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We help you work on “what’s not working” for yourself, your people and your organisations so that we can all do better together.

Cultivating active citizens & practitioners for social impact.

🏛️ Common Ground x MCCY project, Year 7 of 9

🎙️ Follow us on The Soul at Work () where we work on Culture Change, Organisational Development & Social Impact Consulting We do this by:
- designing a cultural change strategy that best fits your situation
- training you in strategic thinking + people skills needed to create that change
- facilitating complex team and organisation-wide conversations
- coaching your key people who will be managing and leading the change.

10/11/2026

There’s a lot of energy around beginnings: excitement, opportunity, newness. Endings tend to happen more quietly, sometimes more quickly, and not always as intentionally.

We want to give endings the same attention we give beginnings – and we’ll be doing it with Bold at Work, an organisation who ran their own impact hub in Jurong until a few months ago and are now in the middle of their own ending, and a new beginning.

From me-first and we-first, to money and mission, to hubs and spokes, the CNFC Circles series has been about what it takes to start and sustain a space. We close off the series by turning to endings, and what they can teach us, wherever we are in our own journeys.

Join us for CNFC Circle #4: Third Spaces Need Endings & Beginnings w/ Bold At Work

🗓️ 8 Dec, Tues
⏰ 7pm–9:30pm (registrations begin at 6:30pm
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1 S(469659)
🎫 $22 (incl. GST) – early bird tickets available until 22 Nov (U.P. $35)

This programme is part of Connecting Narratives for Change 2026.

Link in bio to find out more!

23/10/2026

More and more impact hubs are emerging in Singapore — for changemakers, young people, artists, children and more. But starting a hub is one thing. Sustaining one means learning from and leaning on other hubs, while taking care of the individuals, communities and organisations who lean on it: its spokes.

But what even is a hub? What does it take to manage onr? That’s what we want to explore in CNFC Circle #3: Third Spaces Need Hubs & Spokes.

We’re bringing together four practitioners who lead four different kinds of impact hubs in Singapore:
— Marlene Rothschild of The Foundry
— Hazel See of Temasek Shophouse
— Shawn Wong of National Youth Council S'pore and
— Shiao-yin Kuik of Common Ground

🗓️ 13 Nov 2026, Fri
⏰ 4pm–6:30pm (registrations begin at 3:30pm)
📍 Living Room, Temasek Shophouse

Early bird tickets available until 6 Nov – $22 (incl. GST). Link in bio to find out more!

This programme is part of Connecting Narratives for Change 2026.

10/10/2026

Home, school, tuition, repeat. For many children, that’s the whole week. But some practitioners are trying to make room for something else.

At CNFC Festival 2026, Chuen-yin, co-founder of Brave Feats Student Care, is joined by peers from CRATER and CDAC who also run third spaces for children and young people. Together, they’ll make the case for more places where young people can find out who they are, build relationships they can trust, and belong to something bigger than themselves.

For educators, youth workers, and anyone building spaces for children and young people.

It Takes a Village: Creating Third Spaces Where Young People Can Belong | Convened by Brave Feats Student Care

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 10.30am – 12.30pm (Parallel Breakout A)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

09/10/2026

Adventure doesn’t always need a boarding pass. Sometimes it starts in our own neighbourhood.

At CNFC Festival 2026, Brandon from Myles & More makes the case that adventure is less about where we go and more about how we look at things. We’ll put that to the test through creative mapping, conversation and a short wander around Bedok.

For anyone whose week has started to feel like a checklist.

The Adventure Mindset: Can Small Everyday Discoveries Add Up to a Bigger Life? | Convened by Myles & More

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 1.30pm – 4.30pm (Parallel Breakout B)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

08/10/2026

Behind every show, exhibition and programme is a practitioner working out how to keep it going. Usually on their own.

At CNFC Festival 2026, Firdaus from The Black Sampan brings fellow arts and culture practitioners together to talk honestly about the unseen parts of the work, including the ones that make it hard to keep the work going.

For anyone working in or championing arts and culture, and figuring out how to make it last.

Sustaining Arts Practices: How Are We Still Doing This? | Convened by The Black Sampan

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 10.30am – 12.30pm (Parallel Breakout A)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

06/10/2026

What does a neurodivergent child need at seven to thrive at 27? It’s a question worth asking well before adulthood.

At CNFC Festival 2026, InSchool is bringing together a panel who know this question from different sides, from the classroom and the home to their own everyday lives. Together, they’ll look at what it takes to thrive at every life stage, beyond academics and services.

For neurodivergent individuals, their families, and anyone who works alongside them.

Designing for Independence: What Do Neurodivergent Children and Adults Need to Thrive? | Convened by InSchool

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 10.30am – 12.30pm (Parallel Breakout A)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets.

03/10/2026

A fallow field isn’t idle. It’s getting ready for what comes next. So what might a fallow season look like for us?

At CNFC Festival 2026, Khai Seng from Studio Dojo looks at what wears us down at work, and what it might take to rest in a way that actually renews us.

For anyone who’s been running on empty for awhile.

Active Fallowship: What Does Rest and Renewal Look Like in a World That’s Go-Go-Go? | Convened by Studio Dojo

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 10.30am – 12.30pm (Parallel Breakout A)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets.

02/10/2026

Starting a social enterprise is the easy part. Keeping one going for over a decade is where it might get a little absurd.

At CNFC Festival 2026, Amin from ABY 💛 is bringing together two fellow founders of two social enterprises, Shaun from Inclus and Li Seng from Green Nudge. Together, the three of them will talk about what sustaining this work really looks like, beyond the success stories.

For anyone building, working in, or thinking about starting a social enterprise, at any stage.

The Absurd Art of Social Entrepreneurship: How Do We Sustain the Epic Adventure? | Convened by Artably

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 2.30pm – 4.30pm (Parallel Breakout B)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

02/10/2026

Starting a social enterprise is the easy part. Keeping one going for over a decade is where it might get a little absurd.

At CNFC Festival 2026, Amin from ABY 💛 is bringing together two fellow founders of two social enterprises, Shaun from Inclus and Li Seng from Green Nudge. Together, the three of them will talk about what sustaining this work *really* looks like, beyond the success stories.

For anyone building, working in, or thinking about starting a social enterprise, at any stage.

The Absurd Art of Social Entrepreneurship: How Do We Sustain the Epic Adventure? | Convened by Artably

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 2.30pm – 4.30pm (Parallel Breakout B)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This session is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

01/10/2026

Before we cared for children, we were children being cared for. How much of that, and what we’ve picked up since, do we carry with us without noticing?

At CNFC Festival 2026, Playeum and Chapter Zero Singapore open up that question through a guided conversation, with a screening of the award-winning documentary SEEN as our starting point.

For parents, educators, caregivers, and anyone with a hand in raising a child.

Instinct or Intention: What Shapes the Way We Care for Children? | Convened by Playeum and Chapter Zero Singapore

🗓️ 17 Oct 2026, Sat
⏰ 1.30pm – 4.30pm (Parallel Breakout B)
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre

This programme is part of Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2026.

Link in bio to get your tickets!

Address

21 Bedok North Street 1, #03/01
Singapore
469659

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 18:00
Thursday	09:00 - 18:00
Friday	09:00 - 18:00

Telephone

+6563348773

Website

http://www.ourcommonground.com.sg/

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