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Serve the City is active in Amsterdam for the 15th year this year. To celebrate that and because it is time for a new t-shirt design, we are now running a design competition! Are you our new [...]

“There is a healing power in giving” This week I found myself chatting to a project coordinator volunteer just as we were about to leave. She told how she had gone through a difficult time in her [...]

Linda, Coordinator with Serve the City  “Recently, I quit my job and was searching for volunteer work, because I wanted to do something good, instead of simply staying at home and being [...]

Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on March 20th. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good [...]

“To admit that you are lonely is very big”, I say to a friend while we are walking in The Vondelpark. It’s Sunday morning. I walk with a child on my back in the baby carrier, she with my [...]

“We’ve cleaned enough here,” I said, while looking at human excrement. Sorry guys, but that is what I saw. Together with our group of “office” volunteers, I am cleaning the [...]

What kind of work do you do? A frequently asked question when you meet someone for the first time. I always find it very difficult to give a short and clear answer. I do so many different things [...]

Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on September 26st. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good [...]

Are you the super pancake maker we’re looking for? Then join our challenge! On August 1, we’re going to cook a total of 1,128 pancakes for the elderly and homeless, and we still need [...]

It was on Thursday March 12th. Serve the City, Burennetwerk, Ympact020 and Present had a brainstorm lunch this afternoon. How could we cooperate better in the future? What would be our joint [...]