News - Camden Rise

Interested in getting a start in the cooking, catering and hospitality business? Foodentic is a socially responsible business with a mission to provide equal opportunity to anyone aged 19+ who has an aspiration to start their own food business or enter the catering and hospitality sectors.    How it works  Cooks who pass the assessment process can start their food...

Camden Summer University means you can stay safe, have fun, learn something new, make new friends and gain accreditations to put on your CV for work, an apprenticeship, college or university. Courses went live on the website on 6 June - bookings open on Wednesday 15 June. It’s free to enrol if you're 13 to 19 and either live in Camden, go to a local state school or attend a council-run youth...

Rathbone Amateur Boxing Club and Hawley Amateur Boxing Club have been awarded funding from The Box Gathering which means they can offer 10 weeks of free boxing classes for girls aged 11 to 17, starting Friday 10 June. Led by a qualified female England Boxing Coach, these classes are a unique opportunity for girls to try out the sport in a safe space. Participants will then have...

Young people across Camden go to the polls from 27 June to 10 July to elect new Camden Youth MPs and Deputy Youth MPs. There are nine candidates standing for election. You can hear from them at their hustings event on Thursday 16 June at 5pm. The hustings event is where the candidates will set out their manifestos and answer your questions in order to win your vote. Come along for...

For the first time since 2019, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold participants who completed all five sections of the Gold award were invited to Buckingham Palace for a formal award ceremony on Monday (16 May). Autumn Elbourn, Camden Council's DofE Award Manager, said: "We had a really special day celebrating our Camden Gold participants at the Buckingham Palace gardens on Monday. "It was great...