Consent

CK is the Consent Lead for Burning Nest as well as MicroBurn and London Decom. He brings 16 years of kink and BDSM experience including safeguarding work in some of the largest fetish clubs.

CK is responsible for any disciplinary issues within the Nest Consent Team as well as general supervision of team members and escalation where members have a conflict of interest with a consent report or investigation.

cknam AT hotmail DOT com

I have been involved in the kink scene for many years and I have also run various LGBTQ+ support groups. I have been attending burner events since 2018 and have been involved with Camp Crumpet and many of their events.

I work in education and have experience running workshops both online and in person.

I have been part of the poly/ kink community for a number of years. I’m new to the burner community but it has been part of my radar for another number of years. 

I work in education and with social care. I am also a lover of consensual hugs.

I started my burner journey in 2017 and recently became more active in the UK burn community. I want to help provide safer (or braver) spaces for everyone and bring this awareness of consent in and outside burns. Other than this I’m mostly found in a climbing gym, roaming the outdoors or in a queer boogey.

I am new to the burn scene, but I am looking forward to the new experience, being part of this community and assisting in keeping burners safe and informed. I have been a regular festival goer in the UK and abroad (and volunteer) for many years. When I am not chained to my desk working, I love going out in my VW camper van, exploring the Devon and Cornwall coastline, and trying whatever comes my way.

I started burning in 2023 and the fire hasn’t gone out. I’ve enjoyed various ranger and welfare shifts at three burns and was site lead coordinator at Decom. I work behind the scenes at Nest and other burns. Previously a staff council rep. acting as a confidential interface between staff and management to raise and resolve concerns. I am on a wonderful adventure discovering new worlds and you’ll probably see me at a few parties and events.

I’ve worked at a wide range of festivals and events over many years – from running art and craft workshops for kids to crewing at sex positive parties. Community safeguarding has been of paramount importance at these events.

I have attended a few burns and burner adjacent events but recently became much more involved after joining the Consent Teams for Nest, MicroBurn, and London Decompression in 2023. 

Consent and creating a caring and inclusive community have always been essential to me. 

I’m a mother and grandmother to queer and neuro-divergent humans, and like to spend my time crocheting, making costumes and hanging out at my allotment.

I am a musical gardening granddad, and a lifelong festival volunteer. I am a professional youth worker in my day job and have spent over 25 years nurturing, educating and safeguarding the wellbeing of vulnerable and marginalised groups of young people. I have been a member of the Consent Teams for Nest, MicroBurn and London Decompression since joining the burner community at Nest 2023.

My burner journey began in 2022 and I have been involved behind the scenes in Decom 2022 and 2023 as the Wristbands and Schwag Lead. Festivals, music gigs and the beach are my happy ways to escape from the default world. I am also to be found out and about on my mountain bike and exploring fab new places, preferably with amazing and lovely people.

I’m the current consent lead for Borderland 2024 having been co-lead last year and I’ve worked with welfare/consent at burns consistently for the past five years or so.

I’m a BACP psychotherapist and I only work with male clients.. I also have ample experience working with individuals accused of transgressing others’ boundaries both in a burn setting and within my job.

My favourite principle is radical self expression. My favourite food is potato. 

I’m a clinical sexologist and psychomotor therapist. I’ve studied trauma, sex and relations. 

I’ve been part of awareness work and consent teams many years. Most recently I co-created the awareness training at Celtic burn and next year I’ll lead the consent team at the borderland. 

Now this is sounding like a CV which I dislike; since I’m not of the opinion that you need a long list of education and training to be good at holding space for people. I believe, presence and the ability to listen from a non-judgemental place, is the core of any work related to consent and safer-spaces.

I am a long time festival and scene event attendee/volunteer, albeit this will be my first burn. Frontline worker with an emergency services charity for the past 14 years by day.  Also, former UK Police in specialist roles – now fully ‘rehabilitated’ into the Community. Big advocate of consent, freedom of expression and hedonism.  I’m relishing the opportunity to make new friends and assist all those Burning to have a great,  fun, and safe time. 

A longtime social worker working in homelessness, I regularly discuss consent with friends and clients, attend consent workshops wherever available and have been with the consent team since the beginning of the consent network.

Please come find me for talks on consent, or any other subject that might make you feel safe to express yourself at Nest

I’m a firm believer in active bystanding, and believe we all have the ability to help others when we sense they may be in trouble.

I’m originally from Brazil, living nomadically for a few years now. Nest 2023 was my first Burn. When I decided to join this community, I could feel I was joining something special and intriguing. By the end of event week, I knew I was home (and that’s a lot to say for a nomad!).

I believe issues around consent are at the core of many of the challenges we face as social beings, and I’m inspired by the way these issues are being talked about and dealt with within the Burners community. I’m excited about the possibility of supporting the Consent Team during Nest 2024 and learning practices and approaches I can take with me beyond the Burn.

I am new to the burn scene, but I’ve been to several smaller festivals and been part of similar communities I’m looking forward to combining both. I’m helping out with consent education so that more people have delicious connections and play. I’m a freelance facilitator for work, mostly training managers on people skills. I also volunteer as an organiser of public events on inclusion topics. I love socialising over food, and consensual hugs.