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.
Back to Impact report 2019-2021 Chloe, a City Year Mentor, London, 2020-21, shares how her mentoring relationship with one pupil…
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Back to Impact report 2019-2021 Abul volunteered with City Year West Midlands in 2020-21. He shares his journey as part…
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Back to Impact report 2019-2021 Eloise, a City Year Mentor in Manchester, 2020-21, shares her story “I joined City Year…
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Back to Impact report 2019-2021 This year for the first time, City Year UK took part in the Morgan Stanley…
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Back to Impact report 2019-2021 In 2020-21, we piloted a partnership with an Alternative Provision setting in Walsall, for pupils…
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The first Social Action Project for our City Year Mentors took place on November 19th. Today we’re joined by Amelia…
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Amanpreet Bhogal, City Year Mentor, West Midlands, 2019-20 When I first heard about the Bridge Builder scheme of corporate mentors…
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I had previously spoken to the City Year team in June 2019 at a recruitment fair at Nottingham Trent University….
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Sharon has had a long career in education working with children and young people to attain and achieve. She is…
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Ashley Barratt volunteers as a ‘Bridge Builder’, offering ongoing careers advice and support to Volunteer Mentors at City Year West…
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“My journey with City Year has been amazing since day one. The world started to go downhill with COVID and…
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“Young people are the future. I believe that without their contribution there is no hope. We need to empower them…
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