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  • Isabelle O'Carroll

Salvino, a local shop and community lifeline
Salvino, a local shop and community lifeline 1920 1280 Isabelle O'Carroll

Salvino is a family-run delicatessen and wine shop on the edges of Kentish Town. Opened in 1981, we spoke to…
  • Karishma Puri

Wood That Works: carving out a community space
Wood That Works: carving out a community space 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Wood That Works offers a nurturing background for people to learn a range of traditional carpentry skills. Tucked under the…
  • Isabelle O'Carroll

How to join or start a food co-op in your community
How to join or start a food co-op in your community 1920 1210 Isabelle O'Carroll

Co-operation Town in Kentish Town is a network of community-led food co-ops that run different groups around Camden. What is…
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Activism, community work and disability awareness: Girlguiding at Pax Lodge
Activism, community work and disability awareness: Girlguiding at Pax Lodge 1187 1280 WeMakeCamden

Girlguiding is a charitable organisation that supports girls to thrive and in turn help their communities. Spread over 150 countries…
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Encourage social action in your community with Sankofa Storytelling Arts
Encourage social action in your community with Sankofa Storytelling Arts 1920 1280 WeMakeCamden

Sankofa Storytelling Arts is a Camden-based business that offers Solution-based Applied Drama approaches to the workshops for children that encourage…
  • Isabelle O'Carroll

Camden Black-owned businesses: Roger Shakes of Roger’s Kitchen
Camden Black-owned businesses: Roger Shakes of Roger’s Kitchen 1920 1280 Isabelle O'Carroll

Black Pound Day is a monthly event that aims to encourage support for Black-owned businesses and bring about a shift…
  • Isabelle O'Carroll

Camden’s Virtual Work Experience programme, expanding access to work experience across the borough
Camden’s Virtual Work Experience programme, expanding access to work experience across the borough 1920 1280 Isabelle O'Carroll

In response to the first COVID-19 lockdown, Camden Council’s STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) programme team developed a…
  • Isabelle O'Carroll

Shirley Fortune, uncovering Bloomsbury’s hidden Black history
Shirley Fortune, uncovering Bloomsbury’s hidden Black history 1920 1280 Isabelle O'Carroll

Have you ever walked down a London street and wondered about the hundreds of years of stories that lie just…
  • Karishma Puri

Clarkson Row, a blooming oasis in the heart of Camden
Clarkson Row, a blooming oasis in the heart of Camden 1920 1280 Karishma Puri

For the residents of Clarkson Row near Euston, a simple series of planters have helped them build a community, lower…
  • Karishma Puri

Empowering residents to champion change in Regent’s Park
Empowering residents to champion change in Regent’s Park 1920 1280 Karishma Puri

Fitzrovia Youth in Action is a local organisation that is piloting Community Champions Regent’s Park, a resident-led health and wellbeing…
  • Caroline Simpson

The Zen Project, bringing bitesize meditation to Camden’s streets
The Zen Project, bringing bitesize meditation to Camden’s streets 1920 1236 Caroline Simpson

The Zen Project is a mobile wellbeing station that offers guided Zen sessions from a converted American school bus. The…
  • Karishma Puri

Wellcome Collection is on a journey to becoming an anti-racist and anti-ableist organisation
Wellcome Collection is on a journey to becoming an anti-racist and anti-ableist organisation 1920 1280 Karishma Puri

Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library in Euston exploring health and the human experience. Through exhibitions, collections, publishing…

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