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Anti-Slavery Statement

The people who work together each year to make the Festival happen are really important and Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd (GFEL) & Glastonbury Festivals Ltd (GFL) are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking. 

It is vital that crew are treated fairly & with respect and that opportunities are provided to come and work at the Festival either by volunteering or working before, during or after the event. 

OUR BUSINESS

GFEL is a private limited company responsible for staging Glastonbury Festival, the Glastonbury Extravaganza & Pilton Party. 

GFL, also a private limited company, is responsible for the management of the festival site & infrastructure to enable GFEL to stage the Glastonbury Festival.   

During the quieter months of the year, there are permanent staff working for both GFEL & GFL.  The number of staff employed throughout the year changes considerably due to the annual Festival cycle. The overall crew is made up of volunteers, individuals engaged by third parties, individuals engaged by GFEL or GFL and those directly employed.  

Both GFEL & GFL are committed to ensuring employees and workers at the Festival have the right to work in the UK and are paid at least in line with National Living Wage/Minimum Wage as appropriate. 

OUR POLICIES ON SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

As the crew grows in the run up to the Festival each year, many more people start to work on site.  Lots of these employees & workers are engaged directly by the Festival.  The Festival is then responsible for ensuring that these crew are paid at least the National Living Wage/Minimum Wage, have the right to work in the UK & are treated fairly and well. 

Other labour providers form part of the supply chain as the crew expands.  All key labour providers are issued with this Anti-Slavery Statement & GFEL/GFL are committed to working with them to uphold our values.   

We perform an annual review of our major labour providers to ensure they are fulfilling their obligations with regards to employment practices. 

Historically, where we have had concerns over the legitimacy of a supplier’s employment practices, we have brought their services in-house & taken on workers directly to ensure best practice.  A large proportion of the Festival’s crew are employees or workers engaged directly by GFEL to ensure we have control over employment practices. 

The Festival liaises with HMRC to ensure that the companies we engage are legitimate & that we are performing appropriate due diligence checks. 

The Festival is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in the supply chain of labour or in any part of the organisation.  There is a commitment to act ethically & with integrity in all the Festival’s business relationships and to implement & enforce effective systems and controls to ensure slavery & human trafficking doesn’t take place anywhere in the supply chain. 

DUE DILIGENCE PROCESSES FOR SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  • Check all employees & casual workers engaged by GFE & GFL have the right to work in the UK and are paid at least the National Living Wage/Minimum Wage as appropriate
  • Engage workers directly, where possible, to maintain control of employment practices 
  • Issue this Anti-Slavery Statement to key labour providers to make them aware of our commitment to combatting slavery & human trafficking 
  • Liaise with HMRC regarding the legitimacy of key labour providers
  • Protect whistle blowers within the organisation 
  • Encourage a respectful work environment for all crew

SUPPLIER ADHERENCE TO OUR VALUES AND ETHICS

We have zero tolerance to slavery & human trafficking.  We require all those in our supply chain & contractors to comply with our values and ethics. 

TRAINING

To ensure that all staff understand of the risks of modern slavery & human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, this Anti-Slavery Statement is included in the Staff Handbook. Staff are given training on this policy as & if appropriate to their role. 

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes the Festival’s slavery & human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st March 2025.

Dated 16th April 2024 

Michael & Emily Eavis
Director, Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd