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Common Ground · doors around the project

Doors are opening.

Some are beginning to take shape. Others are still possibilities. This page shows the shape of what may become possible without exposing the people, organisations or private relationships behind it.

Privacy firstNames, organisations, exact places, dates and identifying relationship details stay off the public map unless there is a clear reason and permission to publish them.

A map of possibility.

Not a directory. Not a name-drop. Each point is deliberately anonymous: enough detail to spark curiosity about the kind of encounter being shaped, plus a simple maturity cue showing whether it is scheduled, in planning or still an early possibility.

Abstract constellation — positions do not represent real locations
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Further out

More signals on the horizon.

These are earlier possibilities, not promises. They show the breadth of conversations we are exploring without suggesting endorsement or naming anyone before it is appropriate.

Private gardensRailway heritageAstronomy + scienceNatural historyFlightMilitary heritageFood + farmingFilm supportSport + matchdayWeatherCircular systemsInterfaithPublic serviceUnusual access

Publish the possibility, not the person.

Common Ground often begins with a generous introduction, a tentative idea, a private exchange or somebody quietly saying, “that might be possible.” Those relationships need room to develop without being turned into public claims.

So this page keeps the intrigue while protecting the people behind it. When an opportunity becomes participant-ready and everyone is comfortable with public attribution, we can decide whether naming it genuinely adds value.

Public rule: no individual, organisation, estate or private association is named here simply because a conversation exists.

Current funded programme

Public funding supports the 2026–27 participant programme.

The current 16-person Digital Storytelling Lab is supported through Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants. Common Ground is the wider place-based storytelling platform around that funded spine.

Lottery Funded. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.