Gap Year Travel/ Volunteering

There are lots of different things you could do in a gap year for example go travelling, work abroad or volunteering. Often people that take a gap year have finished their A Levels. There are many reasons why someone wishes to take a gap year, you may have applied to university and have decided to defer your place for a year, want to see the world before they start work etc.

What a great opportunity to develop not only personal skills but employability skills as well, experiencing meeting people from different cultures. You may find using a gap year is a way to confirm what sort of job/ career you are interested in before you chose your next steps.

Here are just a handful of companies that can help you plan your gap year.