KYCK Volunteer Manual

Thank you for being part of our amazing volunteer team for KYCK 2024! We are thankful for your willingness to serve and look forward to having you as part of our team. 

Please read through the top general information section and then the specific information for your volunteer team below. If you have any questions, please email KYCK Event Manager – Bec Hardman.

General Information

Dates

KYCK 1 12–14 April
KYCK 2 19–21 April
KYCK 3 26–28 April
KYCK 4 27–29 September

Location

KYCK is being held at Katoomba Christian Convention (KCC) in Katoomba. 

Our address is: 

StayKCC
119 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba NSW 2780

Access to the StayKCC site is via a driveway off Cliff Drive, please keep an eye out for our signage marking the entrance. Please refer to our site map if you need further details about our location and onsite buildings.

Parking

Please aim to park at Mountain Camp or the Clairvaux Oval (Cnr of Violet Street and Cliff Drive). If the oval is closed for parking, you will need to park on the street. Please don’t park where there are ‘No Convention Parking’ signs displayed.

Arrival Time

Please refer to your volunteer team information for details about when your team is required to arrive onsite on Friday afternoon.

Sign-in

You will be required to sign-in at the KYCK Information Tent, located near the auditorium, as soon as you arrive onsite. We’ll provide you with a name badge and contact card – this will be your identification and allow you access to KYCK. 

Volunteer Briefing

All volunteers are required to attend a volunteer and safety briefing on Friday afternoon at 5.30pm in Mountain Camp Dining Room. Please make sure you have read our code of conduct and site induction prior to KYCK. 

KCC Code of Conduct 

Download our Code of Conduct Policy as a PDF.

Site Induction

Download our Site Induction presentation as a PDF

If you are unable to attend this briefing, please let us know.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be provided to volunteers at our site called Clairvaux. You’ll receive an email from Bec Hardman in the week prior to KYCK with your allocated accommodation site and room number.  

Please note that you’ll be sharing rooms with other volunteers of the same gender. 

Site hosts will stay at the accommodation site that they have been allocated. 

Meals

All volunteer meals will be served in the Mountain Camp Dining Room, except for dinner on Friday night. 

If you have a dietary requirement and didn’t submit with your application form, please let us know now! 

Meals will be served for volunteers at the following times: 

Friday  

Dinner: 6pm (Pizza served at the auditorium, following volunteer briefing)
Supper: 9pm

Saturday  

Breakfast: 7:15am
Lunch: 12:30pm
Dinner: 5.45pm
Supper: 9pm 

Sunday

Breakfast: 7:15am
Lunch: 12.30pm* 

*For volunteers at KYCK 3 & 4, lunch will be available to pick up at the Information Tent. 

What to Pack

You will need to bring your own sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase, towel, warm clothes, and toiletries. Pillows and doonas are provided, and all rooms are carpeted and heated.

If you’re in the parking or muscle teams, please bring additional wet weather gear in case it rains! 

COVIDSafe

Please follow guidelines from the NSW Government relating to testing and self-isolation requirements. Please stay at home from KYCK if appropriate and if you have symptoms, please complete a Rapid Antigen Test to ensure the safety of other volunteers during the weekend. It is recommended, but not mandatory, to wear masks where appropriate social distancing with other groups is not possible.

Contact

If you have any questions about volunteering at KYCK, or need to provide additional information to us, please contact Bec Hardman on 1300 737 140 or rebecca.hardman@kcc.org.au.

AV Team 

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into our auditorium to meet the team before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room. 

Team Leader 

Our AV team is being led by Steve Anderson and Pete Kiernan. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman or your team leaders. 

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please note that role allocations in the team may vary slightly when you arrive onsite, depending on requirements and volunteer availability. 

BOOKSHOP TeaM 

Arrival 

Please arrive prior to 5.30pm for sign-in. You’ll then head down to our volunteer briefing at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room. Once you’ve had your dinner following the briefing, you can head up to the bookshop to start your duties.

Team Leader 

Our bookshop team is being led by Karl from The Wandering Bookseller. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman or your team leader. 

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our bookshop team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in.

Coffee cart & Slushie Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into the coffee cart & slushie tent to meet the team before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our coffee cart team is being led by a staff member from The Bearded Brewer. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Team roles in the coffee cart & slushie team will be allocated when you arrive onsite and will depend on the skills and abilities of team members.

Muscle Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then meet your team at the KYCK Information Tent for a briefing and to help with final setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our muscle team is being led by:

  • KYCK 1: Jayden King
  • KYCK 2: Amelia Peet
  • KYCK 3: Amelia Peet
  • KYCK 4: Bianca Procter

Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

The muscle team makes KYCK happen! You will be responsible for various set up / pack down tasks throughout KYCK such as putting out booklets, setting up morning tea and merchandise items. Please follow the lead of your team leader for information on what you should be doing at particular times.  

You will have a team briefing with your leader on Friday afternoon when you arrive.

Parking Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then meet your team at the KYCK Information Tent for a parking team briefing from a KCC staff member before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our parking team will be led by the following people each KYCK weekend: 

  • KYCK 1: Cody Boulden
  • KYCK 2: Sam Sarbutt
  • KYCK 3: Sam Cox
  • KYCK 4: Sam Cox

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our parking team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in. Parking team members might also need to help our muscle team with tasks or at the slushie tent, once they have completed their duties.

Registration Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into the KYCK Information Tent to meet KCC staff for a team briefing and to help with setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our registration team is being led by a KCC staff member. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Our registration team play a key role in supporting the KCC team with tasks in the KCC information tent. Main responsibilities will include putting up signage, setting up merchandise, managing merchandise stock levels and assisting with the merchandise sales process.

Site Host Team

Arrival 

Please aim to arrive at 5pm, before guests arrive at your accommodation site. You’ll then head into the KYCK Information Tent to meet KCC staff for a team briefing and to help with setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

The site host team will be overseen by Bec Hardman. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please let her know.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our site host volunteer guide and the briefing information for guests before KYCK. This includes information about your role and information you will need to tell those staying at your accommodation site.

Camping

10 Laurel Street,
Katoomba 

The camp site will be available from 3pm on Friday to peg in or plug in. 

Clairvaux — Indoor Camping 

Entry via 41 Violet Street (past the oval on the right)
Katoomba 

Clairvaux will be available from 5pm on Friday.  

Hartley

20 Ficus Street,
Katoomba

Hartley will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Kedumba

113 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba

Kedumba will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Mountain Camp

119 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba

Mountain Camp will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Ushering Team

Arrival 

Please aim for your group to arrive before 5.30pm, so you can attend our volunteer briefing that begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Please nominate an ushering team leader prior to arriving at KYCK. The ushering team leader will be the main point of contact for the KYCK Event Coordinator and AV Team, but also be responsible for communicating instructions to your group. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our ushering team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in.

General Information

Dates

KYCK 1 14–16 April
KYCK 2 21–3 April
KYCK 3 28–30 April
KYCK 4 22–24 September

Location

KYCK is being held at Katoomba Christian Convention (KCC) in Katoomba. 

Our address is: 

StayKCC
119 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba NSW 2780

Access to the StayKCC site is via a driveway off Cliff Drive, please keep an eye out for our signage marking the entrance. Please refer to our site map if you need further details about our location and onsite buildings.

Parking

Please aim to park at Mountain Camp or the Clairvaux Oval (Cnr of Violet Street and Cliff Drive). If the oval is closed for parking, you will need to park on the street. Please don’t park where there are ‘No Convention Parking’ signs displayed.60

Arrival Time

Please refer to your volunteer team information for details about when your team is required to arrive onsite on Friday afternoon.

Sign-in

You will be required to sign-in at the KYCK Information Tent, located near the auditorium, as soon as you arrive onsite. We’ll provide you with a name badge and contact card – this will be your identification and allow you access to KYCK. 

Volunteer Briefing

All volunteers are required to attend a volunteer and safety briefing on Friday afternoon at 5.30pm in Mountain Camp Dining Room. Please make sure you have read our code of conduct and site induction prior to KYCK. 

KCC Code of Conduct 

Download our Code of Conduct Policy as a PDF.

Site Induction

Download our Site Induction presentation as a PDF

If you are unable to attend this briefing, please let us know.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be provided to volunteers at Mountain Camp or Clairvaux Quarters. You’ll receive an email from Bec Hardman prior to KYCK with your allocated accommodation site and room number.  

Please note that you’ll be sharing rooms with other volunteers of the same gender. 

Site hosts will stay at the accommodation site that they have been allocated. 

Meals

All volunteer meals will be served in the Mountain Camp Dining Room, except for dinner on Friday night. 

If you have a dietary requirement and didn’t submit with your application form, please let us know now! 

Meals will be served for volunteers at the following times: 

Friday  

Dinner: 6pm (Pizza served at the auditorium, following volunteer briefing)
Supper: 9pm

Saturday  

Breakfast: 7:15am
Lunch: 12:30pm
Dinner: 5.45pm
Supper: 9pm 

Sunday

Breakfast: 7:15am
Lunch: 12.30pm* 

*For volunteers at KYCK 4, lunch will be available to pick up at the Information Tent. 

What to Pack

You will need to bring your own sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase, towel, warm clothes, and toiletries. Pillows and doonas are provided, and all rooms are carpeted and heated.  

If you’re in the parking or muscle teams, please bring additional wet weather gear in case it rains! 

COVIDSafe

Please follow guidelines from the NSW Government relating to testing and self-isolation requirements. Please stay at home from KYCK if appropriate and if you have symptoms, please complete a Rapid Antigen Test to ensure the safety of other volunteers during the weekend. It is recommended, but not mandatory, to wear masks where appropriate social distancing with other groups is not possible.

Contact

If you have any questions about volunteering at KYCK, or need to provide additional information to us, please contact Bec Hardman on 1300 737 140 or rebecca.hardman@kcc.org.au.

AV Team 

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into our auditorium to meet the team before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room. 

Team Leader 

Our AV team is being led by Steve Anderson and Pete Kiernan. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leaders. 

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please note that role allocations in the team may vary slightly when you arrive onsite, depending on requirements and volunteer availability. 

Bookshop Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into the bookshop to meet the team before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our bookshop team is being led by Karl Grice, from the Wandering Bookseller. Please listen to his instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our bookshop team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in.

Coffee Cart Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into the coffee cart tent to meet the team before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our coffee cart team is being led by Greg, from StayKCC. Please listen to his instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Team roles in the coffee cart team will be allocated when you arrive onsite and will depend on the skills and abilities of team members.

Muscle Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then meet your team at the KYCK Information Tent for a briefing and help with final setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our muscle team is being led by:

KYCK 4: Amelia Peet

Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

The muscle team makes KYCK happen! You will be responsible for various set up / pack down tasks throughout KYCK such as putting out booklets, setting up morning tea and merchandise items. Please follow the lead of your team leader for information on what you should be doing at particular times.  

You will have a team briefing with your leader on Friday afternoon when you arrive.

Parking Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then meet your team at the KYCK Information Tent for a parking team briefing from a KCC staff member before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our parking team will be led by the following people each KYCK weekend: 


KYCK 4: Sam Cox

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our parking team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in. Parking team members might also need to help our muscle team with tasks, once they have completed their duties.

Registration Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 4pm for sign-in. You’ll then head into the KYCK Information Tent to meet KCC staff for a team briefing and to help with setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our registration team is being led by a KCC staff member. Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our registration team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in.

Site Host Team

Arrival 

Please aim to arrive at 5pm, before guests arrive at your accommodation site. You’ll then head into the KYCK Information Tent to meet KCC staff for a team briefing and to help with setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

The site host team will be overseen by Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator). Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please let her know.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our site host volunteer guide and the briefing information for guests before KYCK. This includes information about your role and information you will need to tell those staying at your accommodation site.

Camping

10 Laurel Street,
Katoomba 

The camp site will be available from 3pm on Friday to peg in or plug in. 

Clairvaux — Indoor Camping 

Entry via 41 Violet Street (past the oval on the right)
Katoomba 

Clairvaux will be available from 5pm on Friday.  

Hartley

20 Ficus Street,
Katoomba

Hartley will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Kedumba

113 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba

Kedumba will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Mountain Camp

119 Cliff Drive,
Katoomba

Mountain Camp will be available from 5pm on Friday.

Slushie Team

Arrival 

Please arrive at 5pm for sign-in. You’ll then meet your team at the KYCK Information Tent for a briefing and help with final setup tasks before our volunteer briefing begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Our slushie team is being led by a KCC Staff Member. 

Please listen to their instructions for your volunteer role. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator) or your team leader.

Volunteer Responsibilities 

The slushie team is the newest volunteer team to KYCK! You will be responsible for various set up / pack down tasks for the slushie tent and making sure the slushies are extra cold! Our slushies will be available for everyone to purchase during morning tea breaks on Saturday and Sunday. You will have a briefing when you arrive on Friday and start setup tasks ready for Saturday.

Ushering Team

Arrival 

Please aim for your group to arrive before 5.30pm, so you can attend our volunteer briefing that begins at 5.30pm at Mountain Camp Dining Room.

Team Leader 

Please nominate an ushering team leader prior to arriving at KYCK. The ushering team leader will be the main point of contact for the KYCK Event Coordinator and AV Team, but also be responsible for communicating instructions to your group. If you have any questions, please ask Bec Hardman (KYCK Event Coordinator).

Volunteer Responsibilities 

Please read our ushering team volunteer guide before KYCK. This includes information about your role and the tasks that you may be involved in.