A role model and mentoring programme that is backed by US president Barack Obama is rolling out to schools in Birmingham.
The City Year programme is already established in London after being brought to the UK from America in 2010.
The programme recruits young adults aged 18 to 25 and places them in mentoring roles in inner city schools for a year. This year, 112 volunteers were placed in schools in the capital, supporting more than 6,000 children.
The expansion to Birmingham will see 50 young adult mentors recruited to support 4,000 pupils, including intensive support for the most vulnerable 400. From September, City Year recruits will be working at Golden Hillock School and Parkfield Community School with up to three other school partnerships to be developed.
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