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.
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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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Mo is a City Year Mentor who proudly served in Team Joy at Ormiston Brownhills Academy in the West Midlands,…
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Back to Impact report 2021-2022 “I have a confession to make… amongst my team I am famous for crying. Not…
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Back in October, Team Diamonds (serving at Kings Heath Boys in the West Midlands), climbed Kinder Scout to raise money…
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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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Last month, our brand new City Year Mentors took the first steps of their amazing City Year journey, during the…
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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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