Summer 2026

Here is one of our favourite shots from our family day out to Margate.
May 2026

Family Fun Day - a fun filled day with a lot various activities for the whole family. Please safe the date for the next one on Saturday 18th July 2026, 1pm - 4pm.​
April 2026

HAF Easter Programme in full swing. Children having a chance to have fun and make happy memories with their friends through play activities.  Children were able to enjoy a hot meal, this experience helped the children build on their friendships and develop important social skills, sitting down together encouraged conversation, communication and laughter.
April 2026 - Easter Holiday

Girls Glow run a DJing and art project (Designing baseball caps and tote bags) allowing the girls to get creative though art and music. Thank you to NW5 project for joining in and making it such an amazing event. 
April 2026

Thursday nights Family dance fitness - mum and daughter keeping fit together. Please come and join in the fun, Thursdays (term time only), 6.30pm - 7.30pm (Female's only).
March 2026

Meet and Gain's Project - Iftar Party - Celebration with foods.

February 2026

Young People enjoying making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.
February 2026

Meet and Grains Project - Valentine's Community meal spreading the love in the community. 
January 2026

Girls Glow - T-shirt Project for 5 weeks. Watch this space for final T-shirts display...

​January 2026

Women and Girls dance fitness class on Thursday evening, Come along to keep fit.
December 2025

Thank you to Meet and Grains Project for another successful lunch (Christmas lunch). We look forward to the next lunch on Saturday 10th January 2026, 1pm - 2.30pm at Maiden Lane Community Centre.
December 2025

Junior Club enjoying the festive season with presents. games, food and lot's of fun and smiles.
December 2025

A small gesture, wrapped with love - sharing Christmas hampers spreading Christmas joy.

Quote from a user
"Thank you, Amanda for all your amazing work throughout the year"
December 2025

Christmas vibes: Girls Glow + ice creams = pure joy! 
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.  
October 2025
Maiden Lane Community nursery - show casing some of the activities that the nursery children taking part in. 
October 2025
Thank you to our Girls glow project for helping with outreach for our young girls and women's fitness classes starting up on Thursday 16th October.
September 2025
The Children went for an autumn walk and collected conkers, acorns, pine cones, autumn leafs and plenty more. The children created pictures using glue and paint and stuck down what they had found on their autumn walk.
September 2025
A month of fun at our Tuesday night Junior Club from making smoothies to bug huts, decorating biscuits, jewellery making and board games. 
September 2025
Thank you to Meat and Grains Project for putting on another great community meal, the turn out was amazing. 
We were also able to offer families free fruits and vegetables to take home. Thank you to the Felix Project. 
August 2025
Thank you to MAKE GOOD and their team for joining us over the summer, our young people were involved in shaping neighbour change. The young people looked at the Camley street redevelopment and the green spaces that are around them and made models of what they would like to see in the future in these areas.

Thank you to Camden council for organising this event, our young people really did enjoy the workshop.
August 2025 - Summer Fun
Making Slim, Jewellery Making, Arts and Crafts, Planting with the Greenspaces Project
July 2025
Our Girls Glow project getting involve in packing healthy food parcel for Camden residents
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July 2025
Everyone enjoy the Maiden Lane Smoothie bike from young people to older people. Wonderful smoothies were made by all. ​
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. 
May 2025

May half term planting and growing seeds with the Green Space project.
April 2025

We are working with the Maiden Lane TRA (Tenants and Residents Association) @Maidenlanetra to organise the community meal for older people. The residents of Maiden Lane enjoying a community meal over the Easter. Everyone was happy to have an afternoon together socialising with one and another. 
April 2025

Thank you to the Transport for London Museum for allow us to join the Community Access Service. This gave us free entry to the TFL museum. The trip was very educational and engaging. 
April 2025

It was great to host a DJ and podcasting project. Thank you to the NW5 project for coming down. It was a fun inclusive creative day.
April 2025

The sun was out so the water play was out! Our Junior Club had lots of fun running around cooling off in the sunshine.
April 2025
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Maiden Lane Community Nursery children participated in Easter activities. The children made Easter cards and Easter rice Krispie cupcakes. The children created flags for St Georges Day using paints and sponges, brushes.
February 2025
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'Welcome to our open day!' Other children and parents came and visited our nursery. They got to see us in action, stayed and played and meet new friends.
February 2025

Maiden Lane Community Nursery have been looking at various building structures. The children took part in building houses and towers.
 February 2025

A fun day at the London Aquarium was had by all. The young people's eye lit up as they spotted the large first tank filled with colourful tropical fish darting around. The Aquarium kept the young people engaged with plenty of interactive exhibits that allowed them to touch and learn about marine life. The visit to the aquarium for the young people was full of wander and excitement. 
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.
January 2025

Maiden Lane Community Nursery has been celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the snake. 'Kung hei Fat Choi' 

The nursery children have been having discussions about healthy eating. They have been naming and  choosing their preferred fruit and vegetables, creating healthy sandwiches. We discussed our wellbeing and the positive effects of eating healthy foods.
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. 
December 2024

Juniors Club enjoying the festive season - Cinema Trip 
Junior Club getting in the festive season putting up our Christmas tree and decorating our hall. As there Christmas treat, they all went to the cinema to see Paddington. 
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. 
December 2024

Sweet Treat
Girls Glow went out to their favourite ice cream parlour, Creams for a Christmas treat. 
December 2024
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The children are seen here enjoying their end of term Christmas party. Maiden Lane Community Nursery have been focusing on winter. The children discussed the changes in weather and the different types of cold weather such as snow, ice or hail.  The children also discussed the different types of clothing worn during different seasons. Here are some of our children in their winter clothing.
November 2024

Girls Glow Event
The mum and daughter night was a great success. The topic was mental well being.
We showed a video on services supporting mental health, everyone took part in a quiz around well being. This opened up lots of discussions around the topic. It was lovely to see mum and daughters engaging in conversations around their own wellbeing.
All the girls took part in the yoga and breathwork workshop. The night was one of many to come.
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.
November 2024
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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.
November 2024

Maiden Lane Community Nursery children's chosen book was 'Whatever Next'. The children played the story and took part in many activities associated with the story book.
October 2024
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The young people had a lots of fun getting creative during their school holidays. Getting involved in activities, making toffee apples, making mask, planting with the wonderful Greenspaces Project, Making ghosts and lots more.

"This is the most fun I have had in a long time, can I come back" (Quote from new child).
October 2024

The children visited the local park, they enjoyed playing in the sand and used the sand tools and made sand moulds and sand castles. The children also accessed the play area and played on a variety of play equipment.
August 2024

On a bright summer morning, 14 excited children from Maiden Lane Community Centre set off to Woburn Safari Park as part of the HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) summer scheme. The trip was a unique opportunity for the children to experience a world beyond their usual surroundings. As they drove through the safari, wide-eyed kids spotted lions lounging in the sun, giraffes towering gracefully, and cheeky monkeys jumping onto cars. The day was filled with laughter, learning, and awe as they explored the different animals and enjoyed the various park activities. The trip was not only fun but also educational, giving the children memories that will stay with them for years. This outing, supported by the HAF scheme, highlighted the importance of providing enriching experiences for young people, ensuring they have both enjoyable and meaningful activities during the holidays.
June/July 2024

Maiden Lane Community Centre and Camden square children have joined together to work with the AMAZING See through theatre company to create wonderful art pieces for the Camden New Town Community Festival parade. They are all having so much fun being creative and everyone is looking forward to showing off their work at the parade.
Look out for the Camden New Town Community Festival flyer on our website, and come along on the day to join in on the fun.
June 2024

Maiden Lane Community Nursery end of summer term trip to Freightliners City Farm. The Children experienced seeing the different farm animals. Pigs, geese, goats, rabbits etc they even got to stroke the Rabbits. We then visited the park after where the children ran around and enjoy the outdoor. The children had a great day so did the staff. 
June 2024
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Maiden Lane Community hosted a community meal for our older residents. We support a project called Meet & Grains run by local residents of Maiden Lane Estate.

They provided a warm hearty meal, we created an amazing atmosphere with music. This event will be held every 1st Saturday of the month, the next one is on Saturday 6th July, 1pm. 
'It was so nice to see my friends at this event and socialising. Food was great, thank you all. I will definitely be coming to the next one's as I don't see my friends enough."
May 2024

Girls warming up during the GIRLS GLOW IN MOTION Creative Dance project. The girls are working towards a live performance in July. Dance sessions are every Thursday 4-6.30pm.
May 2024

May half term was another great week. Green spaces joined us creating yet another nature green spaces project. The children got to explore our orchid. They looked at tree life, insects that live in our tree's. The children created some amazing art work on the day. 
May 2024

Physical - The children take part in pulling the large colorful elastic band, they use large movements and problem solve how to untangle the band
Snack Time - Personal social and Emotional- A healthy snack is provided, and the children are able to select their prefered snack. 
Water Play - The children are filling and emptying water from the cups using their hand and eye coordination. 
April 2024

The Family Fun Day on Saturday 20th April, 1pm - 4pm was a great success. Thank you all for coming we'll see you on our next event. There was something for all the family. 
"I wanted to take a moment to express our appreciation for today's family fun day. It was exceptionally well-organized, with a variety of activities for the children. My daughter had a wonderful time, and we were amazed at how quickly the day flew by—it was already 4 pm before we knew it! 
The atmosphere was fantastic, and everyone interacted with respect and kindness. We were pleasantly surprised that everything, including the pizza, was provided free of charge. 
Thank you for organising such a fantastic event. We are looking forward to the next family fun day!"
April 2024

Thank you again to the green city project for delivering a great workshop, how to make a wormery....
Our junior club had so much fun, it's a great hands-on project to teach children about composting, recycling and the environment, whilst making a home for their wiggly friends.
It was a whole lot of fun!!!!!
April 2024
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Girls having fun ‘Glowing’ on the Decks.  Never too young to start learning the art of DJing here at Maiden Lane
April 2024

The children's book of the month is 'The Gingerbread Man'.
The children have been reading the story and also took part in baking their own ginger breadman..
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February 2024
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Green city project attending our junior club session over February half term to run an environmental project with our junior club, our young people got to learn all about different birds that may live around them and learnt how to build their own birds nests. The young people got very creative on the day and lots of fun was had by all.
February 2024

Our 10-teen project got involved in a cooking project during February, The young people made pancakes with healthy options for their fillings, They enjoyed flipping and creating their own pancakes to enjoy and eat during the session.

One member said that it was so much fun, I've never made my own pancake or flipped a pancake before... Delicious...
February 2024
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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.
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.
December 2023

Maiden Lane Community Nursery went on a Christmas Trip to the Talacre Treetops. The children explored the soft play.

Well done , Nabil!

Clipping from Camden New Journal on Thursday 7th December 2023 for full edition please click on the link below.
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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.
August 2023

The Camley Street team at Camden Council partnered with Wood that Works and our young people from the Maiden Lane Community Centre. We made an incredible bench using donated railway sleepers for a future community outdoor space as part of the Camley Street redevelopment. Wood that Works were amazing with the young people and created a brilliant environment for them to learn new skills and contribute to the future of their local area with their creation. Thanks to Ricky, Honey and Cam at Wood that works and all the team at Camden council especially Preet,  Rozita for giving our young people this opportunity.
If you are interested please contact Amanda on 074 1535 4784 or email [email protected] 
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 *****
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.
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.
​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!
December 2022
THE PET SHOP 
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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.
8th October 2022
Eid Celebration
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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.
Foodbank Team
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.