Key deposit information

Most festival volunteering places for 2024 will require a deposit payment plus admin fee to be paid in order to secure your place on the volunteering team.

The deposit charge will be £200 or a reduced amount of £75 payable for those who have attended and completed shifts with Wicked Events within the last 2 years.

All deposits will require a nonreturnable admin fee payment of £7.50.

Deposit are payable within 7 days of a placement offer being issued. Failure to pay the required deposit within this 7 day period may result in your offer being revoked and the place being offered to another person.

All cancellations will incur a cancellation fee, unless a cancellation is made within the initial 7 day cooling off period (see cancellation procedure below for full details).

If you cancel multiple festivals at the same time, only one cancellation fee will be witheld. If you cancel multiple festivals on different occassions, you will be charged a cancellation fee per festival you cancel.


On completion of shifts, your deposit refund will be issued. Deposits can take between 10 and 14 working days to appear back on the statement for the account the deposit was initially paid from. If attending multiple festivals, your deposit will be returned after completion of your final event of the year.

Cancellation procedure

Should you no longer be able to attend a festival and wish to cancel your place on the team, you should let us know as soon as possible.

Cancellations received within 7 days of the initial deposit payment, will receive a full deposit refund.

Cancellations received between 7 days of the initial deposit payment and up to 30 days before the advertised festival start date will receive a refund of the deposit amount paid minus £30 cancellation fee.

Cancellations made within 30 days of the advertised festival start date or failure to inform Wicked Events, before the festival commences, that you cannot attend will forfeit your entire deposit amount.

For late applications within 7 days of the advertised festival start date, the cooling off period does not apply and you will forfeit your entire deposit if you do not attend the event.

If you cancel multiple festivals at the same time, only one cancellation fee will be witheld. If you cancel multiple festivals on different occassions, you will be charged a cancellation fee per festival you cancel.

Places are non transferable.


Full Wicked Events deposit terms & conditions

Wicked Events Deposit Terms 2024

a ) A deposit payment may be required to volunteer as a steward with Wicked Events.

a) Paying a deposit secures your volunteering position at an event.

b) A Volunteers deposit will not be refunded if the Volunteers behaviour or performance is deemed unsatisfactory. This includes, but is not limited to, the following examples:

1. Not completing all shifts or duties allocated

2. Missing onsite briefing/s

3. Not signing in onsite

4. Breaching the Wicked Events’ Terms & Conditions

5. Acting in any manner constituting misconduct as defined in the Wicked Events – Definitions of Misconduct (see section 10 of the terms of engagement policy).

6. Causing damage and/or misusing any piece of issued equipment whilst in your use/possession e.g. radios, Hi-Vis clothing, torches, vehicles etc.

c) Wicked Events reserves the express right to use one and/or a combination of the examples listed in 5b together with other relevant third parties to determine whether a deposit will be returned for unsatisfactory performance.

d) If, following application via Wicked Stewarding and after paying a deposit (where required) you are allocated a position and you are unable to attend for any reason, you must cancel in writing by emailing accounts@wickedevents.co.uk. deposits for cancellations made within 4 weeks of the festival start date will only be returned if an original valid medical letter is also posted to Wicked Events.

e) Volunteer deposit payments will be processed via the Stripe payment service. Stripe holds all financial information securely and no member of the Wicked Events Team is able to see any sensitive financial information such as account number, card number etc.

f) The volunteering deposit will be £200 for 2024 with a reduced deposit option of £75 payable if you have volunteered and completed shifts with Wicked Events within the last 2 years.

g) A deposit payment is not required until you have been offered a place on the team. Once you have been offered a place, you will have 7 days in which to pay your deposit and secure your place on the team.

h) If you do not pay the volunteering deposit within the 7 day period, your place will be offered to another person.

i) If you are volunteering at multiple festivals, your deposit will be held until you have completed shifts on your last event of the year.

j) There will be a nonreturnable admin charge of £7.50 per person per year.

k) Cancellation: Should you no longer be able to attend a festival you should let us know as soon as possible. All applicants will be allowed a 7 day cooling off period (unless you apply within the 7 days prior to the festival start date).

Cancellations received within 7 days of the deposit payment, will receive a full deposit refund (minus admin fee).

Cancellations received between 7 days of the initial deposit payment and up to 30 days before the advertised festival start date will receive a refund of the deposit amount paid minus admin fee and £30 cancellation fee.

Cancellations made within 30 days of the advertised festival start date or failure to inform Wicked Events, before the festival commences, that you cannot attend will forfeit your entire deposit amount.

l) For late applications within 7 days of the advertised festival start date, the cooling off period does not apply and you will forfeit your entire deposit if you do not attend the event.

m) If using a deposit payment to secure multiple festival volunteering places and cancellation occurs. Wicked Events reserve the right to cancel any future volunteering placements and/or request a further deposit payment be made in reflection to any cancellation fees already having been subtracted.

n) Deposit refunds: Once you have completed all shifts on your final festival of the season, your deposit refund will be processed. The transaction will appear back in the account it was initially paid from within 10-14 working days of the refund being processed.


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