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Children and young people can keep active and get creative with free half-term activities, run within public health guidelines. Online and face-to-face creative courses for 13 to 19 year olds who live or study in Camden are being run by Camden Summer University. To find out more and book your places, visit the CSU website Girls Get Moving is back at Talacre Sports Centre, in Kentish...
As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week (10 to 17 October), Camden Council has launched a creative competition for children and young people. Children and young people who live or study in Camden are being invited to enter prose, poetry or artwork in two age categories: ages 5 to 11 and ages 12 to 21. The winners will have their work published in our libraries and will receive a...
Young people have spruced up their neighbourhood in Gospel Oak as part of a graffiti art project run by a local charity. Shop shutters in Lismore Circus have been given a fresh look thanks to the young artists, who have been working with the Sir Hubert Von Herkomer Arts Foundation and Sam Sure, a graffiti artist and a singer-songwriter. The foundation won funding from Camden Council following...
While rates of coronavirus remain low across Camden, there has been a small increase in cases over the past three weeks. You can help keep cases low by following public health advice: Washing your hands Wearing a face covering and staying a safe distance from other people. If you develop symptoms, it’s really important that you self-isolate to prevent yourself from passing it on to...
Camden Council’s Youth Offending Service has been rated ‘outstanding’ by inspectors, placing the service as one of the top performers in the country. The report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation covers the Council’s Youth Offending Service (YOS) and its work alongside the police, schools and health services to support young people to reduce and prevent offending. It also covers...