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Angela Mason, Camden Councillor and lead on matters concerning children and families, talked with Camden Community Radio about her concerns re the roll out of the Government’s policy of Universal Cred...
Healthwatch Camden plays an important part in ensuring that service providers hear what sort of health care local people want. Young people are the focus of a social media campaign that Healthwatch is...
Licence2skill is a pilot project of meaningful engagement for people who suffer with mental health illness, specifically depression, anxiety and stress. The project will be a service people can use to...
Anna Wright tells how Healthwatch Camden was about to use its powers to visit and check on the quality of local care homes when it heard that‘Independent Age’ was keen to develop indicators to help or...
Healthwatch Camden thinks that it is vital that work on Sustainability and Transformation plans listen to what local people have to say. Some of the proposals seem alarmingly likely to lead to privati...
Frances Hasler of Healthwatch Camden explains how Healthwatch supports local people in improving services. By finding out what the priorities are for improvements in the provision of health and social...
Spectrum is the homeless day centre in Camden Town. It provides support and direction for homeless people in Camden. Most of all, it acts as a safe space for spending some of the day and a chance to c...
Since one of our colleagues became homeless in Camden, we have been thinking about the issue of homelessness in the borough. In this show Freddy Chick speaks to some of the homeless people in Camden a...
Depression can affect anyone. In the UK, around 1 in 5 people experience depression or anxiety according to official figures (*). In Camden, about 28 000 people were described as suffering from depres...
every year Crisis provides companionship and support for the homeless at Christmas. Lacky talks to Wayne about their experiences of volunteering with Crisis. Alongside shelter and food they offer hair...
Tommy has spent years of his young life on the streets. He knows the deal and what the rules are. He and his brother are both out on the streets together. The are they only family each of them has.
Only today, Prince William launched a new appeal to combat homelessness on behalf of Centrepoint and the Evening Standard. It’s a cause that is close to his heart, and an issue that is spiralling acro...
The numbers of homeless people on the streets in Camden is reaching crisis point. There has been a shocking series of deaths of homeless people round Camden Town and yet despite the risks, more and mo...
There is a noticeable rise in the number of people, mostly men, homeless in Camden Town. Everyone who is homeless is out for a different reason, has their story to tell. Here’s one of them. Package...
A homeless protest has been started beside Broadcasting House. The protesters are the same group of homeless men we went to speak to a few weeks ago. They’ve decided enough is enough and this time the...
It’s all too common a sight to see homeless people in London. The number of people who are homeless in the city is in the middle of a sharp rise. It’s unusual though to see people living in tents on t...
Speak Up for Libraries is a campaign fighting to protect libraries from cuts and closures in Camden and nationally. In recent years, local government cut backs have hit libraries hard and it looks cer...
There will be a Summer Holiday Play Scheme at Camden Square for children aged 4 to 12 years of age, from 233rd July to 30th August 2013, with: Breakfast club: 81,-9am Extended day: 9am– 6pm Core da...
Cina Aissa went to Regis Road Recycling centre, where she chatted with staff about the highs and lows of their work, which has transferred from control by Camden Council to the North London Waste Auth...
When Camden Community Radio’s Cina Aissa went to collect her free compost bin at Regis Road Recycling Centre, she met Alex Rainbow from London Community Resource Network. She asked why free compost bi...