Stories

I found Serve the City when I was in Leuven for one month. I wanted to volunteer, but I didn’t speak a lot of Dutch. At the time, Serve the City Leuven was just making a new start after taking a break. I found their [...]

After ten years we thought it would be a good idea to repaint the walls of our local service center, Seniorama in Leuven. Firstly, we discussed some practicalities in a small work group and it was around this time that we [...]

Every year the city of Leuven organises a big action to clear the streets from litter. The city asks volunteer organisations to help, so as many people as possible are cleaning during the action days. Serve the City Leuven [...]

Love is the universal language understood by all.  With an aim to spread this message, Serve The City team organized – The Street Kindness project on Valentine’s Day. The project saw enthusiastic participation [...]

December 2017 Christmas was a memorable one for the volunteers of Serve the City. Embodying, the true Christmas spirit of  spreading love, light and joy; we joined forces with Burrtwerk t’Lampeke to organise a Christmas [...]

“When moving back to Leuven after 16 years living and working abroad, I had no idea where and how to start making connections and building a network that would support my personal development as well as give me a [...]

“When I arrived in Brussels,  five years ago, I was surprised to see so many people in need. Therefore, I decided to do something in my spare time to help make a difference. A friend told me about Serve the City and I [...]