www.studentguidebook.co.uk - www.studentguidebook.co.uk/ucca4.html - AR
Help to decide how to plan your Gap year. University and college guide for the UK. Masses of information for application proceedure and surviving your first year at University.
1st Contact - www.1stcontact.co.uk - ODP
Resource for Australian, New Zealand, & South African travellers. Provides services & information for working holidays or short term working visas.
Africa and Asia Venture - www.aventure.co.uk - ODP
Places young people on schemes teaching in primary & secondary schools in Asia or Africa.
African Conservation Experience - www.afconservex.com - ODP
Volunteers required to do conservation work & research on game & nature reserves in Southern Africa.
Bright Light Cultural Exchange - www.bright-light.org - ODP
Offers gap year drama & education projects in East Africa for young people aged 18 to 24. Includes tour information & prices, FAQs & online application form.
BUNAC Working Adventures Worldwide - www.BUNAC.org - ODP
Helping people go abroad on working holidays or gap years.
Challenge Discovery and Educational Services Ltd - www.challengeuk.com - ODP
Providing educational exchanges & offers an academic year in the USA programme as a unique 'Gap Year' opportunity for students aged 15 to 18. Lists brochure request & contact information.
Challenges World Wide - www.challengesworldwide.com - ODP
Global non profit recruiting organisation. Lists a mission statement, destinations, browse opportunities, site map, applying & contact information.
Coral Cay Conservation - www.coralcay.org - ODP
Environmental projects in the Caribbean.
Council on International Educational Exchange - www.ciee.org - ODP
To help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge & develop skills for living in a globally interdependent & culturally diverse world, is Council's mission. Lists exchanges & study programmes.
Echo - www.echocommunities.org.uk - ODP
Not-for-profit volunteer gap year abroad organisation operating in Mexico providing conservation, education & humanitarian projects.
FindaGap.com - www.findagap.com - ODP
Gap Year and Backpacking directory includes placements, travel & hostels.
Gap Year Jobs - www.gapyearjobs.co.uk - ODP
Directory of employment opportunities particularly suitable for students taking a gap year.
GapMap - www.gapmap.co.uk - ODP
Guide for gap year students & parents. Includes ideas for acquiring skills, health & travel tips, organisations, competitions & discounts.
GapProfile - www.gapprofile.co.uk - ODP
Programme of open learning guides leading to a City & Guilds Profile of Achievement. Includes information for students, parents, teachers, employers & mentors.
GapwWork - www.gapwork.com - ODP
Casual work abroad for backpackers, travellers & students in Australia & Europe as well as Ibiza. Information on working holiday visas, tours, travel insurance, flights & health matters.
GapYear.Com - www.gapyear.com - ODP
Talking Point - Are gap years a waste of time? - Discussion on the pro's & con's of gap years.
Go Gap - www.gogap.com - ODP
Guide for anyone thinking of using a GAP year to travel. Details the adventures of four students as they carried out budget travels around the world. Messages boards & country guides.
i-to-i - www.i-to-i.com - ODP
Volunteer placements in 14 countries from 2 weeks to 6 months for all ages. TEFL courses for teacher-traveller.
Independent Living Alternatives - www.ila.mcmail.com - ODP
Promotes the right of disabled people to live independently & therefore recruits full-time volunteers to enable them to do so. Lists downloadable brochure, application form & contact information.
M:brace - www.mbrace.org.uk - ODP
Offers volunteer opportunities in Manchester, run by Ivy Cottage Church, Didsbury.
Outreach International - www.outreachinternational.co.uk - ODP
Gap year projects in Mexico of 3 - 9 months duration in the areas of conservation, teaching, social work & the arts.
Payaway - www.payaway.co.uk - ODP
News, features & listings for finding paid & voluntary seasonal jobs abroad, including tourism, childcare, camp, kibbutz & winter jobs.
People Tree - www.gapyearinindia.com - ODP
India, Nepal & Sri Lankan projects. Resource to training & skills needed, visa & travel tips.
Quest Overseas - www.quest-overseas.co.uk - ODP
Organisation that offers three month expeditions to South America.
Safetrek - www.safetrek.co.uk - ODP
Offers safety awareness & personal security training for young adults undertaking gap year activities & university education. Includes profile, personnel, FAQ, courses, booking form & location.
Students Partnership Worldwide - www.spw.org - ODP
Offers leavers a chance to spend time as student teacher in a school in locations such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & elsewhere.
The Gap Year Guidebook - www.gap-year.com - ODP
Provides information relating to work & travel opportunities for students during this period.
Travellers gap year and voluntary placements abroad - www.travellersworldwide.com - ODP
Provides placements for gap year & other volunteers teaching conversational English, music, sports & computers.
VAE Volunteer Teachers Kenya - www.vaekenya.co.uk - ODP
Organisation which sends school leavers on six month teaching placements in poor rural schools in Kenya.
Voluntary Work Information Service - www.workingabroad.com - ODP
Information on volunteer work opportunities in over 150 countries worldwide in the environmental & humanitarian sectors.
Volunteer Africa - www.volunteerafrica.org - ODP
Directory & information on voluntary & gap-year projects in Africa.