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News for the Year 2007

Festival Photo Gallery Update

New photos from Leeds Festival 2007 have been added to the HotBox Events CATs Photo Galleries!If you have any photos you would like to see in the festival galleries please send them to ...

16 Nov 07

CAT Deposit returns

All deposit returns have been sent - cheques were sent to the address we have on record for you within PAAM.If you haven't received your deposit or are concerned it has been sent to the ...

05 Nov 07

2007 CAT Crew Party

If you've added the 2007 Crew Party to your PAAM profile please login to PAAM and confirm ASAP.Further details of the party are available via PAAM - please click the "info about ...

30 Oct 07

Crew Party Accommodation

Please find below a list of hotels and B&Bs within a couple of miles of The Boiler Room venue: Yew Tree House Distance from venue (The Boiler Room): 2.8 miles Prices starting at ...

19 Oct 07

Festival Photo Gallery Update

New photos from Latitude Festival 2007 have been added to the HotBox Events CATs Photo Galleries!If you have any photos you would like to see in the festival galleries please send them ...

18 Oct 07

2007 Crew Party update!

The venue & band for the party have been booked!If you haven't logged into PAAM and put your name down for the party please do ASAP!Venue: Boiler Room - Guilford ...

05 Oct 07

CAT Deposit returns

We're currently finalising all CAT volunteer deposit returns.Please remember that if you lost a piece of equipment (e.g. tabard, jacket or radio), missed a shift, didn't turn up for an ...

02 Oct 07

End of season Crew Party!

The end of season CAT crew party will be held on Saturday 1st December 2007!We've added the party as an event within PAAM so we can get an idea of how many to expect - please logon to ...

14 Sep 07

Reading and Leeds thank you...

A huge thank you to all who worked at the Reading & Leeds Festivals!We've received fantastic feedback regarding the CAT volunteers. This including numerous compliments from the ...

10 Sep 07

CAT Deposit returns

As per our Terms & Conditions all deposits are returned in October. Please do not email or call regarding any deposit you have paid - this will not speed up the return.

06 Sep 07

Reading and Leeds Festivals

Please make sure you've logged into PAAM and printed the Event Info before travelling to the Reading or Leeds Festival. The event info includes advice regarding: Travelling to the ...

19 Aug 07

Global Hand - Give Me Shelter

Global Hand require supervisors for the Reading & Leeds Festivals - the supervisor positions are paid. Please contact us if you are interested in working as a Give Me Shelter ...

02 Aug 07

End of Season Crew Party!

As we head towards the end of the season people have started chatting about a crew party!If there is enough interest we'll do our best to arrange a party for October/November.Please ...

01 Aug 07

Reading and Leeds info in PAAM

All information regarding the Reading & Leeds Festivals is now within PAAM - please login to PAAM and check this.If you haven't yet confirmed your position please do so ASAP - ...

29 Jul 07

Reading and Leeds Festivals

A small number of positions have become available at the Reading Festival & Leeds Festival due to cancellations.Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering at Reading or ...

25 Jul 07

CAT Forum is being upgraded

The CAT Forum is being upgraded between 10pm and midnight tonight. Hopefully it will take no more than 20 minutes although apologies for any inconvenience whilst the Forum is ...

10 Jul 07

Festival Crime Reduction

Festival Republic and the Police have teamed up to provide information for ticket holders (and parents of ticket holders) of the Reading Festival & Leeds Festival.The advice is ...

03 Jul 07

How to recycle a damaged tent?

Many of you are hopefully aware of the "Give Me Shelter" campaign which was initiated by Global Hand & Festival Republic at last year's Reading Festival & Leeds ...

03 Jul 07

New PAAM Function: CONFIRM!

PAAM now asks you to confirm your acceptance of a position at an event - please login and look for the CONFIRM buttons on your overview page.The CONFIRM buttons only appear once you ...

02 Jul 07

Olympics to drain Arts Funding

Please take a moment to oppose the unprecedented 35% cut in arts funding, and stop the chancellor using Lottery money to plug the funding gap in the 2012 Olympics. If this goes ahead at ...

13 Jun 07

Reading Festival CAT Volunteers

All 204 available positions for Reading Festival CAT volunteers are now filled. Many thanks to all who applied and apologies to those who haven't gained a position this year.There are ...

07 Jun 07

HotBox Sponsoring Team Flamingo

The Exeter based mountain bike team (Team Flamingo) HotBox Events and HotBox Studios sponsored in the Nightrider12 event at Plymouth's Newnham Park on April 28th 2007 came in 3rd! A ...

21 May 07

Festival Photo Gallery Update

New photos from Leeds Festival 2006 have been added to the HotBox Events CATs Festivals Galleries!If you have any photos you would like to see in the festival galleries please send them ...

08 May 07

CAT positions filling up fast!

CAT positions are filling up faster than ever this year! If you're hoping to join us as a volunteer at either the Reading Festival or Leeds Festival please apply and pay your deposit ...

08 May 07

Festival Lift-sharing

Talk has started in the forum regarding sharing transport to the 2007 festivals! Please drop into the forum if you're looking for a lift to a festival, or can offer a lift to ...

03 May 07

Please check your PAAM profile

We've noticed that quite a few people have set-up an account with PAAM, entered all personal details, although not applied for any festivals! Please check your account to make sure you ...

19 Apr 07

Applications update

We have now received close to 1000 applications in less than 2 weeks - thank you for getting those in so quickly!Roughly 1 in 10 applicants have started to create an account but not ...

05 Apr 07

HotBox Sponsoring Team Flamingo

  HotBox Events and HotBox Studios is sponsoring an Exeter based mountain bike team! Team Flamingo is currently in training for what will be their biggest cycling challenge ever. ...

30 Mar 07

CAT FAQ Updates

New info has been added to the FAQ pages and many of the older questions and answers have been updated. Please take a moment to have a read of the FAQ pages - especially before ...

29 Mar 07

2007 Application Live!

The 2007 CAT application is now live! You can find the CAT Application here. You can find the Application Guidelines via the PAAM login page.Please also read the Terms & Conditions ...

26 Mar 07

Festival Photo Gallery Update

New photos from Leeds Festival 2006 have been added to the HotBox Events CATs Festivals Galleries!If you have any photos you would like to see in the festival galleries please send them ...

02 Mar 07

2007 CAT Festivals

The CAT application is planned to go live in March.We're just starting to talk about changes for the coming season. If you have any thoughts about this years festivals - such as ideas ...

18 Jan 07