No VISA’s will be required for EU27 citizens to attend Common Ground regardless of Brexit outcome. While Brexit remains undecided and may well have implications on the lives of the British people and citizens of the EU27, it is very unlikely to impact Common Ground. While UK political parties disagree on freedom for EU27 citizens to live and […]
Preparations for Common Ground International Camp 2020 are now ramping up to the next phase as the Board seek to recruit a staff team to deliver their vision and ensure everything is in place for August 1st 2020. From the middle of May Woodcraft Folk will begin the recruitment process for a Project Manager to prepare […]
We’ve filled a lot of the spaces but there are still a few left. We need more people to make Common Ground a fabluous experience for young people from all over the world. We are still looking for coordinators for the following centres: Hands On In this centre, participants will be able to make things […]
In February, members of the Common Ground board from Woodcraft Folk met for a day meeting in Manchester. It was a good chance to update each other about how the planning is going and we all appreciate having the chance to meet face-to-face although it was a shame not to have our international board members […]
It’s currently below freezing here in the UK, it has been snowing in parts of the country and all of my Venturer group’s sessions are indoors at this time of year so it feels a bit strange to be thinking about camping next summer… But we’ve just moved one step closer to Common Ground as […]
With less than under 2 years to go we are starting to get our programme team together. For it to be fabulous, we need to start planning – that’s where you come in!
Are you planning to go to Common Ground 2020 and are you a registered health professional? The 2020 Common health care team are looking for registered health professionals to help run the camp’s health services and run workshops focused on health. In this request we are specifically looking for expressions of interest from registered Doctors, […]
Over the last 6 months months board members have been spreading early hype. We’ve been contacting people to share the early information that we have and ask for your input and thoughts for the camp. The ring round… We shared all the Woodcraft districts out between us and have been calling you with questions about […]
Common Ground costs £205, which is a lot. We on the board know it’s a lot, which is why we have reached out to districts for good fundraising ideas, produced a summary of the best ones on our website and are publicising this really early to give districts a chance to prepare. https://www.commonground.camp/fundraising/ Regardless of that, […]
What have we been up to? Over the summer the Common Ground team have been busy, running workshops and outreach at lots of Woodcraft and IFM SEI events. We have been to; IFM SEI International Committee, Participation Island the international camp run by Nuoret Kotkat London Region Camp and Woodcraft Folk’s Annual Gathering. We have […]