While the council was responsible for the production and disassembly (that is stricty reffering to the drop off and collection of material) of the Viva festival, us volunteers had to handle most of the grunt work. So it should come as no surprise that we made up a majority of the workforce. There was around 12 formal volunteers (people like me who were given a formal induction) and numerous children of council staff helping out.
Everyone was off doing different things all the time and we really saw each other whilst having a break in the tea room. The roles most volunteers were given weren't set in stone, and it turns out there was quite a lot of role swaping throughout the day, so that some volunteers could try their hand in most positions. Roaming stilt walkers, surveys and helping around the community stalls were some of these positions.
Positions like the car marshalls, greenroom and some stage assistants were unable to change around because of the training required.
Naturally everyone helped out where needed, and calls over the radio ushering all of free volunteers were very common.
Everyone helped dissamble the festival when it ended. The work involved there was much more strenious than the morning bump in, but it was a more relaxed atmosphere.
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