Boots n' Beats - Return and Earn Community Partnership - EOI

Return and Earn is a great way for community groups, schools, sporting clubs or charities to fundraise while helping the environment! It also promotes recycling, reduces littering, and increases the profile of these groups within the community!

Council is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from local community groups interested in partnering with us as the Return and Earn Community Partner at the Camden Country Music Festival, Boots n' Beats, on Saturday 14 June at Camden Bicentennial Equestrian Park.

Key details of the Return and Earn community partnership with Council:

  • Council will provide support and guidance to help the community group set up and run the collection point/s effectively. The community group will be responsible for setting up and managing collection point/s for eligible beverage containers at the event.
  • The community group will be required to collect eligible containers and return them to a Return and Earn return point to redeem for funds.
  • The community group will receive the total funds raised from the collection of eligible beverage containers.
  • The community group will be required to provide feedback on their Return and Earn efforts at the event to assist Council with its reporting requirements.

If your community group is interested in partnering with Council on this initiative, please complete the form below by 5pm Friday 2 May 2025.

For further information, email waste@camden.nsw.gov.au

Terms and Conditions:  

Successful applicant will be subject to the following terms and conditions:

Stallholder General

  1. The successful applicant will be offered a stall site allocation of 3m x 3m at the event for promotion of their community group. 
  2. Site fees: No site fee charge for the successful EOI applicant.
  3. All stallholders including the successful EOI applicant must hold valid and current public and products liability insurance from an insurer acceptable at Council’s discretion in the amount of at least $20 million per incident. Please provide a copy of this with your EOI application form.

Risk Assessment

  1. Event stallholders are required to sign-on to Council's Event Risk Assessment and adopt it's controls, along with your EOI Application Form. 

 Power Requirements

  1. Powered sites are only available in certain locations at each venue. Generators are permissible but must be regularly serviced, have an earth leakage or be fitted with a Residual Current Device (RCD), be fully fuelled before use, must produce noise that is minimal (at the sole discretion of Council) and can be isolated from unauthorised persons, otherwise use of generators must be discontinued.

Sustainability

  1. Camden Council is committed to the implementation of sustainable development principles in the planning and delivery of Council operated events and festivals.

To maintain a culture of sustainable practice, Council is committed to promoting and encouraging the following guidelines for stallholders at all Council-operated events:

  • No plastic bags (refer to the Stallholder Information Pack 5.1 Prohibited Items) 

  • No plastic single-use service ware (plates and cutlery)

  • No plastic straws

  • No Styrofoam 

  • No single use condiments

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