Re-Gathering
How might we prepare for a future we cannot know?
Bath Region: 6th - 9th June 2025, Campwell Woods, St Catherine’s Valley
Kent Region: 26th - 28th September 2025, The Quadrangle, Darent Valley
Are you concerned for the future? Witnessing global politics, ecosystems, and societies unravel as technological advancements storm ahead. Are you wondering how to respond and not wanting to do it alone?
The Issue
In a world that feels confused and divided, our connections become more vital than ever. Yet the demands of ‘modern life’ mean we’re only becoming more disconnected from the people we live with, and the places we inhabit.
Research shows us that in times of crisis, strong ties in our communities help us resource ourselves and recover better, providing the care and support we need as our lives change around us.
Now is the time to Re-gather.
The Invitation
‘Regathering’ is a place to collectively slow down and consider:
How might we prepare for a future we cannot know?
A 3 day exploration into the intersecting crises we face in our society, grounded in the local landscape.
Join us amongst the trees, waters, plants and animals of the region, and consider what this time means to you, and how you might like to respond and contribute.
Why ‘Re-gathering’
‘Regather’ means to ‘prepare to continue to do something difficult’ or to ‘bring back together again’ - this is what we will experience - working together as a group of people with shared questions, concerns and hopes for our future.
Together we will ask how we might ‘steady ourselves’ in our bodies and minds as our lives become more complex and how we can support each other in sharing practices and ideas that we find helpful in this time.
Our Selves
What is our personal relationship to what is happening in the world, what do we want to offer and how might we care for ourselves at this time of such change?
We will explore;
Our Place
What do we know of our ‘bio-region’ and how might a closer relationship to the nature in our area help build resilience & sustenance for the future?
Our Community
What can we achieve together that we can’t alone? What binds us together? What keeps us together? What does our local community need from us?
Re-gathering, August 2024
Where we will be?
Re-gathering weekends are ‘place-based’, in different regions of the UK. Drawing on the geology, history and ecology of the local area as a lens to view the effects of our environmental and social crises, and how connection to nature is such a needed part of our response. We will base our thinking in one area to demonstrate how these ideas can be practiced locally, so you can apply them in your own locality.
You do not have to live in the region to attend, we are supporting different regions and in 2025, we’ll be in:
6th - 8th June - Bath & North East Somerset
Based at Campwell Woods, an eco-village in the Cherry Woods, in St Catherine’s Valley a few miles from Bath.
25th - 27th September Kent Downs
Based at The Quadrangle, a peaceful retreat centre in Shoreham on the River Darent nearest station is Sevenoaks.
We are hosting an online Q&A session, on the 7th April at 6.30 - 7.30pm, please click the link below to register:
“Never doubt that a small committed group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has”
— Margaret Mead
Outdoor Spaces
Movement & Meditation
Forest Sauna
Cob Oven & Kitchen
What can I expect?
The opportunity to face some difficult truths in a supportive space of group care and mutual understanding
The experience of being in close community with others, while also learning about how community is weaved in local areas
Creative and nature based exercises to physically connect you to the Bath & North East Somerset area; its geology, history, ecology, flora & fauna, waters and soils
Group conversations to share personal experiences, fears and hopes about the future of our species, homes and families
The chance to build new relationships with others sharing similar questions or motivations
Nourishing communal meals cooked on the fire, using locally sourced ingredients served in the outdoor kitchen
Grounding relaxation practices to calm, centre and balance; yoga, qi-gong and regenerative movement
Solo time to contemplate, journal, reflect, draw, read or think
Regathering, Summer 2024
Past Participants Say
“Juliet and Katy did a fantastic job at guiding us gently through a process of exploration and reflection. I felt stimulated and energised by the mix of people and ideas – as well as refreshed and restored by the spaces created for time in nature”
“Deep, powerful and somehow also really light and beautiful. Potent yet gentle facilitation full of realness, I have only praise and gratitude”
“What I’m left with is the surprise that such nourishing community can be weaved together over the course of three days, Regathering challenged my thinking, filled up my senses and nurtured new friendships”
Where will we stay?
Stay in a range of solo or shared handcrafted yurts, log cabins and roundhouses with shared hot showers and composting loos.
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Yurt
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Roundhouse
Facilitators
We are Katy & Juliet, friends and collaborators who care deeply about supporting others to learn, grow and adapt in our changing world.
We see our roles as hosts and guides for the weekend, not teachers or experts. We intend to create a space for easeful conversation and create an insight-rich environment where ‘in the moment’ learning is able to happen amongst the group.
We bring complimentary skills from combined decades of supporting individuals, organisations and community groups navigate emotional terrain to explore possibilities for the future.
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Psychologist, Coach, Facilitator, Artist, Mother, Music Lover, Avid Learner
I’m interested in what it means to re-discover community, as we ready ourselves for the complex challenges ahead. How do we hold eachother as we confront sorrow and potential of this time? How do we sow the seeds for a more connected, life-affirming future?
As a business psychologist I’m fascinated with how we evolve our culture and systems for a more joyful world. I bring expertise in learning and personal growth enabling people to become more aware of where they are now and the possibilities between them.
I bring 20+ years working in private and public sectors, for organisations large and small.
As a certified Warm Data Host, I’m continuously discovering how a shift in our perception can ripple out to new possibilities.
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Network Weaver, Coach, Embodied Facilitator, Forest Therapy Guide
After a decade working in advertising in London, leading brand campaigns, I was drawn to the complete opposite life and worked in remote corners of the world for an outdoor adventure company. This is where I found my deep appreciation and concern for nature and the extractive relationship our western culture has with it.
Since then, I’ve trained in ideas and methodologies that help people connect to themselves, each other and nature, and be in closer contact with what they feel about their futures - and our collective future as a society. I believe that we protect what we love, and if we can recognise that we are not separate from nature, we’ll care more respectfully for it.
I am a Network Weaver with social enterprise Onion Collective, working towards a new economy in West Somerset. I lead climate and leadership retreats for people in the creative industry, host climate conversations in my community and deliver learning programmes for organisations looking to have better conversations and listen with skill.
Interested in Joining?
Join our Q&A session, to say hello, find our more, and ask any questions you might have.
Ready to Book
All places include all food & activities but not transport.
A 25% deposit needed to confirm your place.
Payment plans available.
Standard
This is our standard rate which covers costs including a bed in a shared yurt or roundhouse
*Shared with one or two other people
£590
Supported
Three spaces are part funded by the ‘supporter’ spaces, in a shared yurt or roundhouse
*Shared with one or two other people