About Us
Our diverse team of facilitators, co-facilitators and assistants feels passionate about the positive changes which good consent and boundaries skills can bring to people's lives and communities. We bring an extensive range of experience, qualifications and backgrounds to our workshops for students and the general public.
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Our Team
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Rupert James Alison
Rupert (he/him) 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.
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Rose C. Jiggens
Rose (they/them) is practitioner working with individuals, couples, polycules and groups, both online and in London UK. They have taught the Wheel of Consent in sessions and groups since 2016, along with their main co-facilitator Rupert James Alison. Their 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. They also offer Family Constellations and Trauma Sensitive Breathwork. They live with their partners and chosen family in East London: they are GSRD, like dancing, walking their neighbours' dogs, feeding squirrels and crows. www.trueselfsystems.com/therapy-east-london
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Bob Manickam
Bob (they/he) is a youth and community worker currently working as a Training Co-ordinator for 2BU Somerset, a charity that supports LGBTQ+ young people. As a neuroqueer, trans person of colour, Bob’s lived experience and work has led to extensive studies regarding trauma, consent, sexual health and EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) over the last 3 decades. Bob completed the Teaching the Wheel of Consent in Groups training in 2020 and has assisted on in-depth Wheel of Consent trainings in both the UK and USA, as well as on student consent workshops at Oxford University and Cambridge University.
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Helena Laughton
Helena (she/they) 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 is professionally trained in Somatic Sex Education and 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 and has co-facilitated on several Wheel of Consent weekend-long workshops and student consent 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.
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Daniel Morrison
Daniel (he/him) is a nonbinary trans man, a writer and parent to his teenagers. His background is in working therapeutically in residential settings with young people who have emotional and behavioural disorders, neurodiversity or a background of trauma and abuse. He is qualified primarily in person-centred counselling and EMDR although he draws on other therapeutic approaches as needed, and specialises in working with clients around Gender Sexuality and Relationship Diversity. He also runs queer-centred workshops supporting people to explore sexuality and intimacy with embodied consent, and has assisted on many Wheel of Consent workshops. www.qchanges.co.uk
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Meg Fenwick
Meg's primary training is using theatre and comedy to address edgy, complex issues, including sexual harassment and sexual consent. Her background includes a trauma-aware training, Non Violent Communication 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
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Ria Hope
Ria (she/they) is a queer sexuality & intimacy mentor. Since 2018 she has been paving the way for accessible and down-to-earth information on sexuality and relating. She places activism and equality at the forefront of her work, believing that the crux of many issues in the modern world stem from a lack of decolonised education on sexuality, connection, and relationships. Ria's approach is multi-modal, creating spaces for humans to dream new worlds into reality through embodiment, sexuality and sensuality, cheekiness and deep, authentic connection. Ria hosts workshops across the UK and offers 1-1 sessions both online and offline. To find out more about their work please visit riahope.co.uk or instagram.com/riahope.sexuality
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Kate Marks
Kate (she/ they) has been working in the field of mental health and various trauma and attachment services for 18 years. She has worked within the NHS, local authorities, universities, independent practice and charity sectors. She is a Clinical Psychologist and has trained and works within numerous therapeutic modalities. She has also been exploring herself and holding space within sex-positive and queer spaces and communities. The places where trauma, attachment-styles and hidden parts of ourselves meet consent, power dynamics, relationships and sex, are of particular interest, both personally and professionally. She works with individuals, those in relationship with each other, and systems.
You can contact her on katemarkspsychology@gmail.com
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