Young Guardians - Every Thursday

Young Guardians comes under our Community Champions umbrella - creating initatives and prototypes for community safety led by local young people

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YOUNG GUARDIANS MEET EVERY THURSDAY - LOCAL YOUNG RESIDENTS AGED 12+ WHO WANT TO TAKE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY

Young Guardians have

• reviewed the Choices programme for Camden Deached Youth Team - Autumn 2025
• trained 30 young people across Somers Town as Young Guardans summer 2025
• created a new film together related to vaping and exploitation
• recieved training from FWD in drugs and alcohol awareness
• stewarded Regent's Roots event and had workshops and event activities with Railway Children around child exploitation
• created training fro professionals and adult locl residents related to Being a active responder and active bystander - -They have also learnt some brilliant photography techniques with photographer Louie Stewart, using analogue cameras and these photos have been used in their resources - Head to www.fya.org.uk/safety/ to see!
• had a residential together to build new workshops they want to run
• led Winter Wellbeing events and other socials and pop ups related to safety, wellbeing and bringing our local community together
• volunteered at our Community Kitchens
• recieved training from Street Doctors in first aid

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- The group organised the first Regent's Park Estate Community Festival in Cumberland Market, Clarence Gardens and outside Old Diorama Arts Centre on Drummond Street and it was a great success! Head to our previous events to check it out

- The team organised Illumination Market in Nov 2022, to bring people together as the cost of living started to hit and to have a positive activity in Clarence Gardens

- In december 2022, the young people collaborated with the Community Champions and held 6 days of Community Kitchen, to try to bring some joy, free hot meals and a place to have free entertainment in a warm space over the december holiday. This then continued to be delivered weekly between February and July 2023, and will hopefully return in September 2023! The group were awarded the Youth Service Award at the Camden Youth Awards for volunteering and leading through their holiday.

-The team got an increased level of contextual safeguarding training, public speaking and were trained by Street Doctors in emergency first aid when someone is bleeding or are injured by a weapon - they have designed their own resources and films to help other young people and community members understand what to do in moments of conflict or if someone is injured! The group have developed a training for local shop keepers, services and organisations using bystander intervention techniques and 'in case of emergency' what to do and who to call for key community safety issues they and other residents have told us about.