News - Camden Rise

Rathbone Amateur Boxing Club and Hawley Amateur Boxing Club have been awarded funding from The Box Gathering which means they can offer 10 weeks of free boxing classes for girls aged 11 to 17, starting Friday 10 June. Led by a qualified female England Boxing Coach, these classes are a unique opportunity for girls to try out the sport in a safe space. Participants will then have...

Young people across Camden go to the polls from 27 June to 10 July to elect new Camden Youth MPs and Deputy Youth MPs. There are nine candidates standing for election. You can hear from them at their hustings event on Thursday 16 June at 5pm. The hustings event is where the candidates will set out their manifestos and answer your questions in order to win your vote. Come along for...

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...

A local barber shop has teamed up with the Council’s youth service and local voluntary youth groups to offer free haircuts to young people.   Keen to support the community following the recent COVID-19 lockdowns and the current cost-of-living crisis, The Gentleman’s Barber, in New Oxford Street, set aside Sunday 15 May to offer their services to young people aged 11 to 19.   Camden...

Real Talk, Camden’s topical debate for young people aged 16 to 21, is back for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to 15 May). This face-to-face event - Real Talk: Life After Lockdown - is taking place in Camden's Council Chamber at the Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BD on Wednesday 11 May, 5.30 to 7pm (arrive from 5pm onwards). Free food will be...