Student-Led Projects

Zero Food Waste is a student-led project at UCL that aims to tackle food waste on campus. We redistribute food from where it is in excess to where it is in need: from UCL cafés to homeless shelters and a surplus food bank.

DanceIt! is a Student-Led Volunteering Project which works in partnership with Holborn Community Association every Wednesday during term time.

Headucate UCL aims to tackle mental health stigma and end discrimination by running interactive workshops in schools around London! We will be working with school children and are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our team - no prior experience/knowledge required.

Project Impactive is building the future of assistive tech. 

Are you passionate about widening participation in medicine and allied health professions? Do you love teaching or want to develop your teaching skills? If so, then this is the project for you!

What do we do?

Origami Volunteering Project (OVP) is a student-led volunteering organisation that aims to provide stress-relief and a creative outlet through the art of origami.

Who are we?

Save a Baby's Life is a voluntary organisation, run by UCL students in conjunction with the Royal Life Saving Society since 2011.

Suture the Future aims to overcome the dichotomy which exists between underprivileged children and those who have the advantages of having a better education.

The UCL Teddy Bear Clinic is a student led volunteering project that has been running for the past 15 years! We teach primary school students about health and safety in a fun and informative way. The sessions last for one hour on Wednesday afternoons.

Hello and welcome to AcaMedics!

Do you have the desire to contribute to clinical science using Evidence Based Medicine? Then we are the project for you!

What is UCL Student Hospital Fun Team? 

UCL Marrow work alongside the charity Anthony Nolan to help save the lives of people with blood cancer by signing people onto the stem cell register. For various reasons, young people like us make the best donors – with a real chance of saving a life.

Welcome to Sexpression UCL

Empowering young people affected by violence to keep themselves and others safe.

StreetDoctors is a national charity that puts young people at the centre of emergency first-aid provision and empowers them to become part of the solution to violence.

Hello and welcome to Education for Choice!

We aim to create an empowered community of refugees & students through collective learning at UCL.

Our 15th International Undergraduate & Foundation Surgery Conference (iNUGSC) is completely student-led and is the largest student-led conference in the UK. 

Trans Healthcare Now is a student-led volunteering project that aims to increase knowledge and awareness of trans healthcare inequalities within the UK.

The UCL Salsa Society is one of the university’s largest and most vibrant societies. Our Salsa Outreach Programme offers fun-filled salsa sessions to community groups and charities.

Around 50% of cases of blindness in the UK are preventable. Eyeducate is a medical student-led volunteering project that works to educate school children on eye care and to encourage healthy habits.

🔢 Are you a Maths enthusiast? If so, this project is for you!

This is a volunteering project that UCL Lightning is organising with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School to introduce cheerleading to children from Year 7 to Year 10. We want to give children the opportunity to discover cheerleading at a young age, considering it is a costly sport.

The UCL Music Society Outreach Project brings together UCL's most talented musicians, allowing them to share their love for music with our London community!

UCL Mens Hockey Club are organising a school trip for Hockey Inner City. This is a continuation of the collaboration between the two parties as UCL Mens Hockey Club volunteer weekly at Hockey Inner City's sessions for state-educated children in South London.

InveSTEMators is a new student-led project at UCL. We’re a group of volunteers working with Scouts and secondary schools to deliver STEM-based workshops (Science, Technology, Maths and Engineering).

Welcome to Project SHIFA!

We are made up of medical students volunteers who teach First Aid and Basic Life Support skills in mosques and community centres. 

We want to make a difference, give back to the local community and spread some joy through the art of Bollywood dance! Members of the society will be providing Bollywood workshops for children at local primary schools, aged between 3-11 years old.

🚑 Next Gen Medics is UCL’s brand-new student-led project with St John Ambulance! 🩺 
Want to save lives, boost your skills, and get real healthcare experience? Whether you’re into medicine, pharmacy, nursing—or just want life-saving skills—we’ve got you.