Common Ground Civic Centre

The Soul at Work — discover more about how we help leaders change things at work.

If you've followed Common Ground Civic Centre for a while, you know we care about 3 big things: culture change, social impact and developing leaders and organisations for greater work.

The Soul at Work is our new podcast and channel for leaders who see the gap between their deeper values vs. what's practised daily — and want to do something about it.

Each episode takes one theme all the way through:
The Good worth protecting.
The Bad that creeps in.
The Ugly if left unchecked.
And one Beautifully practical strategy you can bring to work that week.

30 minutes — good for a walk around the block.

If you love what you've found here, you're exactly who The Soul at Work is for.

First episode drops 28 May.

Doing the work is only half of it. The other half is helping others see it, understand it, and trust it enough to back it.

We’ve spent a lot of time figuring out how to tell our own impact stories in compelling ways. This masterclass is built from that – designed for practitioners, civil servants and impact-oriented professionals who want to close that gap.

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Strategic Storytelling For Insight & Impact | IN-PERSON
- Upcoming run: 16 July 2026 (Thurs)
- Register here: https://bit.ly/CG-SSII

Most impact practitioners got this far through trial and error, sheer determination and a lot of heart. But what if there are better, more strategic ways to think about our impact work — and how to sustain it?

We designed this masterclass based on what we’ve learnt from other impact practitioners and what we’ve tested in our own work — theories, practices and insights we wished we knew at the start.

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Play to Stay: How to Play the Infinite Game of Making Social Impact
- Upcoming Sessions: Tues evenings in June
- Register Here: https://bit.ly/CG-PTS – or head to link bio

Running Common Ground Civic Centre has taught us a lot. And we want to share what we know.

We designed a Social Impact Masterclass series for practitioners, funders, and anyone in the work of impact-making — grounded in theory and practice.

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Play to Stay: How to Play the Infinite Game of Making Social Impact | ONLINE
- For more info: https://bit.ly/CG-PTS

Strategic Storytelling For Insight & Impact | IN-PERSON
- For more info: https://bit.ly/CG-SSII

Or head to link in bio!

Not a lecture. Not another networking event.

Impact Evenings is where impact practitioners across sectors come to have conversations that don’t usually happen out loud.

And we’re starting it off with a big one: What role do physical third spaces still play in building active communities?

Come with a perspective, a question, and your dinner.

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Impact Evenings
Upcoming Session: 29 May 2026, Fri (7pm - 9pm)
Join Us: https://bit.ly/CG-IE-MAY26 – or head to link in bio!

Reflection shouldn’t be a luxury. It should be maintenance. Most of us know this, and yet...

And so, we’re holding a quarterly space for you to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself and the work. If this resonates, make the time. Come join us.

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Breathing Space: A Community of Reflection for Social Impact Practitioners

Upcoming Session: 8 May 2026, Fri (7pm - 9pm)
Join Us: https://bit.ly/CG-COR – or head to link in bio!

After a few complex years of asking hard questions about who we are, what we’re here for, and what our community actually needs from us — we’re now clearer than ever.

It took us a while, but this is what we’ve landed on: Common Ground Civic Centre is a third space for people who care about impact – practitioners, citizens, and anyone keen to work on what’s not working.

There’s a lot we’ve learnt along the way. We’ll share more with you soon.

Some change work is energising. Some days it’s… a lot.

In 2025, we piloted our first Community of Practice for Change Practitioners — a space to pause with others who get it. The kind of evenings where people left with clearer language, sharper questions, and a little more steadiness for the work.

We’re continuing in 2026. If you’re doing change work and you’d value a thoughtful peer space, we’d love to have you. ✨

Register at: bit.ly/cop-cp!

Being a middle manager can feel like you are standing in the middle of a tug of war.

Whether you are navigating pressures from above, supporting teams on the ground, or bridging across departments and perspectives, this training is for you.

You don’t have to have all the answers.
You just need to have the right tools.

Link in bio to register or learn more!