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SUMMER OF CELEBRATORY SERVICE 2025
Come as a volunteer

 

Welcome to Ängsbacka’s Summer Volunteering! At the heart of our vibrant festival community, volunteers are the very essence of Ängsbacka, bringing energy, love, and dedication to our sacred grounds. Whether you are joining us for the first time or returning as a cherished member of our family, your contribution shapes the transformative experiences we offer.

AS A SUMMER VOLUNTEER

  • You will explore what it’s like to bring presence and joy into ordinary work.
  • You will arrive a few days before the event begins and you will leave one or two days after the event has ended – or stay on for the next festival (You agree to arrive and depart on the designated dates for the camps you are attending, to support the flow of the organisation).
  • You are invited to attend all of the offered activities outside of your working commitments.

YOU AGREE TO

  • Contribute with five hours of working meditation per day, except on your days off.

    If you join for 1 – 2 camps you will have 1 day off per week if you join for more than 2 camps you will have 2 days off per week.

  • Join the practice of sharing every day, except on your day(s) off.
  • Attend morning meetings every camp morning, 09:00-09:45.

YOU RECEIVE

  • A discount on the festival ticket in exchange for your contribution to the work.
  • Three vegetarian meals each day. You can sign up for vegan and gluten free alternatives.
  • A camping spot for your tent, or depending on availability a bunk bed in one of our shared dormitory rooms or tents.

Come as a volunteer

There are many important aspects to being a summer volunteer at Ängsbacka and we would like you to be well-informed before making your application. Please click the button below for the full information about volunteering at Ängsbacka, and the application form.

Apply to become a volunteer!

Come as a team-lead

If you have already been to Ängsbacka, and you are passionate about supporting others in a leadership role, please don’t hesitate to apply for one of the few spots left as a team-leader. When team-leading you are part of the core team of the summer. We are a team of 30-35 people who together steer the ship through the ocean of summer festival season. You will be in a deciding role with responsibility for a department. Your team will have coordinators and regular volunteers, and it is your job to both make sure that that the tasks are planned and resolved, as well as working for everyone to have a fun and meaningful volunteer experience in alignment with Ängsbacka values.

 Read more about the roles and apply here.

Service

During your stay at Ängsbacka, we invite you to explore the mindset of service. Not as a concept, but rather as a way of living. Service to your fellow community members, to course participants, to the planet and all its inhabitants, and to yourself.

We believe that through selfless service, through connecting back to our deep need to contribute to the world, we grow in compassion and joy.

Working meditation

Working Meditation is our shared daily practice of service and togetherness. We encourage everyone to use their working hours as active explorations of the present moment. Everything that comes to our minds and bodies is welcomed into the moment. We support each other to remain light-hearted and connected.

Ideally, the time spent in work is happy and fulfilling, regardless of the task. The realisation to be discovered is that the enjoyment of the task comes from within ourselves, not from the nature of the task.

Sharing

Sharing is at the heart of Ängsbacka, and supports everybody here. It is considered a sacred space for speaking and listening from our hearts. It invites you to be seen in your truth and to see others in theirs, without judgement, advice or fixing.

One person shares, while the others sit in silence paying attention to the person sharing. Everyone in the group will have the same amount of time available to them, and everything that is said or done stays in the group. We do not bring it up again outside of sharing.

Sharing is an essential and honored practice at Ängsbacka, and we welcome you to this special space with the sensitivity and open-heartedness that is at its core.

Come as a volunteer

There are many important aspects to summer volunteering at Ängsbacka, and we would like you to be well-informed before you apply. Please click the button below to access the application form, including the full information about volunteering.

Apply to become a volunteer!