News - Camden Rise

Children’s Mental Health Week, from 5 to 11 February, is celebrating its 10th year and organisers hope to encourage more people than ever to support the campaign to ensure no child or young person has to face a mental health problem alone. This year's theme is ‘My Voice Matters’. Place2Be wants to empower children and young people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to work together to...

Join the Performance and Theatre Saturday Club for 13 to 16-year-olds at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, and develop your dance and circus skills with professional artists. In this Saturday Club, which runs until April 2024, you will explore contemporary and creative dance techniques, and learn circus skills such as acrobatics, parkour, and juggling. No previous circus or dance experience is...

Young people across Camden go to the polls from 15 to 26 April 2024 to elect a new Camden Youth MP and two Deputy Youth MPs. Could you be Camden's next Youth MP? Young people aged 13 to 19 who wish to stand as candidates can apply before 5pm on Sunday, 3 March (deadline extended by one week) by filling in the form in this candidates pack. Camden's Youth MP and two Deputy Youth MPs will...

Camden’s iconic boating charity, The Pirate Castle, is delighted to offer opportunities for young Londoners from across the capital to access kayaking, canoeing, fun and adventure on the Regent’s Canal for free. This is thanks to funding from the Go! London Partnership – made up of the Mayor of London, Sport England, the London Marathon Foundation and London Sport. The details of these free...

Children and young people in England are invited to have their say in The Big Ambition - a national survey launched by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza. The Big Ambition aims to hear from children across England on what they think is important. In the lead-up to the next General Election, the Children’s Commissioner wants to take children’s thoughts, opinions and...