Community Action Days

What Are Community Action Days?

At City Year London, we dedicate one team of corps members to engaging the community. This team, the ARAMARK Civic Engagement Team, primarily creates projects to transform schools, parks and other locations that are shared by the community. Their aims are to make these places brighter and more cheerful, but also to bring real benefits to the users of the site. They engage teams of volunteers from outside of City Year to showcase some of the work we do and to inspire people to give back to their communities.

St. Wilfrid’s Day Care Centre, Kennington

17th December 2011

20 Volunteers Gave up their time to help their community for the day.

120 Hours Served in revitalising Priory Court Activity Centre.

3 Projects Volunteered in throughout the site.

 

There was a festive spirit in the air as volunteers descended on St. Wilfrid’s Day Care Centre on Saturday the 17th of December. They were to be greeted by a group of characters dressed in red, sporting reindeer antlers and santa hats. These characters were of course the ARAMARK Civic Engagement Team of City Year London. Read More »

Priory Court Activity Centre, Walthamstow

3rd December 2011

19 Volunteers Gave up their time to help their community for the day.

114 Hours Served in revitalising Priory Court Activity Centre

6 Projects Volunteered in throughout the site.

On Friday 2nd December, the ARAMARK Civic Engagement Team visited Priory Court Activity Centre to prepare for the following day. They were pleasantly surprised to walk in on an extremely well run childcare facility. The staff welcomed our team with open arms and made sure that their mugs of hot chocolate were never empty whilst they prepared. Read More »

Myatts Field North, Lambeth

23rd November 2011

19 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

114 hours served in revitalising the Activity Centre.

8 projects volunteered in throughout the day.

The pressure was on for the ARAMARK Civic Engagement Team to deliver their first Community Action Day located south of the river. The day before, a van was filled up with tools, paint and other necessities before embarking on route to Myatts. It seemed as though the team were destined for failure when on the way there when a tin of bright green gloss paint decided to empty itself in the back of the van. Read More »

North London Muslim Community Centre, Tottenham

9th November 2011

4 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

24 hours served in revitalising the community centre.

2 projects volunteered in throughout the day.

The day before our community action day, we arrived at The North London Muslim Community Centre for the first time and were welcomed by Haroon, a kind man who offered us a drink before we embarked on a quick tour of the building. Read More »

Ferry Lane Primary School, Tottenham

24 October, 2011

35 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

158 hours served in revitalising Ferry Lane Primary School.

4 projects volunteered in throughout the school grounds.

At 12 o’clock, a hall full of eager volunteers were talking. The buzz and bubble subsided as the opening program got underway. In no time at all our ARAMARK Civic Engagement Team had everyone on their feet doing starjumps. Read More »

Devonshire Hill Primary School, Tottenham

12 October, 2011

8 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

48 hours served in revitalising Devonshire Hill Primary School.

2 projects volunteered in throughout the school grounds.

One thing that first struck me about Devonshire Hill was their vast amount of outside space. They have a massive field as well as two playgrounds and a vegetable patch. Of course with such a large area, the upkeep can be very difficult, making the school a perfect candidate for a City Year community action day! Read More »

Chats Palace, Homerton

21 September, 2011

7 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

42 hours served in revitalising Chats Palace.

6 projects volunteered in throughout the building and garden of Chats Palace.

 

Chats Palace is important to the community of Homerton. As well as being a heritage site, for the last thirty years it has been used as a local arts centre and music venue. Today, it hosts an array of arts, dance and performance classes for all the community to enjoy. Read More »

Copenhagen Primary School, Islington

10 September,2011

22 volunteers gave up their time to help their community for the day.

132 hours served in revitalising Copenhagen Primary School.

3 projects volunteered in throughout the school grounds.

It was a cool Saturday morning when a team of volunteers converged on Copenhagen Primary School in Islington with the goal of revitalising the school as well as the playground. When we arrived we were taken aback by the sheer scale of what had to be done. Read More »