Based in North Camden in London, our mission is to help each child succeed, regardless of their circumstances by giving them the opportunities and support they need.

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For children age 4 - 12

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For young people age 11 - 19

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For young adults age 19 - 25

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Events for December 2019

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Calendar of Events
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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2 Somali Rhyme Time CRAFT-ernoon at Belsize Community Library Little Artists Club Yoga with Charli – Intermediate	3 Story Time With Adam English Rhyme Time English Conversation Class Transitions Youth Club Pilates with Caroline View All 7 Events »	4 French Rhyme Time “A Bee and a Tree”, Story Time with the Author and Festive Bee Making! IT for over 60s Youth Club 4-6pm Story Time! View All 7 Events »	5 No Homework Reading Group with Robert Hudson	6 Mini Beat Music with Caroline (Autumn Term 2019) Mini Beat Music with Caroline (Autumn Term 2019) Councillors Surgery – Nayra Bello O’Shanahan 7-8pm	7	8
9 Somali Rhyme Time Little Artists Club Councillors’ Surgery for Belsize Ward Yoga with Charli – Intermediate	10 Story Time With Adam English Rhyme Time English Conversation Class Transitions Youth Club Pilates with Caroline View All 7 Events »	11 French Rhyme Time IT for over 60s Youth Club 4-6pm Story Time!	12 Belsize Community Library is closed today	13 Mini Beat Music with Caroline (Autumn Term 2019) Mini Beat Music with Caroline (Autumn Term 2019) Belsize Community Open Mic Night	14	15
16 Somali Rhyme Time CRAFT-ernoon at Belsize Community Library Little Artists Club Yoga with Charli – Intermediate	17 Story Time With Adam English Rhyme Time English Conversation Class Transitions Youth Club Story Time! View All 8 Events »	18 French Rhyme Time Youth Club 4-6pm Banned Book Club!	19 Friends of Belsize Library Monthly Event	20	21	22
23	24 Transitions Youth Club	25 Closed for Christmas Youth Club 4-6pm	26 Closed for Christmas	27 Closed for Christmas	28 Closed for Christmas	29 Closed for Christmas
30 Closed for Christmas	31 Closed for Christmas Transitions Youth Club

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The Winch Promise Work

My experience of Promise Work

It was around March 2013 when I first engaged with The Winch and met my Promise Worker. I was with the job centre and it was very bad at the time. I was frustrated, couldn’t keep control of my emotions and felt depressed and I wasn’t enjoying the courses which the job centre provided. It

A young person joins The Company

I joined the Company when I was 24 because I was trying to get work at the time, and I was with a Camden apprenticeships program and the Winch got in contact with them. The woman who was running the program at the time, Nina put me in touch with a (youth worker from The

A parent in emergency accommodation

My first contact with The Winch was one of the ‘Connecting Parents’ sessions that was nearly a year and a half ago. At the time I was in emergency accommodation. The coordinator of Homestart got in contact with Page (at) The Winch who introduced me to a session at Belsize Community Library. We did a