Glastonbury Festival has donated 10 pairs of tickets with once-in-a-lifetime experiences to raise money for the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake appeal
Glastonbury Festival is donating 10 sets of tickets, each with a once-in-a-lifetime experience to raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Turkey-Syria Earthquake appeal with Oxfam.
DEC member charities, including Oxfam, are working in Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria with local partners to support survivors of the earthquakes and by entering, you’ll be helping them to reach as many people as possible with clean water, food, sanitation, shelter and other urgent support.
Entries are now open and will be accepted until 12 noon on Wednesday 8th March, with a £10 donation guaranteeing one entry – and although there is no limit on the number of times one person can enter, only one prize per entrant will be given. Free entry (without making a donation to the earthquake appeal) is also available by post.
Much like the previous charity initiative in aid of the Trussell Trust announced last week, these pairs of tickets come with what is being billed as once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for fans at the festival.
Glastonbury Festival helped raise over £116,000 in aid of The Trussell Trust in a partnership auction to help support people facing hardship across the UK.
The money was put up in a series of 10 eBay auctions run by the food bank charity to raise funds for their network of over 1,300 food banks scattered across the country.
The total from all ten auctions amounted to £116,738 – with the “cheapest” pair of tickets selling for £10,200, which included the chance to watch a set from the Other Stage viewing platform.
OXFAM RAFFLE PRIZES
All prizes include two general admission tickets to the Glastonbury Festival 2023 and a once-in-a-lifetime experience, as follows;
First Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus watch a set from the Pyramid Stage viewing platform.
Second Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus watch set from the Other Stage viewing platform.
Third Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus watch set from Pyramid Stage viewing platform.
Fourth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus watch set from Other Stage viewing platform.
Fifth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus introduce an act on The Park stage.
Sixth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus exclusive small ad in the Glastonbury Free Press and first copy of the paper off the press.
Seventh Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus backstage tour of West Holts and watch an act from stage pit.
Eighth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus pre-show tour of the Festival Site.
Ninth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus Glastonbury-On-Sea Experience.
Tenth Prize: Entry for two to Glastonbury Festival 2023 plus experience at The Common.
HOW TO ENTER ONLINE
- Head over to the official prize draw website page on crowdfunder.co.uk (before midday on 8th March 2023).
- Decide how many entries you want (you may enter multiple times, but only one Prize per person will be given).
- Enter your details and payment info (Each prize entry is £10 with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Turkey-Syria Earthquake appeal).
- The draw will then take place on 15th March 2023.
- The first number to be drawn will win the First Prize, and the second number to be drawn will win the Second Prize, with each of the first 10 numbers drawn to win the correspondingly numbered Prize.
- The Prize winners will be notified by email and/or first-class post within 5 days of the Draw Date.
HOW TO ENTER BY POST
- Write down or print out your full details (name and contact telephone number) or another method of contact (such as your address).
- Insert the paper with your details into an envelope.
- Pay for postage and send it ASAP to the following address (before midday on 8th March 2023):
Oxfam Glastonbury Prize Draw, Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions, York House, Wetherby Road, Long Marston, YORK YO26 7NH - The draw will then take place on 15th March 2023.
- The first number to be drawn will win the First Prize, and the second number to be drawn will win the Second Prize, with each of the first 10 numbers drawn to win the correspondingly numbered Prize.
- The Prize winners will be notified by email and/or first-class post within 5 days of the Draw Date.
CLOSING DATE
The prize draw opens at 08:00 GMT on Wednesday 15th February 2023 and closes at 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 8th March 2023.
For more information, please see the full Terms and Conditions.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TÜRKIYE (TURKEY) AND SYRIA
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has devastated regions of northern Syria, southern Türkiye and surrounding areas. There’s been huge loss of life, thousands of people injured, and many more still buried in the debris. Survivors are on the streets in freezing conditions. With their homes in rubble, people are struggling to find safe shelter, water, and food.
The earthquake comes at a time when Syria has the highest number of people in humanitarian need since the violent conflict began 12 years ago. In Türkiye, the regions worst affected by the earthquake were those with large refugee communities already living in tough conditions. For thousands of people, a fragile situation has been made even worse.
Meryem Aslan, Oxfam spokesperson in Ankara said: “It is a double tragedy for survivors having to cope too with the cold and who will be unable to sleep outside. It is horrifying to contemplate how people will even be able to cope, given that some areas are even now in snow.”
Emily Eavis added: “With the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria affecting so many people, we wanted to offer a draw of unique Glastonbury 2023 prizes to raise what we can to help with the relief efforts”.
Glastonbury 2023 takes place from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th of June 2023 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset.
Although tickets for the 2023 event sold out late last year [2022], there will be resales of any unpaid and/or cancelled tickets that will take place later in the Spring (around April time).
As part of Glastonbury’s ongoing efforts against ticket touting, anyone who would like to attend this year’s Festival will need to have registered in advance.
As in previous years, registration remains free of charge and only takes a few minutes at glastonburyregistration.co.uk.
Those who have already registered in the past can also check their existing registration here.
In addition to the upcoming ticket resales, some other opportunities for getting to Glastonbury include working at the Festival, volunteering and entering competitions – once these options make themselves available.
To learn more about registration, the sale process and how you can maximise your chances of getting Glastonbury 2023 tickets, click here.
Don’t be fooled
Glastonbury Festival would very much like fans to be aware that there are people out there who will try and sell fake Glastonbury tickets to unsuspecting, willing and innocent potential purchasers.
Although Glasto-veterans who have been going to the Festival for quite some time may recognise these scams for what they are, newcomers might not.
Therefore, please remember that tickets are only sold on one site, which is: glastonbury.seetickets.com.
