Our stories
Stories are woven into the fabric of our organisation and we hope that anyone who is involved with us will go away with their own City Year story to tell - of how young people are changing Britain for the better. Please share them. We hope they will inspire many more.
Nazia is a City Year Mentor, serving on Team Moccasins in London, 2022-2023. I am a university student on a…
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Simran is a City Year Mentor serving on Team Joy, in the West Midlands, 2022-2023. I joined City Year as…
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Marina is a City Year Mentor, serving on Team Power in London, 2022-2023. City Year changed me radically for the…
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Mo is a City Year Mentor who proudly served in Team Joy at Ormiston Brownhills Academy in the West Midlands,…
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Hope volunteered with City Year in Greater Manchester, 2021-22. She shares her personal development journey from her university placement year…
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Team Starfish in Greater Manchester served at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, 2022-23. “When I first met MW he was unengaged….
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Mushtaq proudly served as a City Year Mentor in London, 2022-23. “It has been a stimulating responsibility to serve as…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 City Year UK is delighted to be partnering with the Danaher Foundation, with the organisation’s…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 Ed Unwin, an International Relations student at LSE, spent a year volunteering with City Year…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 Emma, a City Year Mentor in Greater Manchester, charts the extraordinary progress made by one…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 Five years on, Ama reflects on the lasting impact that having City Year in her…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 “Growing up in the deprived neighbourhood of Croydon myself, I went through experiences that no…
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