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Opportunities · 1 September 2026

Cambridge Rowing Experience opens one new story door

Cambridge Rowing Experience has donated a complimentary beginner rowing experience for a Common Ground participant.

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A rowing eight on the River Cam in Cambridge
JThomas / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cambridge Rowing Experience has donated a complimentary beginner rowing experience for one Common Ground participant. The opportunity will be matched after cohort selection where it genuinely fits a participant's interests and story direction.

The creative value is not the perk on its own. It is the possibility of seeing a familiar place from a different angle, trying an unfamiliar skill and noticing what changes when somebody is invited into an experience they may never have considered before.

Participant-led, not promotional

There is no requirement to produce a testimonial or promotional piece. The participant may choose to turn the experience into writing, audio, photography or film, or simply carry the memory and confidence into another piece of work.

Thank you to Cambridge Rowing Experience for making the opportunity available and for helping Common Ground describe it accurately.

Common Ground

Sixteen Fenland adults. Real stories. New doors opening.

The funded programme supports adults living in Fenland District to make original work through writing, audio, photography, film and digital storytelling.

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.