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 attend mainstream...

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...

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...

I was given the opportunity to become a Peer Advocate for Camden’s Youth Offending Service (YOS) at the age of 17, at a time when I was feeling lost, having made some poor life choices, with no plans for the future.  Fast forward two-and-a-half years - I’m now 19, with a skillset and wealth of experience, which are thanks to this role providing me with a stepping stone to success. I...