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 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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Last month, our brand new City Year Mentors took the first steps of their amazing City Year journey, during the…
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Hello, my name is Simon Rohatynskyj and I served at Crumpsall Lane Primary School with City Year UK in Team…
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Today on the CYUK Blog, we have a post from one of our now-Alumni, Charis! She penned this piece for…
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Today, we’re bringing you something very special from some of our 2020/21 City Year Mentors: an insight into Project Creativity!…
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You’re all giving one year, To work with students as a near peer. Doing it all as a volunteer. So…
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“The thought of having my own mentor (known as a Bridge Builder) was one that I was excited about but…
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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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