What we're left with most of all is absolute certainty of the potential we all hold for truly beautiful futures, however unlikely that may feel or different we may seem. Particularly when the world can feel dark and uncertain, that is a profoundly precious gift. Thank you. 🐛🦋💫.

It remains to say that this has been a privilege beyond words. It's stretched us in ways we couldn't have expected, challenged us greatly, made us laugh hysterically and cry hard tears. It has restored our faith in humanity and left us with such gratitude.

If you have been involved with, touched or inspired by @newconstells, we would love it if you could help us celebrate the end of this cycle by sharing any or all of our stories of the past five years so that they might nourish and inspire others too:

This decision, made collectively and actively by us as co-creators, comes as we complete a beautiful five-year cycle and body of work, which we've taken time & care to reflect in a series of blogs on our substack and on our website

Today we tuck @newconstells into her chrysalis: a new phase in which we are ceasing active, outward-facing work for the time being (more on this here:

As part of our process of reflection & celebration as we close this cycle, we've been working with stellar storyteller @carolinemcginn on this tale of our work, told mostly through the remarkable people we've had the privilege of collaborating with: ✨.

And here @JoBarratt shares a moving account of the ways audio has helped us connect voices across diverse groups and help people feel seen and heard as part of a larger whole: . We hope you enjoy reading, and would love to hear any thoughts or questions 💫

In her piece, @LilyPiachaud outlines some of the ways we've shaped our systems, processes and ways of working to be aligned with our values and vision, and shares a treasure trove of practical tools and resources: [5/6]

Here, @irisand explores the holistic approach we have tried to take at New Constellations: welcoming our whole selves, each other, our natural world and the beyond into the hard work of transformation: [4/6]

In @GemmaMortensen's she breaks down the thinking and theoretical foundations underpinning our journeys, and the powerful ways they work as a methodology for transition and transformation: [3/6]

As part of this, each of us as co-creators has written a piece on our substack on different aspects of how we have shaped and run New Constellations [2/6].

As we shared a few weeks ago, we will very soon be closing this cycle of our work at @newconstells. As we prepare our chrysalis (see we have been 'digesting the caterpillar': reflecting on a very beautiful five years of collaboration 🐛🧵 [1/6].

This spring equinox is another inflection point. Over the coming weeks we will be closing this cycle of New Constellations, taking the organisation into a phase we are calling chrysalis. More about this decision and our plans in this blog: 🐛🦋.

Exactly five years ago, over spring equinox 2019, we gathered a group of thinkers, makers and doers at the cutting edge of their fields to explore how we might meet the historic moment of upheaval and uncertainty we were living through. New Constellations was born 💫.

Today is spring equinox, when day and night are in perfect equilibrium. From here (in our hemisphere), light defeats dark, and life stirs in response; it's a time of renewal and rebirth, an invitation to throw off the constraints of winter and cultivate new possibilities 🌱.

Tomorrow night will be the year’s longest as we mark #wintersolstice. Some reflections on winter's call to retreat, a bumper crop of audio encounters, news of this year's journeys and glimmers of inspiration from us here: Wishing you a gentle end to 2023

Huge thanks to our generous funder @TNLComFund and partner @jrf_uk for making this possible 💫.

We welcome applications from people aged 18 or over, living or working in York and from any background regardless of ethnicity, race, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, political orientation, or class. All details can be found here:

Today we have opened an application process to find a group of (roughly) 15 people to come on this journey with us.

We will look at what it will take to meet the challenges of these times - to transform ourselves, our communities and our systems in alignment with our boldest visions for the future.