Updates · public record
A short public record of material programme changes. We are deliberately not turning every conversation into news.
Participant access planning is strengthening and the first focused encounters are being scheduled. Formal applications run 9 Nov–11 Dec 2026; workshops begin 23 Jan 2027. The accessible Fenland venue remains TBC until the booking is complete.
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The next stage is becoming practical: focused creative encounters are being scheduled, access planning is being strengthened, practitioner recruitment is active and equipment support is being assembled carefully.
Read updateConfirmed public support now includes participant access, creative prompts, practical in-kind help and one-off story opportunities. Exploratory conversations stay private until they are ready to be announced.
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Cambridge Rowing Experience has donated a complimentary beginner rowing experience for a Common Ground participant.
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Glamping With Llamas has kindly offered a complimentary one-night stay for a visiting Common Ground creative practitioner, helping the project welcome new creative voices to Fenland.
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Daddy Cars has confirmed project-managed local transport support that can be used where a journey would otherwise become a genuine barrier to participation.
Read update →Discover Fenland stories
These are useful local starting points, not filler articles. Follow a town, memory or theme into archive clues, prompts and a direct route into Story Lab.
Local life, memories, culture and everyday story ideas across the district.
02Wisbech storiesNorth Brink, the River Nene, work, migration, food and changing streets.
03March storiesRailway journeys, Market Place, work, music, cars and local memories.
04Whittlesey storiesTraditions, waterways, villages, work and the stories people keep alive.
05Chatteris storiesChanging streets, vanished routes, work, music and ordinary local life.
06Fenland historyOld photographs, maps, archives and local history used as story starting points.
Current funded 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.
