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 2023-24 Will is a former City Year Mentor who served in Greater Manchester from 2023-2024….
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Back to impact report 2023-24 Kacia is a former City Year Mentor who served in London from 2023-2024. “When I…
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Back to impact report 2023-24 Hannah is a former City Year Mentor who served in London from 2023-2024. “I had…
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Back to impact report 2023-24 Mabinty is a former City Year Mentor who served in London from 2023-2024. “As I…
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2 of our Team Inspiration Mentors serving at Q3 Academy Langley have written individual testimonials about the positive change they’ve…
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Ahead of International Women’s Day, City Year UK alumni and GirlDreamer co-founder Amna writes about the formative experience of seeing…
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Back in April, we welcomed 4 new Student Support Leaders (SSL) to City Year UK, who are serving in our…
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Back to Impact Report 2022-23 Mariyah explains how she mentored, coached and tutored a Year 10 student, X, to believe…
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Since serving with City Year UK between 2021-2022, former City Year mentor Neil has taken the fight against education inequality…
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To celebrate the start of Black History Month 2023, and City Year UK’s championing of diversity, our City Year Mentors…
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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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