Volunteering for Trethew Rally
The Great Trethew Rally is completely organised & run by an amazing and dedicated group of volunteers. Every year 100's of hours are dedicated on a voluntary basis to ensure that over the 3 days of the event on August Bank Holiday weekend thousands of visitors enjoy an entertaining family day out whilst raising significant financial donations for many local charities & organisations.
There are many ways in which you can help this amazing event run successfully, from helping promote & organise the event during the year, helping to set up & dismantle the event infrastructure to assisting our visitors on the day.
In exchange for your time (shifts of 4hrs or more if you can) we'll give you 2 complimentary wristbands to enjoy the rally on any day of your choosing & a camping pitch if you'd like to stay over to enjoy the evening entertainment (Saturday & Sunday night).
If you want to join our amazing team, please fill in the contact form below & we'll get in touch with you.
Do you have what it takes to be a rally volunteer?!
Current volunteer vacancies
Camping Secretary
Role: The rally has an entire adjacent field dedicated to camping for exhibitors, volunteers & the general public. Applications to camp come via Section Secretaries and public online booking which requires administration & space planning.
All public bookings require confirmation & to work with the section secretaries to ensure payments have been received, appropriate passes sent out prior to the event and the space planned in advance to maximize capacity and comply with safety requirements.
Availability: To be present onsite during set up for the camping field mark up and during the rally to ensure campers are in their allocated areas and complying to H&S requirements from Thursday 21st August and to act as liaison point of contact for
those campers. Required to attend committee meetings.
Health & Safety Advisor
Role: Our Showground Directors look after the smooth & safe running of the event but we require a person experienced in H&S for events to review and update the risk assessments that are submitted to Cornwall County Council and form the basis for our legally required event management plan.
Availability: This is a once a year requirement & there is no obligation to attend committee meetings unless it is to brief the committee on any significant changes to operations.
Entertainment Secretary
Role: To book and co-ordinate the entertainment for the bar area & event site. The rally has many regular bookings who return every year so this requires contact & confirmation. Enquiry’s received from new acts need to be assessed against budget in co-ordination with the Treasurer & Rally Secretary. Schedules to be organised and bookings administrated prior to the rally. Provide act information to the admin team for promotion.
Availability: To be present onsite during the rally to ensure the smooth running of the entertainment schedule. Required to attend committee meetings.
Site set up team
Role: Experience of event site set up and machinery operation would be beneficial for this role but you will need to be fit & active as it is physical work.
Availability: To be available the week prior to the event (from 16th August) to assist in the set up of the rally site and the two days after the event.
Stewards
Role: To generally assist over a variety of roles during the three days of the event. Car parking, visitor assistance, monitoring cordoned areas during vehicle movement, volunteer welfare, pay booths & merchandise stand, tractor taxis, mini digger operation & so much more!
Availability: Shifts of 4 hours (or more) over the 3 days of the event, attendance at onsite orientation meeting one evening before the event.