At the festival

Join the Access Team to ensure our guests with access requirements enjoy Creation Fest to the full! On this team you’ll support the access lead in creating a quiet zone for our guests, field questions regarding access on site, and be a welcoming friendly face to anyone who requires support from the access team. It is a varied role and will be dictated by the needs of those who arrive on site over the event. It will include lots of talking to people and while previous experience is not required, it would be beneficial.  

Join the arts team! Here at Creation Fest we believe strongly in creativity. We love providing a space for all to get creative, be refreshed and connect in new and innovative ways. As a member of the arts team you’ll be facilitating the activities and helping our attendees get involved and ensure they have everything they need! If you’re creative and enjoy engaging with people then you’ll love this team. 

The Big Shed team will need to look after our main venue – The Big Shed! A large part of this role will be hands-on and practical ensuring chairs are correctly laid out/collected in. The team will also need to keep on top of the cleanliness of the Big Shed, help direct foot traffic through the Big Shed and be point people within the venue for guests to ask questions. You’ll be at the heart of the festival so great people skills and excellent problem-solving abilities are a must!  

Are you a BSL whizz? We need your help interpreting the programming across various venues on site. Volunteers must be trained interpreters and have a can-do attitude as often we don’t have scripts/lyrics ahead of time. This is an incredibly important team who ensure everyone on site can join in the Creation Fest fun! Up for the challenge? Please get in touch!  

Passionate about keeping our guests caffeinated? Then the Café team is the team for you! This team is fast paced and lively. You’ll be on your feet a lot while also interacting with our guests to provide them delicious hot drinks and snacks with a smile. You’ll also be required to operate the tills, as well as clean the surrounding tables. Full training will be provided, but those with barista experience are always welcome! 

On the camping team you are one of the first faces our campers see as they arrive on site, often after a long car journey!   

There are two teams: the Camping Office and Camping Hosts. The office team checks campers in, assist with bookings, mobile phone charging, freezing icepacks and selling camp shop supplies. The camping hosts help campers pitch tents, unload luggage, repair broken tents and check all our campers are happy and well!   

You will meet many excited, and often tired people, so being enthusiastic, hardworking and friendly will be essential. Work can be physically demanding and you need to be willing to work in all weathers – so do bring your own all-weather clothes and shoes! 

The cleaning team is a vital role on site. You’ll be overseeing the cleanliness of the toilets, shower blocks and all public areas – roaming the site and cleaning as you go. You’ll be on your feet and outside a lot, so a sturdy pair of shoes and all-weather clothing is essential. All cleaning equipment will be provided for you. You’ll be volunteering in pairs, and you’ll have plenty of time to explore the event as you roam throughout the weekend.  

Are you friendly, responsible, enjoy interacting with a wide range of people and good at sales? If so, this is the team for you!  

As well as ensuring that the Exhibition area is kept tidy and that all of our wonderful exhibitors are kept happy, you will be staffing the Creation Fest merchandise stand and looking after merchandise tables for visiting bands, artists and speakers.   

Volunteers on this team will need great people skills, be mature and responsible enough to handle money and work independently. A positive, fun, outgoing personality, calm under pressure and able to problem solve.  

Volunteers must be 16 years old and over and be confident in dealing with the public. Experience of retail and/or sales would be an advantage but full training on our online sales system will be provided.  

Are you full of energy and carry a passion to share the story of Jesus with children and families? Then this is the team for you. You’ll be based within the Families venue supporting the team leader to deliver an incredible program that engages children and has them leaving Creation Fest with a deeper relationship with God. There are also often many first-time commitments to Jesus so feeling confident to pray with families is essential. Previous experience working with children is valuable in this role, oh and patience… lots of patience!  

Would you like to help us raise the funds necessary to keep Creation Fest free of charge for day visitors and sustainable in the Southwest as a place of Gospel joy?

New for 2023, we’re recruiting for our fundraising team! You’ll be helping us invite new giving partners to give and sow into ministry to keep us sustainable and here for years to come!

You’ll be helping with our giving asks, looking after the Creation Fest stand and working closely with our accounts team!

Do you love gaming? And desire to see people engage with God through gaming? Then help out on our gaming team! This role will include engaging with young people so you’ll need to be outgoing and energetic. You’ll have the chance to minister to the youth using the Gaming venue. You’ll also be tasked with keeping the venue clean and tidy. This role is a lot of fun – an interest in gaming or IT is essential for this role.  

The face of the festival! The info team know the site and programme inside out, understand what Creation Fest is all about while greeting and helping festival goers all day long 

As part of the information team you’ll be dealing with lost property and answer questions on anything and everything, from timings of the activities on site to where the nearest supermarket is.    

You may also find yourself directing people to our first aid facilities as well as reporting missing children to our safeguarding team as the information desk is one of the first places people go to for help. 

You will need to be positive, cheerful and willing to help, as well as able to work under pressure, fielding difficult comments and questions and signposting to other teams such as Control or First Aid where necessary.  

The Information team is the first point of contact in many instances, so the team need to be able to quickly assess and respond to any situation. It is important that the volunteers can work well in a team, be flexible and have fun!  

Volunteers should be 16 years or over and be confident in speaking to people of all ages and backgrounds. Knowledge of the local area is a bonus, but not essential.

The kitchen team is a vital part of the inner workings of our festival – serving those that serve our festival visitors. You will provide essential energy to all our volunteer teams, staff, crew, bands, artists and speakers – a great way to meet and encourage all.  

The catering team consists of a kitchen manager, chefs and volunteers. Volunteers work in shifts and are split into the cooking, prep and the washing up team.   

Volunteers need to be 18 years or older. If you have a Food Hygiene certificate, or you are a qualified chef, please do reach out.

The media team are responsible for capturing the best of festival in words and images, curating and sharing these stories in print, on radio, via social media and our website. As well as creating our own content, we work in partnership with other media providers to facilitate on-site interviews, live content and press access to artists and speakers.  

Our graphic designers ensure our stage-side slides are updated daily and work with venue managers to create bespoke content and signage as needed. If you are an experienced videographer, photographer, editor, writer, graphic designer or social media expert, this could be the team for you!  

Each day is different. We plan which areas of the festival we want to capture each day at our morning briefing, which all media team members are expected to attend. Depending on your skills, you could be shooting video for Instagram or TikTok photographing a band on the main stage or creating promo videos for us to use throughout the year.  

A high level of personal responsibility, great people skills and the ability to sensitively capture the festival’s special moments without intruding.  

Volunteers should be 16 years of age or older and have their own equipment. Photographers, videographers and graphic designers do require previous experience and may be asked to supply professional work samples. 

Do you have a heart to tell people about Jesus?  

For this role you will need to confident in speaking to people of all backgrounds and be able to express your faith well. We’ll be hosting swing dance and other outreaches in communities across Cornwall during Creation Fest week.  

Brand new for 2023, this stage will offer an acoustic vibe whilst entertaining our campers and attendee’s during their lunch or just wanting to be outdoor in the summer sun! 

You will be responsible for making sure that the artists are there and ready to play and have everything that they might need.  

You will need to have good people skills as you will be required to work will a lot of different people including those attending the festival.  

Nearly every one of our attendees needs somewhere to park their car. If you can smile and wave (and potentially brave the Cornish weather) you are already equipped to be on the parking team. We are looking for people who can bring a loving first welcome onto our site, helping campers and day visitors find a place to park up for the day.  

A day on the prayer team can be very varied and is often exhausting and exhilarating at the same time, as we see God touch people’s lives. We pray for individuals, including staff and volunteers, for a variety of reasons and in a range of circumstances.   

Whether you have been a Christian for a while, just made a commitment, want to make a commitment or just need someone to talk to, the prayer team are there for everybody. The prayer team also interceed for the event as a whole or prayer walk various parts of the site.  

Volunteers must be 18 years or older. As this team requires a high level of spiritual discernment, good scriptural awareness and a mature personal prayer life is a must. 

This is a specialised team – with all the necessary skills, qualifications and experience required to run large-scale events. There are a variety of positions available in this team including: Front of House Engineers, Lighting Engineers, Monitor Engineers, Stage Managers, Stage Crew, Video/Words Operators, Camera Operators, Video Editors, Cinema Supervisors and Recording Supervisors.  

The hours of these teams are long. If you are interested, qualified and have the necessary experience for any of these positions, please indicate it on your application form as well as supplying a CV listing bands/organisations you have worked with.  

The Showcase venue is the main area where most of our seminars are held. 

As part of the showcase team, you will be helping set up the venue before each seminar, this includes making sure the venue is clean, ensuring the visiting speaker has everything they need, being a friendly face and encouraging attendees into the venue. The Showcase can be a very busy venue, you will need to clear the venue between seminars with limited time  

Volunteers on this team will need to be able to work well with other people, be positive, willing to pray with people and have a heart to serve. 

When everyone else is still thinking about what to pack for the week, our maintenance team will already be onsite, setting up venues, fencing campsites and unloading trucks. This responsible role will involve making sure the festival runs smoothly and effectively. This is a practical role and will be suited to you if you are gifted in the areas of carpentry, plumbing, electrics or general maintenance. All carpentry, electrical work or plumbing repairs are performed under supervision of qualified staff.   

Volunteers will need to be available for the week prior to the festival, be fit, healthy and prepared to work long hours! During the festival, the team needs to be available to respond to any maintenance issue at any time. The aim of the maintenance team is to prevent the breakdown and failure of vital equipment.  

Volunteers need to be 18 years or older, properly qualified in their own field with a basic understanding of Health & Safety requirements. Qualified tele-handler and forklift drivers will need to supply copies of their driving licence and qualification certificates prior to operating machinery.

The skate park is always a great place to be at Creation Fest, with high energy and a strong sense of community. It’s a venue that creates loads of opportunity to get to know people, young and not so young, whether on the ramps or around the edges watching. It especially attracts older kids and young people that attend the festival with their family or churches, but are just starting or considering a walk with Jesus – what a great privilege! 

Volunteers must be aged 16 years or over, be reliable and physically fit. Skate, scooter or BMX skills would be great, but not essential. If you are enthusiastic and committed to reaching out to people this is your team!

There are many different sporting activities that our festival visitors can get involved in – from football matches to fun games sessions. The sports team is there to make sure that these things happen – come rain or shine!  

Volunteers may need to participate on a team, referee, share the gospel or just be able to talk and build a relationship with those that come, whether they are kids, young people or adults. Anyone who loves sports and feels called to lead a group of young people in having fun on the sports field should apply for this team.  

As the sports activities take place outside, some may be weather dependant. Volunteers need to be flexible and not worried about getting wet. Experience of refereeing is a bonus (please mention which sports on your application) but willingness to familiarise yourself with the rules of whatever activity you are part of is a must.   

Volunteers must be aged 16 years or over, be energetic, physically fit and love sports.

The smooth and safe running of Creation Fest is in a large part down to our amazing team of calm, confident, caring stewards. If you can think on your feet, love interacting with people, solving problems and serving with joy, this is the job for you.  

Volunteers must be aged 18 years or over. Great interpersonal skills, the ability to speak into and deal with a range of different situations, including giving encouraging words to those who need it and instruction to potentially angry or upset people. Experience of stewarding/working at large scale events would be great, but full training will be provided. Some roles will require you to be on your feet for long periods of time, so you will need to be physically fit and bring some wet weather gear in case you’re stewarding outside in great British weather! 

On the welcome team you get the joy of, you guessed it, warmly welcoming everyone to Creation Fest!  

You will be staffing the front entrance gate to the festival, greeting everyone who enters on foot, taking tickets and/or registering them via our booking system as well us helping to set up, greet and serve in our Big Shed venue.  

You’ll need to be enthusiastic, empathic and have a sense of humour. It is important to work well in a team, be well informed about all that goes on onsite, be flexible AND have fun. Our welcome gate is outside so you’ll need to be comfortable working outside in all weathers and confident to use an online booking system, don’t worry, full training is provided!  

Volunteers must be aged 16 years or over. You will need to provide your own all-weather clothing and shoes.

If you love young people and are passionate about seeing them come to faith and grow in their relationship with Jesus, the youth venue is for you! This high-energy venue caters for 11-17 year olds and from morning worship to late night discos, there is always something crazy going on. 

Volunteers will need to connect with young people, share Jesus with them and have fun! You will need a loving attitude, lots of patience and the ability to be calm and firm when needed. Great team working and flexibility is a must!    

Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. Experience of working as a youth pastor / youth leader is ideal but not essential. All team leaders will be DBS checked all team members must attend compulsory Safeguarding training at the start of the festival (this is provided on site).