city of service

Plymouth chosen as a City of Service

Plymouth is one of seven cities that have unveiled plans to organise up to 2,000 volunteers to tackle local problems, as Cities of Service launches in the UK – a volunteer programme based on the US model founded by the former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg.

Over the next 18 months, Plymouth, along with Barnsley, Bristol, Portsmouth, Swindon and Telford and Wrekin will use...

Pioneering Plymouth joins the ‘Cities of Service’

Plymouth has been selected as one of seven UK cities to join Cities of Service – a government-backed initiative to work with volunteers on city challenges.

Cities of Service is run by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and backed by the Cabinet Office. It is the first time it has been run in the UK and is built on the successful Cities of Service model developed by ex-Mayor of New...