Issue 9 – Tuesday 8 August
Tillyards Trouble
Joe MacMahon, V2
Camp authorities and participants held long meetings yesterday to discuss acceptable behaviour and policies on stewarding following a confrontation at Tillyards late on Sunday night.
Simon Phillips, head of the GV06 steering committee, said stewards intervened after a large group of people remained at Tillyards after it had closed, and were playing music on a stereo, and there was a confrontation which forced the camp committee to intervene. People eventually dispersed.
“This morning and this afternoon we have had meetings with those involved, talking about what happened," Simon said. "We agreed we are going to revise some of our stewarding policies to make sure that they are careful in how they use their power and they act responsibly at all times.”
He said it was also agreed to make the Adult Cafe a more welcoming environment and pointed out that the cafe is open to everyone over 16, although only over-18s can buy alcohol.
“Our stewards are comprised of our volunteers and so the message needs to go out that we need to have adequate numbers of stewards and they also need to act responsibly,” he said. “There have been some issues where we have had too few stewards or they have been too young.”