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Ready for a rewarding, enriching year out? Use Season Workers to thoroughly research your options. Season Workers is a completely free resource featuring information on destinations and itineraries, as well as a searchable database of paid and voluntary opportunities.

What to do?

As part of your gap year you could participate in a vast range of sports courses: Gap year watersports (BCU training, surfing, diving, sailing etc); Mountain sports (Climbing, MLTB training and cycling); Winter sports (Snowboarding, skiing); And traditional sports (Football, cricket, rugby etc).

There are plenty of specialist gap year tour organisers around. They cover every activity and location you can think of from trekking in the desert to shark spotting in Sydney.

A volunteering gap year can be a fantastic experience that you will remember for the rest of your life, and here’s the ‘but’ – you need to prepare thoroughly to ensure you pick the right activity, and don't disrupt volunteer projects by backing out or leaving early.

Every year, more than 100,000 of us take a gap year or career break. The gap year and even career breaks have become a British institution and an accepted rite of passage. Whatever you’re stage of life, if you are going to travel don’t simply book a ticket – plan it well, consider all the options, and your gap year could be truly incredible.

Latest Gap Year listings

Baner 5
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Stay for Free at Beautiful Hotels in Europe – Become an English-Speaking Mentor

Enjoy complimentary stays at stunning European hotels by becoming an English-speaking mentor with Angloville! Participate in our sponsored cultural pr

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Volunteer
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Volunteer Opportunities with Roast Jobs - Make the Difference in Europe, Africa or Beyond

*Kindly note: only european application are accepted Volunteering Abroad with Roast Jobs Volunteering abroad is an amazing way to make a difference wh

Australia
Australia
Greece
Greece
Ireland
Ireland
New Zealand
New Zealand
South Africa
South Africa
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Oyster Sydneylisting
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Work and Travel package in Sydney - stay for up to 12 months or more

This is a great way to experience living and working abroad with a little bit of support to make sure you hit the ground running. You will have the su

Australia
Australia
  • Participation fee: £995
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Gap Year video channel

Just Do it!

Find your reason to change your lifestyle and become a ski or snowboard instructor in BC.

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Alice teaching in Nepal

This is a great example of what volunteers can achieve in lessons when they use their initiative. The work has been generated by cutting up the Oyster brochure and getting the kids to make stories from the pictures.

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ALLTRACKS - Expert Ski Tips

One Legged turn to hone high speed control. ALLTRACKS Academy head Coach, Guy Hetherington

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Skiing in Cypress, Canada! EA Ski & Snowboard Training

EA interns loving the snow in Cypress, Canada 2016/17. Not long now till the resorts open again for the 17/18 season... it's going to be a good one! Check availability for our remaining places https://goo.gl/q8xmSd

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