Oasis Events Team

 The Oasis Events Team was established in 2010 and currently consists of 8 young people with a particular interest in music and events.

The group recently won a Young Scot award for their role in Youth Beatz and have participated in events management training as well as taking in study visits to other similar events across the UK.

They are heavilly involved in the planning, organising and delivery of all Community Learning and Development led events and are gaining a valuable insight into the events industry.

The Oasis event team have been working on all aspectst of Youth Beats of the last 12 months including;

• Feeding into evaluations from 2011
• Looking at potential acts
• Selecting type of structure for the main stage
• Deciding on artwork for promotional materials
• Suggesting ideas for daytime attractions
• Came up with the whole concept of the introduction of the second stage
• Decided on local acts to perform on the second stage
• Selecting competition winners from entries

In terms of the event itself, young people on the events team are involved in the set up and breakdown of the site.  They also had specific roles during the event in supporting site manager, rotating between different areas of the event includnig backstage area.

THE ROLE OF THE OASIS EVENTS TEAM ENSURES YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE HEART OF YOUTH BEATZ