City Year UK

Join us in celebrating 15 Years of City Year UK 🎉 2024 marks our 15th anniversary. In 2009 the City Year UK pilot started with seven trailblazing young volunteers who were inspired by a simple offer: ‘Give a year. Change the world - by supporting children in your own community’. Our organisation has since expanded in the West Midlands in 2013 followed by Greater Manchester in 2015. ⭐ Since 2009, City Year UK has trained and supported over 1,800 young adults to coach and mentor over 17,000 pupils in need of extra help and contributed to a positive learning environment for over 136,000 children. 🙌 To celebrate this momentous occasion we want to share inspirational stories from across those 15 years, demonstrating the incredible impact our mentors have made in the lives of the children and young people we serve. 🚀 Have you volunteered with us in the past or perhaps have had a City Year mentor throughout school who shaped who you are today? We'd love to hear from you. 🫵 🔗Head to our website to find out how you can get in touch with us and share your City Year story: https://lnkd.in/euCKe6Vk #CityYearUK #15Years #15thAnniversary #VolunteerImpact #MentoringMatters #EducationMatters #MakeADifference #InspiringStories #CelebratingSuccess

City Year UK Social Action Day 2024 🚀 Last week our mentors participated in their Social Action Day—a yearly event where our mentors are encouraged to develop a charitable project to tackle different social issues within their communities. ⭐ City Year Mentors across our 3 sites were hard at work, putting their efforts into a variety of inspirational Social Action Projects and we couldn’t be more proud! 🙌 We can’t wait to share a bit more about the work they’ve done. 😄 🔗Head to our website to learn more about social action work at City Year UK: https://lnkd.in/eB4Uqen5

Back in early October, we were delighted to welcome 15 #ArdianVolunteers to Weavers Adventure Playground as part of the Ardian Global Citizens Day, where they took part in a day of volunteering to create beautiful murals, storage carts and sandwich boards for the centre in Bethnal Green. 🌟 Despite the rain, the Ardian volunteers had a fantastic and eventful day working alongside our CY Mentors. We were so pleased to see their creations take shape and know that they will have a great impact for Weavers Adventure Playground and the children who use the centre! 🛠️ Huge THANK YOU to Ardian for their dedication and hard work! 🔗Head to our website to find out how our mentors are making an impact in their school communities: https://lnkd.in/emwJdwqC

City Year UK provides you with the opportunity to develop your skills and reach your potential. 📈 When joining our programme last year, former City Year Mentor Akanksha said that public speaking was one of the primary areas she wanted to develop. This year as a graduate of City Year UK, Akanksha delivered an inspiring talk to our new City Year mentors at their Red Jacket Ceremony. 🙌 Akanksha is one of many inspiring individuals who used their time at City Year UK, to succeed in meeting their personal goals. ⭐ 🔗Head to our website or message us to learn how City Year UK can help you unlock your potential - https://lnkd.in/e2dtXezr #Mentorship #PersonalDevelopment #PublicSpeaking #YouthEmpowerment #ProfessionalGrowth #InspiringStories

October is ADHD Awareness Month! 🌈🦋 Did you know around 1 in 20 young people in the UK has ADHD? Students with ADHD are 3 times more likely to struggle academically, and up to 40% may experience exclusion from school. At City Year UK our mission is to help young people overcome barriers to learning by supporting them within schools. We believe that increasing the awareness and understanding of ADHD can help ensure that every student gets the right support they need for the best education possible. 🙌 Let’s work together to create inclusive classrooms where all young people can thrive! 💪📚 Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) 🔗Head to our website to learn how we’re supporting young people in education: https://lnkd.in/eW7tJxcC #ADHDAwareness #CityYearUK #SupportYouthEducation #EducationForAll #Neurodiversity #MentalHealthAwareness #ADHDSupport

Leah and our Team Inspiration mentors are doing a fantastic fundraiser for Birmingham Children's Hospital, as part of their Social Action Project. 🌟 Check the post below for more details and for info on how you can donate. 👇

To celebrate #BHM24, our Manchester-based mentors in Team Aspire have created school notice boards for their students that spotlight important black figures! ⭐ These include athletes, musicians, and important figures throughout history. Also, in keeping with this year's theme of #ReclaimingNarratives they’ve featured films that focus on black history and experiences. ✊🏽 🔗Head to our website to learn more about the work we do in schools: https://lnkd.in/eW7tJxcC #ReclaimingNarratives #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #CityYearUK #AmplifyVoices#DiversityMatters #BHM #BHM24

Today is International Day of the Girl, and I’m supporting Inspiring Girls International’s #ThisLittleGirlIsMe campaign that’s working towards inspiring all the little girls out there. This little girl is me at five, holding my favourite teddy (Musa) and dressed like a ballerina💕 Girl you’d be so proud of me today!! If I could go back 19 years, my advice to you would be: don’t be afraid to be you. Deep down you’re such a people pleaser, and you can worry wayyyy too much about what others might think. None of that matters compared to how happy you deserve to be - so just focus on living your life to the full. You’ve just figured out how to do that at 24 now and you’re really living your best life💗 #ThisLittleGirlIsMe City Year UK

Citizen Day - October 8, 2024 ⚒ As part of our employee engagement program #Act4Change, we held our very first Citizen Day in London! 🌍 On this occasion, 14 Ardian volunteers took part in a solidarity action alongside City Year UK. The mission? To contribute to the local community buy building rolling library carts for schools and other essential items such as sign boards and playground benches. 🛠️🏫 A big thank you to all our volunteers for their dedication and for making a direct impact on the lives of local children and families! 👏 Hadia KEBE Canelle RUFFE-VALERY Victor Debbi Alexis de Girardier Salah Zouiri Charles Adjakpa Reiss Williams Anthony Chelala Salomeya G. Carmen Sanchez-Cantalejo Hevia Anheya-Krista Pirindeva Aoife Hynes Sonal Thakrar-Bhojani Matthew Thornton (FCCA) Rebecca B. #Act4Change #Citizenday #Solidarity #Employee #Engagement #Positiveimpact #Ardian #CityYearUK

We’re pleased to see the Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy's positive announcement regarding the Civil Society Covenant Framework. At NCS, we work with, and fund, many civil society partners who provide invaluable services for young people, helping us work towards a more cohesive and socially mobile society. We look forward to continuing to work with Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the wider government, particularly on issues that impact the lives of young people, as this framework develops. Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/e2kgb635?