Programme · 16 September 2026
Common Ground moves from preparation into participant access planning
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.
Common Ground is moving from broad preparation into the practical work of making the 2026–27 programme usable for real participants. The four core workshop dates remain unchanged, with formal participant applications opening on 9 November 2026.
Around that core, the first focused access and inspiration encounters are now being scheduled. The public site will continue to describe these carefully: a scheduled encounter is different from an idea in planning, and an exploratory conversation is not a partnership announcement.
Access before activity
Planning is also becoming more specific about communication, travel, equipment and other practical barriers. Participants will be asked what helps them take part rather than having support needs guessed for them.
Key information can be provided in writing, quieter or clearer communication setups can be discussed, and captioning, interpreting or other support can be considered around individual need and what can reasonably be provided. Equipment support is also being assembled, but it will only be described as available once the relevant kit is actually ready to use.
What stays private
Names, organisations, exact locations, individual availability, candidate conversations and private relationship details do not need to become public simply because work is moving forward.
The Open Doors page will continue to show the shape and maturity of opportunities without exposing the people behind them before there is a clear reason and permission to do so.
The funded promise has not changed
Common Ground still centres on 16 funded participant places, four principal workshops, individual creative support, participant-led work, a digital exhibition and a planned public Fenland showcase in May 2027.
The extra access, equipment and creative encounters are there to remove barriers and widen inspiration around that promise, not to replace it.
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.
