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Camden Youth Safety Fortnight (25 June to 9 July 2021) - Secondary Schools’ Multimedia Creative Competition Up to £500 per school is available for each selected entry by Camden secondary schools The money would be used by selected schools to develop multimedia projects on a range of themes related to youth safety (see themes below) Schools need to submit a brief expression of...

On Thursday (18 February), 30 past and current members of Camden Youth Council came together for our first virtual Youth MP election - with Anes Bouzouina being chosen as the borough's new Youth MP. Andrea Giró-Adeleye and Anya Nedungadi are Camden's new Deputy Youth MPs. The election was originally due to take place borough-wide in March 2020. However, the first week...

Our Camden Youth Helpline is relaunching on Friday 19 February to offer help and advice on staying safe, substance misuse, education and training, and local activities for young people in Camden. If you need any help or are worried about someone else, call 020 7974 6200 to talk to someone. The helpline is available Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 6pm and run by Camden’s Youth Support staff. If a...

Nominations have now closed for the Camden Youth Awards 2021, which will be held 'virtually' online this year. These awards (watch our film announcing the 2020 winners here) celebrate the achievements and progression of our local young people and services throughout this most extraordinary and challenging year. The 2021 Awards will be a chance for the Camden community to recognise and...

This time last year, we had no idea what 2020 was going to bring and, for some young people, Christmas 2020 is going to be even more difficult than usual. That's why Kooth is available for young people in Camden aged 11 to 18 over the festive season, including  Christmas and the New Year.   Kooth is a free online counselling and emotional wellbeing support service for children...