Gap Year


Year Out

Richard Oliver CB OBE
Chairman and Chief Executive, Year Out Group

A Year Out taken in the UK or overseas can offer you an exciting, challenging and valuable opportunity to broaden your view of the world, enrich your life and accelerate your personal development. But if you are to make the most of the year you will need to plan your time wisely and carefully consider how you can use the year to further your longer-term goals.

The aim of this article is to help you decide whether a Year Out is for you and to provide planning guidance to help you make the best possible use of your time.  More...

 

Gap Year activities organisations

The organisations listed here offer a brief description of their activities. Further information is available by clicking on the direct links to their websites or by contacting them through their email addresses.[More...]

 

Year Out Group Member Organisations

Here is a table of contact details for the member organisations of the Year Out Group.  More...

Year Out Information

Year Out Group www.yearoutgroup.org

 

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Information www.fco.gov.uk/
knowbeforeyougo
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World Wide Volunteering for Young People www.worldwide
volunteering.org.uk
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Gap Year Guidebook and Website www.gap-year.com
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Gap Work Ltd
www.gapwork.co.uk
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GapYear Company Ltd www.gapyear.co.uk
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A Year off…A Year On?
Eileen De'Ath and others (ISBN 1-902876-32-6)
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Taking a Gap Year Susan Griffith (ISBN 1-85458 -258-5)

 

Opportunities in the Gap Year
ISCO (ISBN 0-901936-707)

 

Gap Acitvity Projects Ltd

Volunteering experiences.  More...

Art History Abroad (AHA)

Stimulating and worthwhile.  More...