News - Camden Rise

Belsize Community Library is running an exciting art project for Camden nursery and primary aged children to create a mascot for the library.  The theme of the competition is ‘The Runaway Peacock’, inspired by a female peacock who escaped from ZSL London Zoo in the summer of 2014 and frequented the local area. Library staff and volunteers would like to think that she visited Belsize...

Teenage girls aged 13 to 16 enjoyed an outdoor adventure in the New Forest, Hampshire, thanks to Camden Council's Fresh Youth Academy. They took part in activities ranging from orienteering, bushcraft and a night walk to canoeing, zip wire, obstacle course and archery during the residential weekend at Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Education Centre from 12 to 14 May. The aim was for the young...

A new NHS website, packed with emotional wellbeing and mental health information and resources, has been launched to help young people and families, as well as professionals working with them, to navigate support options.  NCL Waiting Room was produced with the help and input of young people, families and professionals. It aims to be a 'one-stop shop' for information on specialist mental...

Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 15 to 21 May - and this year’s theme is anxiety. Anxiety is a really normal emotion in all of us - but it’s important for us to recognise and respond when we feel anxious, so that it doesn’t get out of control and become a mental health problem.   There are some simple things you can try to help manage these feelings. Next time you’re feeling...

Camden Youth Council (CYC) have an exciting opportunity for young people in Camden to make a real difference through social action - by offering grants of up to £5,000 to help tackle three areas of concern for local young people. CYC's role is to represent and empower young people. The results from their Skills for Life survey showed that there are three areas young people want to do something...