Thank you for volunteering with one of our Student-Led Projects. The Volunteering Service supports UCL students to set up their own community projects and is keen to ensure that volunteering with Student-Led Projects is a fun and safe experience for students. In this page you will find information about what you can expect from us.
The Student-Led Projects Team at the Volunteering Service will:
- Provide all Student-Led Projects with a dedicated project supervisor who can meet with them regularly to offer advice and guidance (including advice on volunteer recruitment, selection, and management).
- Provide all project leaders with training to make sure they have the necessary skills to manage the project.
- Support Project Leaders to risk assess their projects to ensure they are safe.
- Provide all SLP volunteers working with children or young people with access to safeguarding training.
- Provide all volunteers with certificates for completing our training courses.
- Provide all project leaders with information and advice about applying for funding from the Volunteering Service.
- Provide project leaders with relevant contacts for community organisations and schools within the community.
- Administer Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for all volunteers, if required.
- Provide administrative support for all Student-Led Projects, including processing references for volunteers and booking rooms within UCL and Students’ Union UCL.
- Offer a certificate for all volunteers registered with a Student-Led Project.
- Reimburse all travel expenses for bus, tube or standard class rail travel within Transport for London Zones 1-6 for volunteers of our Student-Led Projects.
