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 in April, we welcomed 4 new Student Support Leaders (SSL) to City Year UK, who are serving in our…
Read the storyIn celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility, our former City Year UK School Service Leader Dan, shares his experience…
Read the storyBack to Impact Report 2022-23 Mariyah explains how she mentored, coached and tutored a Year 10 student, X, to believe…
Read the storyLast Friday, as part of their Leadership and Development Days, our mentors took part in their Red Talks. A…
Read the storySince serving with City Year UK between 2021-2022, former City Year mentor Neil has taken the fight against education inequality…
Read the storyTo celebrate the start of Black History Month 2023, and City Year UK’s championing of diversity, our City Year Mentors…
Read the storyNazia is a City Year Mentor, serving on Team Moccasins in London, 2022-2023. I am a university student on a…
Read the storySimran is a City Year Mentor serving on Team Joy, in the West Midlands, 2022-2023. I joined City Year as…
Read the storyMarina is a City Year Mentor, serving on Team Power in London, 2022-2023. City Year changed me radically for the…
Read the storyMo is a City Year Mentor who proudly served in Team Joy at Ormiston Brownhills Academy in the West Midlands,…
Read the storyHope volunteered with City Year in Greater Manchester, 2021-22. She shares her personal development journey from her university placement year…
Read the storyTeam 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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