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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 read more...

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. Go read more...

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 read more...

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

As a precursor to the 2023 event calendar going live on February the 6th, 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! read more...

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 read more...

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 read more...

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! read more...

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 read more...