Accessibility & Inclusion

Everything you need to know about Accessibility & Inclusion

If there’s anything else you want to know about accessibility, contact Emily at community@burningnest.co.uk.

Accessibility

If you have difficulty using the website and need your information in a different format, please let Emily the accessibility lead know via email to community@burningnest.co.uk

We’ve also put all the accessibility information here in a PDF that you can download.

During the event

Leave a message in the access note books at either gate or welfare. Emily will endeavour to provide an alternative.

Please also see the map for the planned placement of the access resources. If you are unable to find anything on site and it is not where the map indicates, please speak to a ranger as they will be able to direct you if any unplanned location changes have occurred.

TIPS AND INFORMATION FOR SUPPORT

Your first point of support is yourself

Please practise radical self reliance as much as possible. Know your needs and limitations and prepare for these by bringing any medications and aids into the glade with you.

Self reliance also means self care. Please remember to eat, sleep, hydrate and decompress as much as you possibly can. It’s a long week, you will have many opportunities to join in the fun. You’ll have more fun if you are taking care of yourself.

Rangers and Welfare team

The rangers are based in the free camping field by the gate hub, and Welfare is based down in the event area by The Point. Rangers can assist with practical needs such as transporting heavy items, finding locations, and radio calling for paramedic support.

Welfare is a space with quiet energy and tea as well as a warm fire and supportive company. It is the place to go for moments of emotional overwhelm or challenges when you would like to decompress.

The Accessibility Team

As a team of 1, Emily will be managing the bus schedule primarily during event. However, if you want to report accessibility issues that are non urgent or give feedback on your experience please contact community@burningnest.co.uk or leave a message for Emily at Gate or Welfare. Emily will try to check in on these throughout the event but it is not a source for live support assistance.

THE JOY RIDE

Our accessibility vehicle will run a circular route of the site 3 times a day. There will likely be extra runs on Sunday evening for the temple burn.

The route will start and end at the free camping field by the gate hub. The vehicle will start its loop at 10am, 1pm and 7pm daily. It will then follow the main road way through the event area, and up towards temple site, turn around and return the other way passing the same stops.

The Stops will be signposted but their locations are approximately:

1: GATE -> 2: SHAMBLES -> 3: WELFARE -> 4: TEMPLE SITE

Please ensure you arrive early to the stop if you want to be picked up. The bus will only wait for 1 minute at each stop. You can enter and exit the vehicle at any point on the trip.

Please be aware that due to the terrain, the vehicle will not be able to go all the way to the temple. There will be approximately 50 ft of gently sloping grass to walk once alighting the vehicle. The vehicle is meant to reduce the walking around for those that struggle but being on site will involve some walking for all participants. If you or someone you know is coming as a wheelchair user, please know the vehicle is not wheelchair supported. Please send a message to the access team via Gate hub or Welfare or the community@burningnest.co.uk email if you need help that is not readily available.

TOILETS

Accessible toilets are spread across the site. Roughly located near each of the bus stops.

These toilets are opened by RADAR keys and must be locked after each use to avoid excess use by able bodied folks. If you do not have your own RADAR key there is a very limited number of spares that can be borrowed. These can be found at Gate and Welfare. You will be asked to return these as quickly as possible to the borrowing boxes, ideally after each use, so everyone that needs them has availability.

Inclusion

Inclusion Tickets

Each year Burning Nest provides ~10% of it's ticket allocation at a reduced rate to those who wouldn't be able to attend otherwise. This is part of our commitment to Radical Inclusion.
Low income tickets are open to anyone who is facing a financial or other life circumstances and wouldn't be able to attend Burning Nest at the full price.
Carers tickets are available only to those providing (paid or unpaid) caring for someone else who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem, or an addiction would not be able to attend Burning Nest without their support.
Every Inclusion Ticket application will be anonymised and reviewed by a team against a standard set of criteria including employment status, income, and some other factors.
We aim to review and send back a result to each applicant within one month, and then you'll have two months to purchase the ticket.
Successful applicants will receive an inclusion code by email to buy a unique ticket with. Inclusion codes are valid for a fixed period of 2 months. If they are not used they will be cancelled and issued to the next applicant on the list.
The Inclusion Ticket form will close when all inclusion tickets have been allocated. When unclaimed tickets are released the application form will be reopened.
Inclusion tickets cannot be transferred directly. If you can no longer attend please contact ticketing.burningnest@gmail.com to refund your ticket.
The application process for Inclusion tickets opens with the general ticket sale release.

FAQs

Q: How are inclusion ticket applications processed?

A: We’re using the same process as last year for assessment and awarding of inclusion tickets. We feel that this achieves a high level of fairness and impartiality, ensuring that reduced price inclusion tickets are available for those in financial hardship who would not otherwise be able to attend Nest. Our review process uses a team of people to assess applications. Once an application is made through the website form this is reviewed by the Ticketing Lead who ensures there is no identifying information. The Ticketing Lead then plays no further role in assessment of applications beyond that of communication between the team and the applicant. The team of assessors, having no knowledge of who submitted which application, then reviews each application, passing this back to the Ticketing Lead along with their notes on the application & any further info needed. Our team of assessors all work to a set of guidelines – which for obvious reasons will not be made public – but which we feel are fair and comprehensive. This ensures all applications are assessed on the same basis, to the same criteria, but giving scope for the assessors to exercise their judgement. Where there is some difference of opinion between assessors the application is discussed and a consensus arrived at. Once a final decision is reached and passed onto the Ticketing Lead. The applicant will be contacted with the outcome. A Quicket Code and instructions for buying an Inclusion Ticket will be sent if successful.

Q: Can I transfer my low-income ticket?

A: No, but there is a waitlist for low-income tickets. If you can no longer attend Nest, please contact ticketing.burningnest@gmail.com to allow it ticket to be allocated to the next person in the queue. You can return your low-income ticket under “My Tickets” > “Manage Booking” > “Request a Refund” and the team will allocate your inclusion ticket to the next person on the list.