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Project Impactive
 Project Impactive is building the future of assistive tech. The project name ‘Impactive’ originates from our aim, which is to have an impact on people’s lives by creating bespoke assistive technology and tackling accessibility issues in our society. Our dedicated voluntary team of engineers and committee members work alongside our clients and partners so that the projects we create…
Description

The Volunteering Service are looking for engineering students to run Project Impactive, one of our longstanding projects which designs and builds accessibility equipment for people with disabilities.

 

Duties

This academic year, your main duties will involve liaising with community organisations to develop partnerships so that the project can be re-established next academic year.  You will be also be expected to run the project during the 2024-25 academic year.

This opportunity is being run through the Volunteering Service's Student-Led Volunteering Programme so you will be running the project as part of a team with other UCL students. You will be involved in decision-making for the project and will also receive support from the Volunteering Service including a dedicated Project Supervisor, Project Leader Training, access to our Project Leader Resources webpage and the opportunity to apply for up to £500 worth of funding for the project.

Working as part of a team, your duties will also include planning the project, recruiting and managing volunteers, liaising with staff from community organisations and the UCL Engineering department, and contributing ideas to the development of the project. Other duties will also include completing a project plan and risk assessment for the project, liaising with the Project Supervisor from the Volunteering Service, submitting Monthly Activity Reports and completing an evaluation of the project once it is completed

Who will the volunteers be working with?
The beneficiaries of the project are people with disabilities. The role of Project Leader will involve liaising with UCL student volunteers, staff from community organisations, academics from the engineering department as well as staff from the Volunteering Service.
Training
The Volunteering Service provides a mandatory Project Leader Training for Project Leaders. Project Impactive also provides volunteers with Disability Awareness Training which Project Leaders will need to arrange and will also be required to complete.

Time commitment

This position will last throughout the remainder of this academic year and we are looking for UCL students who will continue to study at UCL next academic year and have the ability to run the project for the entire 2024-25 academic year.

Project Impactive is a longstanding project but has not delivered any volunteering activity this academic year. You will be required to participate in planning of the project for the remainder of this academic year with the aim of re-establishing the project next academic year.
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See what other students say about this project

"I wanted to be a project leader because I really felt connected to what Project Impactive is all about ..."
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. If you want to know what leading a project is like, this is a great read, as Kimberley shares with us her experience, challenges, and some excellent advice!

This is an opportunity offered by a Student-Led Volunteering Project. It is run by UCL students and supported and supervised by staff in Students' Union UCL Volunteering Service.