News - Camden Rise

As I arrived at the Ted Baker HQ in Camley Street, King's Cross, I was stunned - the inside was beautiful! It looked as if everyone there was family as well. The interior design made the building feel like a home, not to mention the tasty mint water! After the tour, we were brought back into one of the training rooms and got placed in teams in which we would design our trainers, followed by the...

About 70 children from Camden primary and secondary schools 'took over' the Council on Friday, 29 November 2019, as part of the annual Takeover Challenge event. The pupils, aged 8 to 14, were at the Crowndale Centre all day, from 9am until 3.30pm, where they worked with Council officers and other local professionals to prepare presentations on four key topics: Climate change Feeling safe ...

The Camden Youth Awards 2020 will bring the community together to recognise and celebrate the young people of Camden. Nominees will have made a difference to their community or achieved something amazing in their own life. Do you know a young person aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 with learning difficulties or disabilities) who has achieved something that deserves recognition? Will their story inspire...

'Our Content – Change the Game' is an exciting new photojournalism programme supported by the Mayor of London.   Whilst we often see diverse athletes in images, we lack diversity behind the camera. We are searching for a diverse cohort of young Londoners (14-25 years old), particularly young women, BAME & LGBT+ people.   Participants will learn skills from renowned sports...

Five Camden students made a trip of a lifetime to Japan as part of Camden’s friendship agreement with Kagoshima prefecture. The sixth-formers were all selected to join the week-long trip in October as guests of the Mayor of Camden after writing an essay on Japanese culture. They stayed with Japanese families, met the Governor of Kagoshima and visited the museum which tells the story of...