Festival Republic (formerly Mean Fiddler), organisers of Latitude and the Reading and Leeds Festivals, have announced a programme offering those who went to those festivals this year the chance to take part in overseas community projects organised by non-governmental organisation Cradle, with all their travel, accommodation and living expenses covered.

Festival Republic (formerly Mean Fiddler), organisers of Latitude and the Reading and Leeds Festivals, have announced a programme offering those who went to those festivals this year the chance to take part in overseas community projects organised by non-governmental organisation Cradle, with all their travel, accommodation and living expenses covered.

Cradle volunteers support children and communities in areas "that have been defined by ethnic hatred", and they have programmes currently running in the likes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Thailand. See http://www.festivalrepublic.com/news/