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December 2025
Junior Club enjoying the festive season with presents. games, food and lot's of fun and smiles. |
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November 2025
Our wonderful Girls Glow team (Project Manager Sophia, pictured) took part in the Camden Council Youth Week Market Place Event. Bringing together services providers across the borough, the team had the opportunity to network, share best practice and showcase some of the great things they do. |
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July 2025
Camden New Town Festival Parade What an amazing day to be part of, our young people look fabulous in their costumes. They especially love making the giant puppets and being involved in the family festival parade |
May 2025
See Through Theatre came along and got creative with the children making masks and props for the Camden New Town Community Festival parade coming up. |
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February 2025
The young people attending the London Eye during February half term all of the young people had an amazing time gazing out from the giant Ferris wheel. They excitedly pointed out landmarks like Big Ben and the River Thames as they went higher into the sky. The young people enjoyed the stunning panoramic views of the city, some even pressing their faces against the glass to get a closer look, All of the young people really enjoyed the experience for most of them it was their first visit to the London eye. |
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December 2024
Maiden Lane Community Centre provided families with Christmas hampers to help the Christmas burden. Giving out food hampers at Christmas helps families, it also helps spread the joy and hope that are central to the Christmas season. Respond from a user: We are very lucky to have Maiden Lane's support at Christmas and all year around. Thank you. |
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December 2024
Girls Glow Girls Glow attended a Young Girls and Women's forum to discuss complex issues and barriers facing women and girls in the borough. The forum allowed the girls a voice. They also have a platform to air their views and concerns on topics such as keeping girls and women safe in Camden. |
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December 2024
Sweet Treat Girls Glow went out to their favourite ice cream parlour, Creams for a Christmas treat. |
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November 2024
Local schools feedback We are so grateful for the continued support that Maiden Lane Community centre provides for our families. Our families greatly appreciate the help accessing your Food bank and now ensuring no child goes cold this winter by donating the funds to purchase winter coats. The current cost of living crisis has really impacted our families, families who often go unseen. We have families at both schools who are living in temporary accommodation, receiving FSM or just above the threshold for FSM, so these families really struggle to feed their children healthy foods and clothes their children for the winter . We are forever grateful to you, for granting this opportunity to receive winter coats this year. |
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November 2024
We’ve Achieved the Bronze Award! Maiden Lane Community Centre is proud to announce that we have achieved the Bronze Award, a significant milestone in our journey towards excellence. This award reflects our dedication to creating a safe, inclusive, and vibrant space for everyone in our community. The Bronze Award highlights our commitment to best practices in safeguarding, health and safety, and quality youth work. It’s a testament to the hard work of our team and the support of our community. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this achievement—together, we’re building something truly special. Stay with us as we continue striving for even greater success! From everyone at Maiden Lane Community Centre. |
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February 2024
Our GIRLS GLOW PROJECT setup a 7 aside football team during February half term and entered this year's Camden community shield project run by the Dome, Our girls put in a lot of hard work training before the event, The day was a real success and was really enjoyed by all. There was some great girls football going on all day. All the players came away with medals. A big round of applause to all the girls who took part. |
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February 2024
Bil Sha boxing club is a great club, they support Maiden lane clubs by coming down to our sessions. The sessions help our young people's fitness, physical strength, and help develop their focus, determination and resilience whilst learning a new skill set. Comment from young person. This is my first ever boxing training and I love it, I'm going to ask my mum to sign me up. |
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October 2023
During Black History Month the Maiden Lane Community Nursery have been celebrating the different cultures. They did show and tell, looked at items brought in from Africa and the Caribbean. They saw different handmade crafts, such as sculptures and dolls made from natural wood and clothing made from natural fibres made in traditional African prints. |
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27th July 2023
New Diorame Theatre bought a performance to Maiden Lane Community Centre called 'The Other way home' The show explores themes of relationships, family and change through an imaginative story of two best friends with big imaginations who like making up stories and games. Till one day the games became real. The show was amazing all our children gave the show 5 ***** |
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30th May 2023
Girls Glow Boxing up a Storm The girls took part in a full day of training, learning the fundamental aspects of this sport. They really enjoyed learning the boxing techniques, from how to stand to where to position their hands to protect themselves when sparring. The session concluded with the girls attending a real-life Boxing Gym where they got the chance to step into the boxing ring and spar like a pro. Thank you so much BIL SHA Boxing Club for giving the girls such a wonderful experience. |
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5th May 2023
The Coronation celebration The children prepared all week making party decorations. They made and decorated their own Crowns, and we even made our tea cakes. With all the fun filled activities the children were finally ready for their tea party and the King's Coronation. The children came in all dressed up and and ready to party, ‘What a fun day we had’. |
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April 2023
DJing The girls enjoying another one of our regular DJ sessions. |
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February 2023
VISIT TO WAC (WEEKEND ARTS COLLEGE) As part of their International Women’s Day offerings, the girls were invited to a creative day where they learned how to create a record a podcast from scratch. It was a wonderful day at WAC’s fantastic premises, they created some fantastic work. |
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October 2022
GIRLS GLOW FOOTBALL The girls took part in London Youth’s Football Tournament at Coram’s. They joined up with Queens Crescent to create a team ‘QueensLane’ They worked really hard on the day, and done themselves proud! Well done QueensLane! |
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December 2022
THE PET SHOP The Community Nursery had a fun visit to the local pet shop. The children stroked the Hamsters and the Guinea Pigs, while they learned how to be gentle and kind to the animals so they can stay calm and relaxed. Although the children were full of chatter and excitement they did an amazing job! Once everyone was back at the nursery, the home corner was turned into their very own pet shop, and with a vet surgery too. All the children enjoyed joining in all the fun activities around this project. |
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8th October 2022
Eid Celebration The Mayor of Camden Nash Ali attended Maiden Lane’s Eid Celebration held to promote community health and to bring local people together with food and fun activities for all the family to enjoy. The Camden/NHS Health Bus was also present to support family members and individuals who might have missed their long-term care and support during the pandemic such as people with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart related conditions. Over 200 residents attend, and the event was a great success. |
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Foodbank updated
MLCC has teamed up with a new partner, York Way Sainsbury’s along with Camden town Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. We have reconnected with The London Irish Centre following the pandemic which is great. We are also working closely with Torriano school, our food bank has gone in their newsletter, and we are working with the school to help support the most in need. Young people are volunteering on Friday evenings in the foodbank, putting food away, packing and recycling (image on the right). It is helping them to learn new skills and gain valuable experience. Increasing referrals are coming in from family support workers. We are working with around 15-20 families a week, feeding around 40-60 people a week. This number is set to increase to above pandemic numbers as the winter sets in, along with cost-of-living crises, inflation etc. |
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