If you are a disabled person, one of the main ways you can support our work and have your say is by volunteering for us.
Mystery Shopping
Mystery shopping the accessibility of venues and festivals has been an essential part of Attitude is Everything’s work for several years. Individually and collectively, mystery shop reports by our volunteers have helped to amplify the lived experiences of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent music fans, advocating for inclusive change in the Live Events industry.
From 2016 until 2025, our Mystery Shopping programme was funded as part of projects supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the John Ellerman Foundation. We are very grateful to both funders for their support.
Currently we do not receive funding to continue the Mystery Shopping or volunteering programmes in their current format. We are, however, committed to seeking feedback from people with lived experience. We are currently designing new feedback processes, and we’re planning to update our audiences and community by the end of the year.
Festival volunteering
Unfortunately, we are not funded to deliver festival volunteering opportunities in 2026 but do hope to offer these again in 2027. Please ensure you are signed up to our audience mailing list as that is the best way to find out about our future opportunities.
If you are still keen to volunteer in 2026, here is a list of recommended organisations with links to their websites:
- Accessible Events: Accessible Events
- Diverse UK: Diverse UK
- Oxfam: Oxfam
- Water Aid: Water Aid
We cannot guarantee the accessibility of any third-party provider, but these are all organisations who we know work to make their volunteering opportunities accessible.
We hope to return to working with volunteers at festivals in 2027!