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Blue Ventures Expeditions

Blue Ventures Expeditions

Blue Ventures is an award-winning, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to marine conservation, education and sustainable development in the tropical coastal communities. Volunteers joining our expeditions; SCUBA dive the rich coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, South China Sea or the Caribbean Sea, work with fishing communities to develop marine reserves and innovative sustainable livelihoods, develop English language and conservation programmes in local communities, and immerse themselves in fascinating cultures...
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Nonstop Adventure

Nonstop Adventure

NONSTOP Adventure is a family-run company with a passion for snow, surf, mountains and adventure. We offer a friendly, personal service and provide the experience of a lifetime, surrounded by some of the world's most stunning scenery...
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CESA Languages Abroad

CESA Languages Abroad

CESA Languages Abroad offers an amazing range of immersion language courses year round (from 1 to 48 weeks course duration) throughout Europe and in Latin America, Morocco, China, Japan & Russia...
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Africa and Asia Venture

Africa and Asia Venture

Established in 1993, AV is a small UK-based volunteering organisation specialising in projects for 18 – 25 year olds, in the developing world.We offer...group based projects in rural communities, where you live the way the locals live...
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Personal Overseas Development (POD)

Personal Overseas Development (POD)

Great value 1 week-3 month projects in Belize, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam.  PoD provides the opportunity for you to volunteer and make a difference overseas, while experiencing incredible parts of the world that are rich in culture, variety and natural beauty...
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Gap Year Diver

Gap Year Diver

Gap Year Diver specialises in scuba diving trips for people taking time out. All programmes include diver training and are suitable for beginners as well as those with previous diving experience. Our areas of expertise include:Learning to dive (for beginners); Adventure tours and diving; Spanish lessons and scuba diving; Wreck diving tours; Marine Conservation; Underwater photography courses; Training to become a Divemaster (internships) and Career Development and Instructor Traineeships...
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WAVA

WAVA

WAVA, formerly "Work & Volunteer Abroad", has been operating since 2006 and provides a wide range of programmes allowing people of all backgrounds and ages the opportunity to participate in community and conservation volunteering projects around the world as well as internships and paid work placements...
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Raleigh International

Raleigh International

Raleigh International is a youth and sustainable development charity. Since 1984 we have inspired over 30,000 people from all walks of life, nationalities and ages to get out there and rise to the challenges of life on expedition...
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British Schools Exploring Society (BSES)

British Schools Exploring Society (BSES)

  The British Schools Exploring Society is a youth development charity that organises inspirational and challenging expeditions for 16-25 year-olds to remote, wild environments in jungle, desert, mountain and arctic regions...
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Lattitude Global Volunteering

Lattitude Global Volunteering

 Lattitude Global Volunteering is an international youth development charity that specialises in sending young people on long term, challenging voluntary placements worldwide. Previously known as GAP Activity Projects, Lattitude Global Volunteering have been operating since 1972, it was their name from which the term ‘gap' year was coined...
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Gapguru

Gapguru

GapGuru is a gap year specialist offering a wide range of exciting volunteer, travel and internship opportunities across Asia, Africa, South America & Europe. With GapGuru you could be teaching English in Ecuador, working as a medical intern in India, caring for orphans in Tanzania or even trekking up Mount Everest!Taking a gap year with GapGuru is your opportunity to discover new countries and cultures, to meet new people and immerse yourself in local communities...
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Camp America

Camp America

Camp America has been in operation since the summer of '69, and each year sends over 7,000 young people to take part in summer camps in the USA. Camp is a 9 week adventure - its fun, it's exciting and it's a really worthwhile experience...
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Year Out Drama

Year Out Drama

Year Out Drama provides an exciting, challenging, intensive, practical Drama Course, led by experts in professionally equipped performance spaces. The course enjoys close links with the RSC and students benefit from working with theatre professionals from varying disciplines, including Acting Techniques, Voice, Movement, Directing, Text Study and Performance...
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Alltracks Academy

Alltracks Academy

ALLTRACKS ACADEMY is an ATOL bonded, family run company that provides ski & snowboard courses in Canada & France. Early morning powder runs, racing gates, recognised instructor qualifications, avalanche safety training, backcountry adventures – wherever you want to take your skiing or snowboarding, ALLTRACKS will help you succeed...
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i to i Volunteering

i to i Volunteering

 Since 1994, i-to-i Volunteering has provided meaningful volunteer trips to a choice of 161 projects in 21 countries.  We send 5,000 volunteers a year to work in community development, teaching, building, sports coaching and conservation projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia...
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Gapforce

Gapforce

With Gapforce you will enjoy the experience of a lifetime. We run projects in every tropical climate and more. Whatever you are into Gapforce is the company for you.Whether you're looking for an extreme trek around the Himalayas, a marine project in the Bahamas, a medical placement, coaching sports in Ghana, Ski instructor training, or even jobs in Australia, Gapforce have experts in the field that will make your trip one to remember...
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International Academy

International Academy

International Academy offer ski & snowboard instructor training courses at some of the world's best ski resorts such as Whistler Blackcomb and Lake Louise in Canada and Verbier in Switzerland, which lead to internationally recognised instructor qualifications...
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Projects Abroad

Projects Abroad

Founded in 1992 Projects Abroad today arranges several thousand high quality voluntary work placements in twenty six countries worldwide. Placements are flexible, starting throughout the year and last from two weeks up to a year...
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Frontier Conservation

Frontier Conservation

Frontier: Dive, Teach, Trek, Explore.Imagine spending your gap year diving in beautiful coral seas, tracking exotic game through lush jungles, or teaching English to groups of eager children. Best of all, you'll gain the qualifications that could make the difference to you getting that prestigious university spot or lucrative job...
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Worldwide Experience

Worldwide Experience

Worldwide Experience specialise in conservation and community projects in Southern Africa and across the globe. Our projects are unique and give you the opportunity to get hands on and involved in many exciting conservation research projects on Big 5 Game Reserves and Ocean Marine Centres...
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Project Trust

Project Trust

Project Trust is an educational charity that has been providing volunteers with the original Gap Year experience for 40 years. Our placements are specifically for 17-19 year old school leavers currently in full time education...
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Peak Leaders

Peak Leaders

Peak Leaders is a friendly, well established family business specialising in Ski, Snowboard and Mountain Bike Instructor Courses in Austria, Switzerland, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Argentina, Japan and India...
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Madventurer and Sportventurer

Madventurer and Sportventurer

Madventurer are leaders in Development Travel, providing anyone taking time out the opportunity to combine voluntary work on community projects with adventurous overland expeditions. Team Projects and Expeditions run from 2 weeks to 6 months across 4 continents...
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Quest

Quest

Quest Overseas organizes 3 month gap year expeditions combining language learning, volunteer work and an expedition through South America or Africa.  We also offer shorter summer adventures for 4-6 weeks that concentrate on either project work or an expedition...
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GVI

GVI

With a field network of over 250 staff, GVI have been one of the biggest ground operators of volunteer programs in the world for more than a decade. GVI offers a range of volunteer opportunities abroad, including projects, expeditions, courses, internship trainee schemes and relevant BTEC qualifications...
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African Conservation Experience

African Conservation Experience

Have you ever dreamed of tracking wild leopard and cheetah through the bush, fostering a baby rhino or assisting a marine biologist in whale and dolphin research?  Open your eyes to a whole new world and way of looking at the natural environment...
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Real Gap Experience

Real Gap Experience

Real Gap Experience is the UK's leading gap year provider, offering the widest range of exciting opportunities including; volunteering, teaching, paid work, sports, expeditions, adventure travel and new skills...
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Flying Fish

Flying Fish

Flying Fish trains and recruits over 1000 people each year to work as yacht skippers and as sailing, diving, surfing, windsurfing and ski and snowboard instructors.  Taking advantage of some of the best training locations in the world, watersports courses are run in the UK, Australia and Greece,while snow sports instructor training takes place in Canada and France...
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Outreach International

Outreach International

Outreach International places committed volunteers on carefully selected projects in Mexico, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Ecuador including The Galapagos Islands. We are a small company and like to meet every volunteer and treat you as an individual...
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Azafady

Azafady

Azafady is an award-winning UK charity dedicated to supporting the people and ecosystems of Madagascar, one of the most biologically rich but economically poor countries in the world. At the heart of our work is an integrated approach to supporting the Malagasy people and their unique environment, built around locally expressed needs and community participation...
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Yamnuska Mountain Adventures

Yamnuska Mountain Adventures

 Yamnuska Mountain Adventures is Canada's premier mountain skills and experience organization.  In business since 1977, Yamnuska is home to Canada's best mountain guides and instructors.  We specialize in Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Ski Touring, Trekking and Avalanche education for beginner to expert level guests...
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The Year in Industry

The Year in Industry

The Year in Industry is a tried and tested way of enabling high calibre students to work in industry during a gap year. Work is real, challenging and paid (students currently earn on average between £8,000 and £12,000 per year)...
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Art History Abroad

Art History Abroad

Travel through Italy with a group of new friends, studying the greatest works of art & architecture, in the most evocative and trendy cities in Europe. The AHA Course will truly expand your horizons across European civilization...
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Travellers Worldwide

Travellers Worldwide

Established in 1994 Travellers is a founder member of the Year Out Group with 15 years experience and a knack for developing exceptional projects with imagination! We know this once in a lifetime opportunity has to be perfect...
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Oyster Worldwide

Oyster Worldwide

  Oyster is a well regarded Gap year organisation specialising in challenging voluntary projects and paid work abroad.  Oyster prides itself on its personal approach getting to know every participant before departure...
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The Leap Overseas Ltd

The Leap Overseas Ltd

Spend 6 or 10 weeks volunteering, as an intern, having a dynamic summer or in the saddle playing polo or on safari... All programs include our unique mix of projects + locations + challenges ensuring we challenge both mind and muscle whilst satisfying your itchy feet...
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BUNAC

BUNAC

 BUNAC, the UK's leading work abroad and travel organisation, offers an ever-increasing range of overseas work and volunteer programmes. Set up in 1962, they have tonnes of experience and keep the cost as low as possible without sacrificing quality and support...
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