Volunteering

Our UCL SDG Consultancy Challenge delivered on 12-16 June this year and involved 61 students across 8 projects - working hard to deploy the project management and consultancy skills they developed at our training ahead of the week to find innovative and sustainable ways for the

Our annual Volunteering Awards are our chance to celebrate the wonderful volunteering community here at UCL, and to recognise and thank the incredible contributions of our volunteers and partner organisations.

Nuzulia is a postgraduate student doing an Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc at the Barlett School of Energy and Environmental Resources.

The Calthorpe Community Garden is located a 10-minute walk from Kings Cross in London and has been open for over 40 years. This garden is open to all and is run with the help of staff, volunteers, and the local community.

Ginevra is a third year Linguistics student and Anastasija is a second year Economics and Business with EES student, together, they are Project Leaders for the UCL Helping Children Discove

Sustainability plays a key role in the development of communities. Voluntary organisations make a vital contribution to the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of their communities, and the volunteers that work with them are at the heart of this effort.

Daisy is a second year Psychology student, and she has been doing an amazing job as Project Leader for the #Zero Food Waste SLP, winner for the Student Led Project of the Year award!

Rachel Weller, a first-year student studying Archaeology and Anthropology, walked us through her experience of raising funds for Hope for Children (registered charity number: 1161729). 

Lifeafterhummus is a food bank organization which operates by collecting surplus food products from 45 supermarkets from around the Borough of Camden, London and individual donations, with the help of over 50 local volunteers.

On the 20th of May, the Petrie Museum, a part of UCL Museums, hosted a workshop for children called ‘What’s in a Name?’, where young children were invited to learn how to write their name in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics by creating a clay impression.

Lily and Emilia are the Project Leaders for the Girls Can Kick SLP, part of the UCL Women's Football Clu

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We had a lovely chat with Kimberley, who is in her third year of Biomedical Engineering studies, and she has been co-leading the SLP Project Impactive.

Looking for things to do in London this summer? Why not try out volunteering!Summer is a great time to get involved in something new.

Olga is a second year Data Science student; she is also a Project Leader for the UCL Leaders Conference SLP, part of the

Niamh is the Project Leader for the iNUGS Widening Participation Scheme project, part of UCL’s

Sustainability plays a key role in the development of communities, and volunteering is a vital way through which social and environmental sustainability goals can be achieved.

We sat down with George Way, a MSc Globalisation and Latin American Development student, to chat about his volunteering experience with Aspierations.

UCL students volunteer their time with organisations across London, helping to contribute to the sustainability of local communities.