Common Ground

Common Ground 2022 will be the next IFM-SEI international camp to be hosted by Woodcraft Folk in the UK. The theme for the camp is: international friendship and solidarity and the youth festival will bring together participants from all around the world.

There are going to be different centers offering program for young people from under 12s to 30, using non-formal education methodologies.

These centers explore in depth the topics:
Conflict and Peace
Cooperation
Feminism
Anti-racism
Media and Arts

Every centre will also run a number of sessions based around children's rights, sustainability and activism. There will also be a centre dedicated to under 10s from around the world.

There will also be a number of international projects happening at the camp:

30 ESC Common Ground team Volunteers

Journey for Youth Leadership run by IFM-SEI and funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union looking at strengthening youth leadership.

Kid's Got Rights run by IFM-SEI funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme to empower children through self-organizing and claiming their own rights.

E-mpACT run by IFM-SEI and funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union addressing youth needs during and post Covid-19 pandemic, addressing digitalization, non-formal education and international solidarity.

PeaceCommunicators run by IFM-SEI and funded by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe aiming to support young people to develop skills, attitudes, values and knowledge needed for nonviolence conflict resolution and the pursuit of peace.