The Volunteering Service exists to connect UCL with London’s voluntary and community sector, primarily by engaging students in rewarding volunteering opportunities. We offer a volunteering brokerage, a student-led volunteering programme, co-create research opportunities, organise events and help UCL departments connect their students with course-relevant volunteering opportunities.
We’re comprised of three distinct teams – Partnerships, Student Led Projects and Community Research Initiative for Students; all overseen by our Volunteering Manager.
Volunteering Partnerships Manager
Oliver joined the Volunteering Service in 2010. He is responsible for managing our Partnerships Team – developing relationships by working with contacts at organisations, colleagues across Students’ Union UCL, Professional Services, academic departments and our service to enhance, promote and deliver select UK-based volunteering opportunities to the UCL community. He is responsible for ensuring systems are in place to connect UCL students and staff with opportunities in London’s voluntary and community sector, and oversees his team's interactions with stakeholders.
Email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
Volunteering Partnerships Coordinator - Csenge Gabeli
Csenge is our newest member of staff, joining in June 2022. She is responsible for supporting our internal and external partnerships, with a particular focus on coordinating our marketing and communications activities, coordinating our one-off events programme and arranging our service events with stakeholders both on and off campus. She also manages our team of Promo Assistants and Photojournalists, and work closely with our Administrative Assistants.
Administrative Assistants – Sarah Coren and Laura Stretz
Sarah and Laura are our student staff team who each work two days a week. They manage follow-up correspondence to students and our partners, moderate opportunities, support our events and administer our records. They also play an active role in sourcing and generating content for our opportunities directories and working with volunteers to tell their stories. You’ll be in contact with them as you engage with us to enquire about promotion, opportunities and what we offer as a service.
They’re more than happy to advise on all things volunteering, and oversee our main volunteering@ucl.ac.uk account.
Email volunteering@ucl.ac.uk
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Student-Led Projects Manager – Cynthia Allen
Cynthia joined the Volunteering Service in 2013. She is responsible for managing and developing the Volunteering Service’s successful programme of student-led volunteering, as well as supporting a caseload of student-led projects.
Email cynthia.allen@ucl.ac.uk
Student-Led Projects Coordinator – Anjumon Ali
Anjumon joined the Volunteering Service in March 2022. She is responsible for supporting the development and delivery of the Volunteering Service’s programme of student-led volunteering, as well as supporting a caseload of student projects.
Email anjumon.ali@ucl.ac.uk
Student-Led Projects Administrator – Santiago Torchiaro
Santiago joined the Volunteering Service in October 2020. He is responsible for supporting the Volunteering Service’s successful programme of student-led volunteering, as well as supporting the wider administrative workload of the team.
Email slvpadmin@ucl.ac.uk
CRIS Manager - Anne Laybourne
Anne is responsible for managing the Community Research Initiative for Students (CRIS). A new service since November 2018, CRIS seeks to encourage engaged research between the communities within which UCL sits and its academics. This is done through supporting masters students to collaborate during their dissertations with community partners.
Email a.laybourne@ucl.ac.uk
Head of Volunteering
John has been manager of the Volunteering Service since it was set up in 2002. He’s responsible for managing the team and reporting back to Students’ Union UCL and other stakeholders within UCL and the community. He leads on planning, strategy and evaluation and liaises with other UCL departments about potential new areas of work. He also currently leads on planning for the Students’ Union’s activities and services at the new UCL East campus.
Email j.braime@ucl.ac.uk