News - Camden Rise

icandance is a creative, therapeutic community that celebrates and empowers disabled children and young people, aged four to 25, through dance and performance. Their weekly programmes - on Thursdays and Saturdays - provide dance accessibility for all, which enriches lives, connects communities, and celebrates difference. Each child participating is unable to...

What does it mean to be a young carer? And if you are a young carer or a child in your family is taking on more of a mum or dad role, where can you turn for help and support? Kayla*, an 11-year-old from Camden, found herself taking on more and more responsibility for her nine-year-old autistic brother, as well as supporting her mum, who is a lone parent. Kayla said: “My younger brother has...

Camden students Aya Elgool and Samir Qurashi have been elected as the borough’s two new Youth MPs, following a two-week election in schools and youth centres. Aya and Samir, both 16, each attend Regent High School and are also both members of Camden Youth Council, as well as being active in other local youth organisations. Two new Deputy Youth MPs were also elected. They are Rebecca Stamp,...

Youth Safety Fortnight launched on Wednesday (29 June) with an event at Regent High School, bringing together schools, local youth services, the police, politicians, and organisations working with young people and families to discuss ways to improve youth safety as well as the work that has been happening so far in this area.    The winner and runners-up in this year’s...

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...