News - Camden Rise

Children, young people and residents joined Little Amal in Camden for a festival of welcome, celebration and friendship over the weekend. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child carries a message of hope for displaced people everywhere, especially children who have been separated from their families.  There was a range of exciting activities for...

Check out Easter holiday (3 to 14 April) free and low-cost activities for children and young people, which are now booking. There's a wide range of sports and physical activities for children and young people - including free Girls Get Moving Monday on Monday 3 April, 4pm to 6pm. Bookings are now open for this and many other holiday sports and physical activities here Children can swim for...

Young athletes are invited to represent Camden at the Inter-Borough Challenge race on 12 March. It's free to enter and there are races for under 7s, under 11s, under 13s, under 15s and under 17s. Children and young people from Camden will compete against young athletes from Hackney, Islington, Haringey, Westminster and the City of London at Finsbury Park Athletics Track, London N4 2DE, on...

Camden Council is working with the Royal Free Hospital and Project Choice to run a Supported Internship programme for young people aged 16 to 24 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who have an education, health and care (EHC) plan.  See our short video case study, featuring Project Choice intern Sam Innes talking about how his Supported Internship helped him to...

Camden's Integrated Youth Support Service hosted an event for girls and young women to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023. The event on Saturday (4 March) was open to girls and young women aged 11 to 18, and up to 25 with special educational needs or disabilities. It took place at Somers Town Youth Centre, 134 Chalton Street, NW1 1RX, with free activities including upcycling (sewing...