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Common Ground is about connecting young people with their local heritage through the arts.

What is heritage you ask? Well, there are two types of heritage: Cultural heritage like museums, and historic buildings; and Natural Heritage, like nature reserves, rivers and landscapes.

What’s great about Common Ground is that young people like you will have the opportunity to choose the creative projects we run, so that young people have the chance to take part in something they will really enjoy. So if you’re a young person aged 13 – 25 then we would love for you to join us on our journey.

This is a Norfolk & Norwich Festival 250 project and is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are proud to be able to deliver this project in partnership with Norfolk Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Prince’s Trust, SHARE Museums East, Colchester & Ipswich Museums and Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Recent Posts

By nnfcommonground 18 Jan 202219 Jan 2022

We’re Hiring!

LEAD ARTIST COMMISSION Norfolk & Norwich Festival are delighted to offer this remarkable opportunity for an artistic company or collective to lead on the design and delivery of our youth-led … Continue reading We’re Hiring!

By nnfcommonground 17 Dec 202117 Dec 2021

2021 at Common Ground

Header photo credit: Will Fielding 2021 has been a bit of a mad year, but at Common Ground we’ve stayed committed to making sure that 13-25-year olds across Norfolk, Suffolk … Continue reading 2021 at Common Ground

By nnfcommonground 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021

Cley Marshes: The Story of the Exhibition

As part of Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Cley Calling Festival 2021, the Common Ground Leaders were asked to curate an exhibition using the photos taken by the young people at Roydon … Continue reading Cley Marshes: The Story of the Exhibition

By nnfcommonground 10 Nov 202123 Nov 2021

Behind the Scenes of Capturing the Common

You’ve seen the film, but how was it made? Step into the glamorous (and by glamorous, we mean cow-filled) filmset of ‘Capturing the Common’ by watching the video below. You … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Capturing the Common

By nnfcommonground 2 Nov 202123 Nov 2021

Capturing the Common

Over summer 2021, Common Ground invited a group of young people to our filmmaking project at Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Roydon Common. This is the brill film they created, which highlights … Continue reading Capturing the Common