Get yourself a Students' Union profile!
Why should I register?By registering with the Community Research Initiative, you'll never miss a thing. We'll more easily be able to promote what you do to 100s of UCL students. You will have your own login and profile page and have full control of this.
We're here to answer your questions!
Use this link to make your 1:1 with the Community Research Initiative manager, Anne Laybourne
Info for community partners: Community Research Initiative
What are we all about?The Community Research Initiative works to create ways for voluntary, community and non-profit organisations to collaborate with our top quality students. This is part UCL's commitment to working with and for its local community.
Women Only Project Active
Women Only Project Active Join us for a variety of Women Only weekly classes, activities and events! Take part in our Women Only weekly class which include: Dance Fit, Barre, Pilates and Run Clubs.
Match Making Requests
Let's start some conversations!At the Community Research Initiative, we can approach voluntary organisations, community groups, non-profits and social enterprises on your behalf - this is our brokering service.
10 Essential Ingredients For Your University Kitchen
Written by Kayi Yeung, MSc Business Analytics
TeamUCL Gym T's & C's
Welcome to our Terms & ConditionsOur Terms and Conditions are in place to provide clarity to gym users about how we operate.
Afghanistan one year on - the UCL student response
Throughout the last academic year, UCL students were busy fundraising and volunteering in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
Project Active x Sports Clubs
Project Active x Sports Clubs Collaborate with Project Active to introduce your sport to a wider range of people, especially those who are beginners or who are not sport-orientated. Increase exposure to your club, get more students active and and encourage more Postgraduate engagement in sport!
UCL Charity Consultancy Challenge 2022
Take a group of UCL students who’ve never met before, put them into a totally new situation for a week – what can they achieve? Quite a lot, as it happens.
What's it like to work for the Union bars?
Written by Amy Tickner, MA History
Easy Ways To Be Eco-Friendly At Uni
Written by Vaania Kapoor Achuthan, Sustainability Officer
"The best thing during the challenge was getting to work with people from so many different cultural and academic backgrounds"
Mya is a first-year student studying Human Sciences at UCL. She took part in UCL's first ever Charity Consultancy Challenge, which ran over the course of one-week back in June. She told us about the skills she gained from it and how she and her team managed to create a period pad from water hyacinth in such a short time!
UCL offers such an amazingly wide range of volunteering opportunities, which not only allow you to help others but also to develop yourself as a person.
In addition to  Emma Bunting’s PhD in Neuroscience, for which she researches Huntington’s Disease, she’s been an active volunteer throughout her time at UCL. Recently, she took part in the inaugural UCL Charity Consultancy Challenge; we caught up with Emma to find out more.
Launch Event for Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London
The countdown to UCL’s 2026 bicentenary has begun. 'Generation UCL’ asks what if we put the lived experiences of students and alumni at the heart of UCL’s story?
UCL Taekwondo: The European Games
UCL Taekwondo Takeover ŁódźŁódź, Poland, played host to the 2022 European Universities Games, which saw 5000 students representing over 400 European universities from 40 countries compete in the bi
The Lionesses' Legacy at TeamUCL
The Lionesses' Legacy at TeamUCLWomen's football took centre stage throughout July and it's here to stay!
Welcome: Sport & Physical Activity
This is the perfect time to explore our sports clubs with taster sessions, trials, and loads of social events. If you're looking to try something new, our low-cost, beginner-friendly Project Active classes are perfect—no commitment needed, just friendly and inclusive fun.
The Hey Team
Get Involved in Welcome 2023What is the Hey Team all about?The Hey Team are a group of friendly and enthusiastic volunteers who want to make a difference and help ease
Managing Your Project’s Equipment
Student-Led projects acquire all sorts of equipment in the course of their work – teddy bears, violins, books, gardening equipment and more!