Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival 2023 Logo

Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival is entirely staffed by volunteers.

We have volunteers from the Church, the community, and CAMRA members. You do not need to be a CAMRA member to volunteer or work on the bars. This is a community event so get involved!

Please fill in the form below

    First Name (required)

    Last Name (required)

    Badge Name

    Please give us the name you'd like on your badge. This can be your name, full name, short name, or a nickname, but please remember this is a family festival. We reserve the right to simply use your first name!

    Email (required)

    We will use your email as the primary means of contacting you. We will not pass this on to any other parties, but we will keep it on file so we can bug you next year.

    Telephone
    If you are volunteering for set up or take down, we will be creating a WhatsApp group to keep volunteers informed of progress (e.g. when vans are on way etc)).
    Click this box if you consent to joining the set-up/take down WhatsApp group
    Otherwise we will only use your phone number if we have problems getting hold of you via email.

    Are you a CAMRA member? YesNo

    CAMRA Member Number CAMRA Branch

    Are you able to carry out manual handling?   YesNo

    Please indicate the sessions you are able to work below.

    Blue sessions are setup sessions which involve some manual handling but also opportunity to get involved with the technical side of the festival - building stillages and bars, cooling, connecting handpumps etc. The green sessions are open to the public and will mostly need servers for the bars but plenty of other jobs are required.

    Sunday set-up and takedown sessions are key times when lots of able bodied volunteers are needed, please consider volunteering.

    Available all day

    10-11

    11-12

    12-13

    13-14

    14-15

    15-16

    16-17

    17-18

    18-19

    19-20

    20-21

    21-22

    22-23

    Sun 2nd

    Equipment collection & load in

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Mon 3rd

    Stillage Build

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Tues 4th

    Beers Ariving

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Wed 5th

    More beer!

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Thu 6th

    Final set up. Open Evening

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Fri 7th

    Competition 3.30-5pm. Open Evening

    Y

    CompY

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Sat 8th

    Open day. Takedown from 9.30pm

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    2200-
    Midnight    Y

    Sun 9th

    Take down, pack up & load out

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Y

    * Close to public at 2230 Thurs / Fri & 2130 Saturday. After public close on Saturday, volunteers are still needed until approximately midnight to take down stillages in church hall ready for Sunday service. Taxis can be arranged.

    If you volunteer for an open session PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE the start of the session. We will need volunteers from 30 minutes before opening to check tickets in the queues before bars open.

    People who volunteer for a number of hours at the festival will be provided with a free t-shirt sponsored by RedWillow Brewery. Please let us have your size so we can try and pre-allocate your shirt.
    Please enter size preference:
    Sorry - we can't guarantee your size will be available.

    Please indicate preferred areas to work:

    Beer barsCider barBottle & Can BarVicars Gin barEntrance gateBeer TokensGeneral stewardingCAMRA MembershipAnywhere

    Please list any special skills you could offer the festival (e.g. First Aid qualifications; SIA badge..) & any special requests:
    First Aid At WorkSIA Badge (Door supervisor)Van driver (3.5 tonne)Other (please state)

    Is there anything else you'd like to add?

    Let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or other comments for us.

    By ticking this box, I agree to abide by the festival staff guidelines and Health & Safety guidelines, copies of which will be given to me before I start work at the festival.    

    By ticking this box, I am happy to be contacted via email and/or phone for the purposes of volunteering at CBCF 2023 and 2024.    

    Your details

    The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and St Clement’s Church takes your privacy very seriously. CAMRA Trafford and Hulme branch are collecting your data so that we can contact you about the Chorlton Beer and Cider Festival. This information will be shared with the St Clement’s Church administrators. We will only contact you in relation to this specific event. We will treat your data as outlined in our privacy policy. Please visit www.camra.org.uk/privacypolicy for further information. We will keep your information for a maximum of 15 months or until the date of the next Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival (whichever is the later) and only use it to contact you in relation to the festival. We will process your data in accordance with the 2018 General Data Protection Regulations. If you have any concerns regarding data protection please contact us at dataprotection@camra.org.uk