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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 read more...

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 read more...

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 we read more...

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 re read more...

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 28th of February.   Some of your faves… The Windsor Horse Show Pub in the Park Let’s Rock Glastonbudg read more...

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 r read more...

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 read more...

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 31stJanuary! As always, check your DCSS PA read more...

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, th read more...

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 & Fest read more...