Gap Year

Gap Year
Gap year information, advice and opportunities.

Find a Gap
Online directory for gap year choices.

The Year in Industry
Opportunities and information on spending a year working in industry before starting your degree course.

GAP - International projects for youth exchange
Volunteer projects overseas, average six months. Volunteers must part fund own placement.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Travel advice and other gap year essentials.

BUNAC
Work and travel programmes worldwide, including teaching.

Concordia
A non-profit youth charity that runs International Volunteer Programmes.

Camp America
Summer work and travel in the USA, working with children in a US summer camp.

Changing Worlds
Paid and voluntary work abroad with up to 40 placements helping secondary schools and orphans in Tanzania, Nepal, India, Canada, and New Zealand.

Greenforce
Environmental expeditions and opportunities for careers in conservation. No experience is needed as full training is provided.

Project Trust
Project Trust sends 200 school leavers overseas to 26 countries around the world for 12 months. Volunteers teach, work in social care projects, work as outward bound instructors and get involved in development, conservation and environmental work.

Raleigh International
Working with people of a similar age on challenging environmental and community projects around the world.

Teaching and Projects Abroad
Opportunities for young volunteers to participate in a variety of schemes, including teaching, medicine, journalism and conservation.

World Challenge
Offers 3 and 6 month paid and voluntary placements, from teaching in Tanzania to conservation work in the rain forests of Ecuador, hotel work in Canada or trekking in Nepal.

Voluntary Service Overseas
Volunteer overseas, opportunities for people aged 17-70.

CIA
The CIA World Factbook has maps and info on every country in the world.

Year Out Group
Find out how to plan your year out and what type of gap year is best for you.

Lonely Planet
Access the World Guide, read other travellers' stories and all sorts of travel info.

Rough Guides
Find out about cool places, visit the travel store, access the currency converter.

Global Volunteer Network
Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, environmental and community aid programmes around the world.

Coral Cay Conservation
Join a CCC expedition to assist in the conservation of fragile and exotic tropical marine and terrestrial environments.  Volunteers can spend a minimum of 1 week at their chosen destination.