Young Camden Foundation

Who we are

The voluntary youth sector plays a vital role in the lives of young people, but the barriers they face are complex and won’t be solved in isolation.

Young Camden Foundation (YCF) is a membership-led organisation that aims to improve the life chances of children and young people in Camden by building capacity in the Children and Young People’s sector. Set up as a joint venture in May 2017 by London Borough of Camden and John Lyons Charity, YCF aims to provide a positive new approach to supporting the local Children and young people sector. 

Our mission: To encourage and assist our members, partners, and supporters in connecting and working together to form innovative and sustainable opportunities for young people. We aim to do this by utilising our networks to broker more investment and build more capacity in the Children and Young People sector.

Our values: Collaboration; equality; community; sustainability.

Our objectives:

• Increase long-term investment in the Children and Young People sector in Camden
• Enable new cross-sector collaboration between members, partners, and supporters
• Ensure that young people feel safe, listened to, and are thriving and achieving their full potential
• Ensure that members have the capacity to deliver high-quality and sustainable youth provision