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The role is required for Friday evenings and Saturday/ Sundays, during the Festival, which this year will take place between 9 November and 1 December. Stewards volunteer for as many sessions as they wish, (a session being a morning, afternoon or evening) Help is needed to serve refreshments to the public and to volunteer staff. Public refreshments are provided for sale, throughout the Festival as far as possible, but particularly during the lunch and tea break. They consist of tea/ coffee, soft drinks, biscuits, crisps, chocolates and cakes. A hot water urn is provided at Overton Grange. Payment is made by cash or using a card reader. Volunteers need to help with setting up the refreshments, clearing away, and keeping records of purchases Help is also needed to provide refreshments to volunteers on duty, and adjudicators during break times. Volunteers work as part of a team, and help and support is provided.
Volunteers need to be able to engage well with members of the public, pick the tasks up quickly, get on well with others and be mutually supportive. They need to be able to handle cash and card purchases. A cheerful disposition is needed.
This role will especially appeal to volunteers who are interested in (mainly) classical music and speech and drama, and who want to see these arts flourish in Sutton. There are opportunities to watch performances by some highly gifted young (and older!) entrants.
You can volunteer for one or more sessions. Each session runs for three hours and we ask volunteers to report 30 minutes beforehand.
