You are invited to join the team and help organise Nest 2025!
Do you want to see something specific at Nest? Help make it happen. We are a Do-Ocracy. Whether you're an old hand at something, or always wanted to try it and think you could pick it (with guidance, of course!), volunteering with Burning Nest is rewarding and fun!
There are many ways to contribute! All open roles are listed in detail below. In order from most to least involved:
- Become a Link or Co-Link in charge of coordinating a Circle and its Leads.
- Take on a Lead Role in charge of one specific aspect of the Burn.
- Join a Circle
If you want to volunteer during the event, go to the During the Event page.
If you want to lend a hand but still aren't sure how, please get in touch with us at vols@burningnest.co.uk or fill in this form.
Take a Lead Role
All Lead roles at Nest are filled by people like you. Some roles have a broad remit. Others take charge of one specific area of the burn. Different roles require different qualities, and there's a position for every set of skills. Do you feel like stepping up and taking some responsibility? See below for the full list of open roles.
Open Roles
If you are interested in any of these roles, please click through to see their full details and fill out the quick application form. Any issues get in touch at vols@burningnest.co.uk!
Legal Guru
Nest Organisation Circle: The Board
Do you have a head for legal matters and an interest in helping organisations stay on the right side of the law? We need a Legal Expert to lend a hand with navigating the legal framework of Burning Nest. If you’ve got experience with constitutions, company law, companies limited by guarantee, and/or general legal principles, we would love to hear from you. Whether it’s helping us update our constitution or offering general legal guidance, you’ll be the go-to person for all things legal. Practical experience with setting up legal structures would be a massive bonus. This role is to support the Board, the Edge of Chaos circle, and other circles as needed.
Insurance Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: The Board
If you have experience working in the insurance industry and want to help us make sure we’re properly covered, we would love to have you on board. We’re looking for an Insurance Lead to assist us in handling Burning Nest’s insurances, including our vehicles insurance and event insurance. We need someone with up-to-date knowledge and strong industry contacts to help us secure coverage. If you’ve got experience in insurance, this is your chance to make a big impact! This role is to support the Board, the Edge of Chaos circle, and other circles as needed.
WWW Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Communications
We’re looking for an organised individual to assemble all the exciting happenings at Burning Nest into our What Where When guide. In this role, you’ll collect content from theme camps, artists, and the various circles, and piece it all together into a clear and accessible guide to help Nestlings navigate the event. You’ll be supported by our Design Lead, so no design experience is required. If you’re great at managing details and deadlines, this is the role for you!
Finance Co-Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Finance
Are you a financially literate human wanting to shadow and work with our Finance Lead? Help with the all-important purse strings. Ideally, you like numbers and enjoy helping us spend our spends better.
Kitchen Co-Lead (Event)
Nest Organisation Circle: Department of Public Works (DPW)
Join the team that is the heart, soul and stomach of the entire event! Kitchen is the place our volunteers come to rest their weary bodies from hard graft and get fluffed. The vision for the kitchen has and always will be to deliver astoundingly delicious and varied food from a camping kitchen, because our hardworking volunteers deserve so much better than hippy slop. The Kitchen Lead(s) will work together in the months leading up to Nest to plan, source and deliver everything for a week-long meal programme during the event (build and strike have their own leads). They will also train and manage volunteers. You should be able to plan in both small and large quantities (up to 80-100 people), vegan, veggie and meat options, have a good understanding of FOD, basic kitchen safety, and hygiene.
Welfare Link
Nest Organisation Circle: Welfare
Are you a lovely human with good listening skills, and experienced in supporting and guiding others in a crisis? Join the Welfare team, responsible for creating and maintaining the Welfare Enough space at Burning Nest. We’re looking for a Welfare Link and two Welfare Co-Leads, who can commit to working together before, during, and after the event. Before the event, tasks include planning the space, sourcing supplies, training and coordinating volunteers, attending Burning Nest meetings and liaising with other areas. During the event, the Welfare Co-Leads will also set up and maintain the space, and take shifts to be the on-call contact person for emergencies, handovers and support to welfare supervisors. We would particularly welcome applications from those from the global majority, although all applications are very gratefully received.
Inclusion ticket application assessors (x3)
Nest Organisation Circle: Ticketing Website and Tech
Interested in helping decide who gets a low-income ticket to our event? Join us as an assessor! You don’t need to be an expert—just bring a fair mindset and a readiness to review applications against our guidelines. What You'll Do:
- Evaluate anonymized applications.
- Help make decisions based on set criteria.
- Ensure a fair process for all applicants.
- Offer feedback for future iterations of our ever evolving criteria.
Inclusion Ticket Manager
Nest Organisation Circle: Ticketing Website and Tech
Are you organized and passionate about making events inclusive and accessible? Help us manage low-income and carer ticket applications! You'll be the point person for anonymizing applications, tallying votes from assessors, and letting folks know the results. Plus, you’ll ensure everything runs smoothly for carer ticket holders at the gate. What You'll Do:
- Sort and manage low-income ticket applications.
- Communicate with applicants about their status.
- Oversee the allocation and support for carer tickets.
Website Tech Support
Nest Organisation Circle: Ticketing Website and Tech
Got a knack for tech? Want to join us on our biggest innovative leap in the tech circle in years? Come help us manage our WordPress site! You’ll be working closely with our tech lead to keep the site running smoothly and brainstorming cool new features. What You'll Do:
- Keep our WordPress site up-to-date and troubleshoot as needed.
- Help test all of the new and exciting features we're adding to make the online Nest experience "so 2025".
- Help implement new ideas and improvements to enhance user experience.
Art Grants Lead/Team
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
Take the helm of Art Grants administration, by helping us give away our money to bring some art into life! Revise the art grant criteria, and manage the Arts Grant selection process.
Point Co-Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Community
The Point is a community space at Burning Nest, a focal point of people, activities, information and education. We're looking for someone to join Tish in creating a decor plan for The Point, the schedule of workshops and parties, and to maintain the space during the event. An incredible opportunity to be at the centre of the fun!
Decor Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
Devise your vision to decorate the public spaces at Nest according to this year's theme, Beneath the Aether! We are looking for anyone who has an interest in art or decor to help organise workshops, meetups, and charity shop raids in the lead up to Nest. Set your vision, prepare your materials, and gather a team to produce decor elements leading up to the event. Then manage decor Build and Strike. You will ideally be working alongside two co-leads that will assist in organising makeries in Bristol and in London.
Temple Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
Bring your vision to one of the most memorable moments of Nest and lead the team that will be designing and building the Temple. Tasks include designing, creating, and budgeting your concept of the Temple, building it (including labour, planning, and scheduling), devising a plan for the Temple to burn (including lighting and liaising with the fire marshals to prepare a safe burn), and planning its strike.
Ticket System Manager
Nest Organisation Circle: Ticketing Website and Tech
Love managing systems and digging into details? Take charge of our Quicket ticketing setup! From setting up events to handling ticket sales and data, you’ll be our go-to guru for all things tickets. What You'll Do:
- Set up and manage events in Quicket.
- Keep track of ticket sales and data exports.
- Collaborate with our Inclusion Ticket Manager to keep ticketing seamless.
Inclusion Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Community
A role for someone who is passionate about diversity and inclusion. The main task will be to coordinate with the TWAT team to manage, decide and process low-income ticket applications. The Inclusion Lead will also look at other ways of increasing support for diverse and/or marginalised burners.
Art and DPW Liaison
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
Help Nest's artists implement their artistic visions on site! In the lead-up to Nest, you will act as the connection between the Arts and DPW teams, supporting procurement if needed. You'll be present for Build, so you can liaise with artists and DPW, support with logistics, and ensure all the art is installed safely around site. A great role for someone with experience bringing creative projects to Nest or other events, who wants to encourage less experienced artists and support them in making their ideas a reality.
Effigy Lead
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
Bring your vision to one of the most memorable moments of Nest and lead the team that will be designing and building the Effigy. Tasks include designing, creating, and budgeting your concept of the Effigy, building it (including labour, planning, and scheduling), devising a plan for the Effigy to burn (including lighting and liaising with the fire marshals to prepare a safe burn), and planning its strike.
Art Project Liaison
Nest Organisation Circle: Arts
The Arts Circle is recruiting liaisons to support artists working on their projects. Each art liaison will help a small number of artists with the practical aspects of bringing their project to Nest. This could involve answering questions around placement, site logistics, or identifying opportunities for them to share costs such as transport and materials with other projects. We’re looking for good communicators who can keep track of emails and who are excited about bringing amazing art to Nest.
Taking on a Link or Lead Role DOES NOT mean you are the person doing all the work! The Link is the human who has their eyes and ears on the volunteers in their Circle, keeps an eye on the overall vision, helps out where needed and gets fully involved in the monthly meetings with other Links that help shape Nest. You will be supported throughout and given as much training as you need.