Greenpeace volunteers pose for a group photo in front of a beautiful forest.

Volunteer at Latitude Festival with Greenpeace

Volunteer with Greenpeace at Latitude festival, and help create an amazing experience for festival-goers among the trees. Applications are now closed, and will reopen in Spring 2025.

For over 50 years Greenpeace has campaigned to protect the environment, sharing our vision of a greener, healthier, and a more peaceful planet – one that can sustain life for generations to come.

In summer 2024 the Greenpeace Events team got back out on the road, meeting up with like-minded people, having a great time, and helping to celebrate our victories over the decades while also raising awareness of the critical challenges to come from threats to our atmosphere, oceans, and forests, to dwindling biodiversity and melting ice sheets. Now, more than ever the clock is ticking.

One of our stops was Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk from the 24th to the 29th of July.

Festivalgoers sit in a lush forest at dusk. Lights are strung through the trees. In the background, a crowd spills out of a marquee tent with an ornate 'Sunrise' sign on the front

What's Latitude Festival like?

Set in the wooded Henham Park Estate in Suffolk, Latitude delivers a diverse offering of music, theatre, dance, film, cabaret, and literature. From Kasabian to London Grammar, The Vaccines to Duran Duran, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man and Kruangbin, big stages to hidden nooks in the woods.

Greenpeace at Latitude

The nets

The nets nestled amongst the trees at Latitude Festival are not just a place for play, it’s a space for children to learn about our natural environment with no computer games or TV in sight. It’s a top-ten Latitude experience that attracts hundreds of little eco-warriors every year. The climbing nets high up in the tree canopy, it’s also an inclusive and joyful space for small kids to teenagers to get stuck in and to be able to express themselves through play and learning. We also introduced a new eco-activity for young people to get involved in – bushcraft! Think chopping wood and making fun things with the materials at Camp Greenpeace.

The ship and tools shed

Down by the water, we built a ship together! With guidance from volunteers, children helped cut wood, hammer planks onto the frame, and decorate the bunting which to hang from the mast. Throughout the weekend the ship came to life, and was a popular activity for many little DIY eco-warriors.

We’re inviting kids to come together and celebrate Greenpeace, nature, and our planet as a whole – We want to encourage kids to play amongst nature and to come away with a little insight into what Greenpeace has achieved and how we can achieve so much more with the help of eco-warriors. These areas will all be run by volunteers, so you may be placed at any of these positions.

Cafe

We also have a really busy café next to the nets. It’s a very popular activity. In 2024 we expanded the space, with extra seating to create a Greenpeace campaigning area.

Volunteering with Greenpeace

Applicants must be over the age of 18 and be able to attend the festival from Wednesday to Monday. Volunteers will work in shifts of six hours each day of the festival. Some shifts may be late at night or early in the morning.

As part of the Greenpeace crew you’ll get:

  • Entry to the event.
  • Tasty vegetarian/vegan meals three times a day.
  • Secure camping.
  • Access to hot showers.
  • Good company and lots of entertainment.
  • Capped travel reimbursement.

Applications are now closed, and will reopen in Spring 2025.

Learn more about volunteering at festivals with Greenpeace