Youth safety

Hear Jamal’s story in a hard-hitting animated video (6 minutes, 37 seconds) produced by Regent’s Park Young Guardians with Fitzrovia Youth in Action. Warning: contains some upsetting themes, including substance misuse, county lines and youth violence. To watch, click below or here.

Report your concerns

• If you are concerned about a young person at risk, call 020 7974 3317 (daytime) or 020 7974 4444 (out of hours
• If a young person is in immediate danger or a crime has been committed, call the police on 999
• You can also report concerns about crime anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
• If you are a young person who has information about violence or knife crime, you can report anonymously online at Fearless.org
• How to be an active bystander or responder - guide for residents of all ages across Camden, produced by Regent’s Park Young Guardians and Community Champions
• Be smart with your phone - using your phone in a way that keeps you safe, happy and in control.

Get involved

• If you would like to contact us or get involved in making Camden safer for other young people, email [email protected]
• You can also enter our annual Youth Safety Multi-Media Competition - more details below.

Youth Safety Multi-Media Competition 2026 - winners and runners-up

We organise an annual Youth Safety Multi-Media Competition. The competition is open to children and young people in Camden aged 10 to 18 (up to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities) and entries must be by children and young people in partnership with their youth organisation, play centre or school.

The 2026 Youth Safety Multi-Media Competition joint winners were:

• Disconnected? Connected? Student Voices on a Phone-Free School Day. Acland Burghley School students talk frankly about the pros and cons of being a phone-free school. Watch their video (3 minutes, 28 seconds) 
• Consequences. Created by a girls’ group at Coram’s Fields Youth Programme, this film uses drama to highlight the consequences of bullying on and offline. Trigger warning - the film portrays bullying and its effects on the mental health of children and young people, which some viewers may find upsetting. Watch their video (3 minutes, 20 seconds). 

The 2026 runners-up were:

• The Desire to Fit In. A powerful animated film about the dangers of choosing the wrong friends by ARC Youth Club, based at SHAK on the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate, Kilburn, in partnership with Fitzrovia Youth in Action. Watch their film (5 minutes, 26 seconds)
• Count Me In. Camden Detached Youth Team worked with the Count Me In project to produce a short documentary film. Count Me In is a youth programme for children and young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities aged 13 to 19, based at Somers Town Youth Centre, which is seen as a safe space by its members. Watch their film (4 minutes, 45 seconds)
• A Safer Camden, On and Offline. A powerful poem by Chioma Nwabufoh, of The Dome Youth Club, Queen’s Crescent Community Association. Read her poem

Read the press release about the 2026 Youth Safety Multi-Media Awards and Camden Youth Awards event and see more photos from the event.

Previous years' winners and runners-up

• Read the full story from the 2025 Youth Safety Multi-Media Awards and Camden Youth Awards and see photos from the event
• You can also see the winning entries and runners-up from 2024 here as well as previous winners and runners-up on this page.

Useful info

• Child exploitation - spot the signs of criminal or sexual exploitation
• Be smart with your phone - using your phone in a way that keeps you safe, happy and in control
• Find out more about the work of the Youth Safety Taskforce and Youth Safety Steering Group here
• Hamdi, 17, Young Ambassador for Young Camden Foundation writes about her experience of attending a Youth Safety Steering Group meeting and hearing about work to keep our young people safe
• How to be an active bystander or responder - guide for residents of all ages across Camden, produced by Regent’s Park Young Guardians and Community Champions
• In Camden we call it out is a call for everyone to safely challenge and intervene when they witness sexual harassment and any type of inappropriate behaviour on our streets. Support the campaign to call out sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour.