Programme
Common Ground will be a fabulous international festival of ideas, education and games for social change. The theme is International Friendship and Solidarity.
Programme at Common Ground will take place in a central area and 3 – 5 “Commons” spread around the campsite. Each Common will have at least a cafe and an activity area. The central area will be split into centres; each with a different theme.
Programme Centres have a variety of themes. Every centre will also run a number of sessions based around children’s rights, sustainability and activism. Camp programme offers something for under 10s as well as older children and young people.
And don’t forget: Common Ground also hosts the Woodcraft Folk AGM on the afternoon of 3rd August!
Programme Centres
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Making music and team games |
– Sustainable Board Games / Build an Obstacle Course |
– Yoga and kids take over: games session |
– Bushcraft for under-10s |
– Whoosh! Interactive storytelling game |
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| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Merry Moot (talent show) |
– Early Leavers Party |
– Free play |
– Free play |
– Party |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Games drop-in |
– Free Play/ Preparation for Euros (face painting etc.) |
– Kids got Rights! Find out about children’s rights |
– How bad are bananas? How we affect the world |
– Water play |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Making music and team games |
– Sustainable Board Games / Build an Obstacle Course |
– Yoga and kids take over: games session |
– Bushcraft for under-10s |
– Whoosh! Interactive storytelling game |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Merry Moot (talent show) |
– Early Leavers Party |
– Free play |
– Free play |
– Party |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Games drop-in |
– Free Play/ Preparation for Euros (face painting etc.) |
– Kids got Rights! Find out about children’s rights |
– How bad are bananas? How we affect the world |
– Water play |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– What is peace – games |
– The Commons divided: Simulation and Sign Making |
– Resisting the arms trade |
– Hiroshima Day: making cranes |
– Building a peaceful world |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Where does conflict come from? |
– Caring for our world: peace and climate justice w/ Bradford Peace Museum (9-12 year olds) |
– Beat the boss (10-16) |
– Hiroshima Day: the impact of Hiroshima on peace movements (10-16) |
– Peaceful world exhibition |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Peace banner making |
– Music and art in peace and conflict (under-10s) |
– Feminist self-defence (16+) |
– Hiroshima Day: story and cranes |
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| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– What is peace – games |
– The Commons divided: Simulation and Sign Making |
– Resisting the arms trade |
– Hiroshima Day: making cranes |
– Building a peaceful world |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Where does conflict come from? |
– Caring for our world: peace and climate justice w/ Bradford Peace Museum (9-12 year olds) |
– Beat the boss (10-16) |
– Hiroshima Day: the impact of Hiroshima on peace movements (10-16) |
– Peaceful world exhibition |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Peace banner making |
– Music and art in peace and conflict (under-10s) |
– Feminist self-defence (16+) |
– Hiroshima Day: story and cranes |
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| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Policing + Abolition |
– POC (Person of Colour) Spa and Games |
– People of colour games morning |
– How to run a workshop on anti-racism (group leaders) |
– Anti-racist story writing under-10s |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Allyship and protest |
– Theatre of Solidarity |
– Policing and abolition (under-10s) |
– Anti-racism and self-care – people of colour spa |
– Theatre of the oppressed – allyship |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– AR and AF for kids (under-10s) |
– POC Space |
– Allyship zine-making |
– Allyship and protest |
||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Policing + Abolition |
– POC (Person of Colour) Spa and Games |
– People of colour games morning |
– How to run a workshop on anti-racism (group leaders) |
– Anti-racist story writing under-10s |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Allyship and protest |
– Theatre of Solidarity |
– Policing and abolition (under-10s) |
– Anti-racism and self-care – people of colour spa |
– Theatre of the oppressed – allyship |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– AR and AF for kids (under-10s) |
– POC Space |
– Allyship zine-making |
– Allyship and protest |
||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– The bee game (under-10s) |
– Why don’t we speak the same language? (10-16) |
– Make your own co-op (10-16s) |
– Co-op heritage (under-10s) |
– The future of cooperation |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Voices in the park (under 10s) |
– A multilingual world (under-10s) |
– Gender in co-ops (10-16s) |
– Co-op heritage (under-10s) |
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| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Camp badge introduction |
– Imagining a cooperative city (10-16) |
– Non-verbal games |
– Co-ops roundtable (16+) |
– Co-op heritage (10-16s) |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– The bee game (under-10s) |
– Why don’t we speak the same language? (10-16) |
– Make your own co-op (10-16s) |
– Co-op heritage (under-10s) |
– The future of cooperation |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Voices in the park (under 10s) |
– A multilingual world (under-10s) |
– Gender in co-ops (10-16s) |
– Co-op heritage (under-10s) |
||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Camp badge introduction |
– Imagining a cooperative city (10-16) |
– Non-verbal games |
– Co-ops roundtable (16+) |
– Co-op heritage (10-16s) |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– What is Activism? A speakers panel and breakout |
– Biodiversidad: Games |
– The power of social media in the climate crisis |
– Food for thought: going global |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– What’s in our activist toolkit? |
– Become a Butterfly |
– All change – How bad are bananas? |
– Food for thought: connecting with nature through foraging |
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| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– What does migration mean? |
– Climate cafe and spa |
– Diasporas: Learn about different communities – Managing solid waste |
– The refugee journey |
– Food for thought: here at camp |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– What is Activism? A speakers panel and breakout |
– Biodiversidad: Games |
– The power of social media in the climate crisis |
– Food for thought: going global |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– What’s in our activist toolkit? |
– Become a Butterfly |
– All change – How bad are bananas? |
– Food for thought: connecting with nature through foraging |
||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– What does migration mean? |
– Climate cafe and spa |
– Diasporas: Learn about different communities – Managing solid waste |
– The refugee journey |
– Food for thought: here at camp |
|
| 5:00 pm |
International Sharing
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Kids Got Rights! – International participation |
– Kids Got Rights! – games about children’s rights |
– KGR Exhibition – toolkit introduction |
|||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Kids Got Rights! – what to do when your rights are not being met |
– Kids Got Rights! – know your rights |
– Treasure hunt across the camp |
|||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– Grant applications – how to get funds for your group |
– Kids Got Rights! |
|||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Kids Got Rights! – International participation |
– Kids Got Rights! – games about children’s rights |
– KGR Exhibition – toolkit introduction |
|||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Kids Got Rights! – what to do when your rights are not being met |
– Kids Got Rights! – know your rights |
– Treasure hunt across the camp |
|||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– Grant applications – how to get funds for your group |
– Kids Got Rights! |
|||
| 5:00 pm |
MEST-UP
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Self care workshop |
– Consent and Boundaries |
– Finding your voice |
– What MEST-UP do |
– Gender caucus |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Pronoun badges |
– Ask and Adult |
– Yoga |
– Empathy and active listening |
– Ask an adult |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– How to be a good friend (under-10s) |
– Advice for Parents/Carers: Talking to Kids About Hard Things |
– LGBT Q&A |
– Growing up |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Self care workshop |
– Consent and Boundaries |
– Finding your voice |
– What MEST-UP do |
– Gender caucus |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Pronoun badges |
– Ask and Adult |
– Yoga |
– Empathy and active listening |
– Ask an adult |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– How to be a good friend (under-10s) |
– Advice for Parents/Carers: Talking to Kids About Hard Things |
– LGBT Q&A |
– Growing up |
|
| 5:00 pm |
Arts
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Song share / drop in |
– Mad Hatter’s tea party props: collage and paint |
– Junk instruments |
– Handweaving |
– Curating an exhibition |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Big art & Dabke |
– Sustainable fashion, Dabke |
– Song share, Dabke |
– Songwriting / choir, Dabke |
– Closing ceremony rehearsals |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in / sign making for disco dance off |
– Under-10s Merry Moot, 12-18s improv |
– Circus workshops |
– Nature writing, John Clare and Mahmoud Darwish, salt dough |
– Puppets and masks for closing ceremony |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Song share / drop in |
– Mad Hatter’s tea party props: collage and paint |
– Junk instruments |
– Handweaving |
– Curating an exhibition |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Big art & Dabke |
– Sustainable fashion, Dabke |
– Song share, Dabke |
– Songwriting / choir, Dabke |
– Closing ceremony rehearsals |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in / sign making for disco dance off |
– Under-10s Merry Moot, 12-18s improv |
– Circus workshops |
– Nature writing, John Clare and Mahmoud Darwish, salt dough |
– Puppets and masks for closing ceremony |
|
| 5:00 pm |
Class
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Opening workshop on class |
– ‘Theatre of the Suppressed’ play (under-10s) |
– “Die Rappelkiste” – workshop on capitalism (German, under-10s) |
– Reading corner (under-10s) |
– Class and environment (10-16) |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– How does capitalism work? (10-16s) |
– ‘Start up Gang’ – capitalism in children’s books |
– ‘Theatre of the Suppressed’ play (under-10s) |
– Workshop on school (10-16) |
– Working class songs |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Stop motion movie – Muntazar Al-Jassani |
– Critics of consumption OR Class and disability |
– Critics of police (16+) |
– Anti-capitalist pedagogy (10-16) |
– Talk: Class and youth movements |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Opening workshop on class |
– ‘Theatre of the Suppressed’ play (under-10s) |
– “Die Rappelkiste” – workshop on capitalism (German, under-10s) |
– Reading corner (under-10s) |
– Class and environment (10-16) |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– How does capitalism work? (10-16s) |
– ‘Start up Gang’ – capitalism in children’s books |
– ‘Theatre of the Suppressed’ play (under-10s) |
– Workshop on school (10-16) |
– Working class songs |
|
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Stop motion movie – Muntazar Al-Jassani |
– Critics of consumption OR Class and disability |
– Critics of police (16+) |
– Anti-capitalist pedagogy (10-16) |
– Talk: Class and youth movements |
|
| 5:00 pm |
Rainbow
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Who am I? Stories about identity |
– Why do people live in families? A journey through time |
– Trying out new roles and life stories |
– Creating sculptures of ourselves |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Identities – a view on sex and gender |
– Family Construction in today’s society |
– Rainbow arts and crafts |
– Music and Identity – representation of queerness in art |
||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– LGBTI* – what does it all mean? |
– Family storytelling |
– Writing our stories together |
– Art and who I am |
|
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Who am I? Stories about identity |
– Why do people live in families? A journey through time |
– Trying out new roles and life stories |
– Creating sculptures of ourselves |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Identities – a view on sex and gender |
– Family Construction in today’s society |
– Rainbow arts and crafts |
– Music and Identity – representation of queerness in art |
||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Drop in |
– LGBTI* – what does it all mean? |
– Family storytelling |
– Writing our stories together |
– Art and who I am |
|
| 5:00 pm |
Heritage
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Children’s Woodcraft Folk history book: What would you like to see included? |
– Come and celebrate the anniversaries of IFM members |
– Children’s Woodcraft Folk history book: join the planning team |
– Youth histories: recording your memories – creating the camp archive |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Woodcraft Folk is turning 100: share your ideas for how to celebrate |
– Woodcraft Folk’s archive – touch, feel and read session |
– Kids in charge: interview and collect the histories of campers |
|||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Heritage film show |
– Who is who? Look through the Woodcraft Folk photo album |
– Heritage film show |
– IFM-SEI Documentary |
||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Children’s Woodcraft Folk history book: What would you like to see included? |
– Come and celebrate the anniversaries of IFM members |
– Children’s Woodcraft Folk history book: join the planning team |
– Youth histories: recording your memories – creating the camp archive |
||
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm |
– Woodcraft Folk is turning 100: share your ideas for how to celebrate |
– Woodcraft Folk’s archive – touch, feel and read session |
– Kids in charge: interview and collect the histories of campers |
|||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm |
– Heritage film show |
– Who is who? Look through the Woodcraft Folk photo album |
– Heritage film show |
– IFM-SEI Documentary |
||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 1:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm | ||||||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm | ||||||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 1:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm | ||||||
| 3:00 pm | ||||||
| 4:00 pm | ||||||
| 5:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Drop in – make and edit your own content for the NEWS, be on the radio, share your pictures and creations. |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 1:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm | ||||||
| 3:00 pm |
| Saturday 30th | Sunday 31st | Tuesday 2nd | Thursday 4th | Saturday 6th | Sunday 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am |
– Drop in – make and edit your own content for the NEWS, be on the radio, share your pictures and creations. |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
– Drop in |
|
| 11:00 am | ||||||
| 12:00 pm | ||||||
| 1:00 pm | ||||||
| 2:00 pm | ||||||
| 3:00 pm |
Get involved
There are many ways to contribute to the programme, and more volunteers are extremely welcome. If you have suggestions, or want to contact any of these teams, please email programme@commonground.camp. Volunteers with performing arts or driving skills are particularly welcome.
And do join discussions in the Common Ground 2022 Facebook group here.
