Join the crew for Godiva Festival and apply to be a volunteer for 2025.
This week is national Volunteers Week and Godiva Festival, one of the UK's most anticipated music festivals, which is held annually in Coventry, is thrilled to announce a range of exciting opportunities to volunteer at the event.
Godiva Festival is back in the stunning War Memorial Park, Coventry, from 4-6 July.
Be among the team of local volunteers supporting the event crew across a wide range of roles and experiences that could include:
- Front of House: welcoming and supporting spectators.
- Street Theatre Escorts: accompanying roaming street performers.
- Family Field Team: guiding families, supporting performances, arts and crafts activities.
Across the weekend, War Memorial Park will play host to Coventry’s flagship event with a line-up packed with genres that music lovers and families can enjoy from pop to rock and 2-tone to hip hop.
Councillor Abdul Salam Khan, Cabinet Member for Events, said: “This is a great opportunity for residents to get involved in the flagship summer festival in Coventry. There are lots of exciting volunteering roles from “meeting and greeting” festival goers as they arrive to supporting performers, all the while promoting Coventry as the welcoming city it is.
“It has been shown that volunteering is great for health and social wellbeing and with the incentives including free access to the festival, this is a lovely opportunity to be part of something really special.”
David Boughey MBE, EnV said: “The annual Godiva Festival certainly ranks high amongst the highlight moments over the years that the volunteers and I come away from thinking “Wow! What a weekend!” We are really looking forward to welcoming new and existing team members again this year who will be providing their time, energy and support to help make Godiva Festival 2025 great for everyone who visits!”
In addition to the range of health and social benefits volunteering brings, some incentives on offer for Godiva Festival Volunteers can include access to the festival, complimentary lunch pack and festival site parking and a truly unique experience at a large-scale event working with EnV, a Queen’s Award-winning social enterprise for volunteering.
Pete, Godiva Festival Volunteer Team Leader in 2024, said: “Being a Godiva Festival Volunteer is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting event for Coventry. It is great to welcome all the visitors as well as help and support across lots of activities for all the family. I enjoy being able to make a difference! Taking part in events with EnV is like joining a big, supportive family but with the extra plus knowing you are supporting the city.”
Applicants must be 18 or over.
Find out more and apply online.
The Godiva Festival volunteer programme is being managed and coordinated by EnV (Coventry) CIC.
Godiva Festival is proudly delivered by Coventry City Council. BBC CWR is the official media partner. Music Smart sponsors the Godiva Calling competition, and Coventry College sponsors the Family Field.
For Godiva Festival Volunteer enquiries and questions, you can contact the EnV Volunteer team at env.volunteers@env.uk.com