This is the hub for UCL students wanting to build social impact ventures, collaborate with community partners and scale ideas. Meet new people - Get inspired - Learn new skills - Engage with your community - Change the world!

What is Social Enterprise?

Social enterprises use business ideas to solve social and environmental problems. They reinvest profits into their purpose — not shareholders.

How to Get Involved

Curious about how business can create change? Join our events, workshops and hackathons to explore social enterprise, build new skills, and turn your ideas into action.

  • Discover: Join our Intro to Social Enterprise workshops and discover your cause
  • Build Skills: Learn practical skills — from pitching to impact measurement.
  • Create & Collaborate: Collaborate with students from all disciplines to solve big challenges in our Hackathons and Innovation Labs.
  • Experience: Step beyond the classroom through tours, trips and events with real-world changemakers.
  • Accelerate: Turn your idea into a real enterprise with expert support and mentoring.
Give it a Go
Explore London’s Social Enterprise Scene: Walking Tour
16/12/2025 | 10:45 - 13:15
🌍 Explore London’s Social Enterprise Scene: Walking Tour with Unseen Tours🕓 Duration: 2.5 hours📍 Start: Gordon Square (what3words = ///moth.relate.jazzy ) 📍 End: Seven Dials Market🪙 Ticket Price:  £5, including a free hot drink at Redemption Roasters  + £10 voucher at Seven Dials Market
Jobs & Skills
Emerging Economies Hackathon with the IDEAS society
17 - 18/01/2026
Hackathon: Global Challenge, Social Enterprise SolutionJoin us for an action-packed 2-day hackathon hosted by the Student Social Enterprise team x IDEAS Society —UCL’s only society focused on emerging economies and part of the international IDEAS Globally networ.  
Give it a Go
Speaker Series: From Helplessness to Collective Action with Tattoo Artist Karen Oosterhoff (Palestine Designs)
28/01/2026 | 16:30 - 19:00
Join tattoo artist and community organiser Karen Oosterhoff for an inspiring and interactive session on transforming feelings of helplessness into meaningful collective action. Karen is the founder of Get Tattooed for Palestine, a global solidarity project that uses tattoo art to raise funds and awareness for Palestinian families.
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Meet the team!

Levi Fernandez

Social Enterprise Manager

Ida Carlens

Social Enterprise Coordinator

💬 Have an idea for a project or event?
We’re here to help you turn your ideas into impact. Get in touch at [email protected] to co-create an event or explore how your project idea could make a positive impact.

Case Studies

Coming soon! Check back in a few weeks for some case studies of local social enterprises to you, and learn about how they make a difference!