and CAT applications are now

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2006 Leeds Festival have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks to all who have sent over photos!It's great for new

Staff needed for 18th March

We need more staff for the St Patrick's day Festival in Trafalgar Square on the 18th March - an extra 25 staff to work between 08:30 > 15:00,

2007 Festivals Calendar

The 2007 DCSS Festivals and Events calendar is now online. Please note that due to the nature of live events - some may be cancelled and some are

Dick Collins and Suggs

Dick Collins was at the Total Production International (TPI) awards last week and we managed to get our hands on a couple of photos of Dick

Festival Photo Galleries Updates!

New photos from the 2006 Leeds Festival have been added to the DCSS Photo Galleries!Many thanks to all who have sent over photos!It's great for new

2007 Festivals and Events

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.The DCSS AGM is at the beginning of February,

DCSS Christmas Message

Please find below a Christmas message from Dick & Janet: What a year! What fantastic staff! What achievements! We started our events work in

2007 DCSS and CAT Crew Party

Please note the Festival Volunteers (CATs & HATs) moved to the Hotbox Events website in early 2009.If you've added the 2007 Crew Party to your