Art of Consent
The
The Wheel of Consent and Consent for Students
Our Team
Our team of facilitators, co-facilitators and assistants are passionate about consent in all its aspects, and bring an extensive range of experience, qualifications and backgrounds to our workshops for students and the general public.
Rupert James Alison
Rupert has trained in depth with many internationally renowned teachers of intimacy, relationship, communication and consent. He has been holding space for groups since 1992 and has facilitated consent workshops in the UK and in Europe for over a decade. Informed choice and an inclusive, trauma-informed approach are central to all his work. Rupert is based in Oxford, UK, and is an accredited Wheel of Consent facilitator with Betty Martin's School of Consent. Rupert's pronouns are he/him.
Rose C. Jiggens
I am a practitioner working with individuals, couples, polycules and groups, both online and in London UK. I have taught the Wheel of Consent in sessions and groups since 2016, along with my main co-facilitator Rupert James Alison. Our approach is to recognise that consent is influenced by many factors, including cultural dynamics of oppression and privilege, as well as our personal trauma histories. I offer Family Constellations and Trauma Sensitive Breathwork.
If you feel stuck and ready for change, I usually have something in my therapeutic and educative toolkit that will help. I live with my partners and chosen family in East London: we are GSRD, like dancing, walking our neighbours dogs, feeding squirrels and crows. https://trueselfsystems.com/
Daniel Morrison
Daniel is a counsellor offering online video sessions as well as face to face work in Oswestry and Manchester. He's a non binary trans man and specialises in working with clients around Gender Sexuality and Relationship Diversity. He's primarily trained in person centred therapy but draws on other modalities to create a holistic approach that's right for the individual. He also runs workshops supporting people to explore sacred sexuality, connection and intimacy with embodied consent.
Eshana Spiers
Eshana is a Psychosexual Somatics Coach for adults and a Relationships and Sex Educator for Young People. She has over 13 years experience of working with young people for both statutory and voluntary organisations such as the NHS, Surrey County Council and the YMCA. She has managed a Sexual Health Drop in Service for Young People, delivering a programme of Relationships and Sex Education to support the healthy development of a persons sexuality.
Eshana has worked alongside the Police to support children and young people who have uploaded indecent images online, as well as running programmes to young men around the themes of identity, healthy relationships, consent, boundaries and sexual harassment. All of the programmes she runs with both adults and young people are trauma informed and focus on embodiment, creativity and inclusion. EshanaSpiers.com
Bob Manickam
Bob is a qualified youth and community worker currently working as a Training Co-ordinator for 2BU Somerset, a charity that supports LGBTQ+ young people. They’ve been involved in equalities work and sexual health training since the mid-nineties and as a brown, queer, trans, neurodiverse person with disabilities, are passionate about issues of equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone. Bob’s lived experience and work has led to extensive studies regarding trauma, consent and a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach. Bob completed the 'Teaching the Wheel of Consent in
Groups' training in 2020. They’ve assisted on in-depth Wheel of Consent trainings with leading facilitators in both the UK and USA. Bob considers the work life-changing.
Helena Laughton
Helena is an educator of consent, sex education, and authentic relating. She is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Associated Board of Somatic Sexologists and has completed a number of professional trainings - including Cuddle Workshop facilitation, Biodynamic Massage and Somatic Sex Education. She has also qualified as a Circling Leader - (circling is a form of authentic communication and embodied presence in relation to others.)
She is currently training at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre. She has also co-facilitated several Wheel of Consent weekend workshops. Their interests include an integration of sexuality with meditation, and how being more true to ourselves allows us to be more kind, creative and generous with others. Helena's pronouns are she/they.
Meg Fenwick
Meg's primary training is using theatre and comedy to address edgy, complex issues, and her background includes a trauma based approach, NVC and restorative justice. Meg has facilitated a massive variety of groups over the past 22 years, using consent, play, sex-positivity and drama to create a permissive hilarious space with much heart. Meg is also a qualified relationship and sexual intimacy coach with her own practice, as well as taking theatre into prisons, education and community settings. Lovemegfenwick@gmail.com
Abi Denyer-Bewick
Abi is a queer, neurodivergent therapist and facilitator. She believes that everything we do in life can be improved by slowing down, breathing and listening to the wisdom held in the body. Abi’s work is a commitment to honouring our natural rhythms and pace. With a background in nutrition and mental health Abi now focuses on the menstrual cycle working as a leadership mentor at Red School. Abi’s work is rich and honest, exploring all facets of what it means to be relational humans.
As a Yoga teacher and Body Poet she is passionate about embodied choice, consent and vitamin P - pleasure. Abi has been studying the Wheel of Consent since 2017 and assisted on many trainings online and in person. She remains fascinated by the challenge of knowing and asking for what we want.