Give us a year and we will give you a lifetime of friendships and memories. We offer gap year programs worldwide including wildlife conservation, teaching, marine research and more.

Learn to scuba dive in Thailand. Qualify & work as a PADI divemaster.

Backpacker Holiday Insurance for Students at £33.12. Online quotes.

Specialises in arranging voluntary, work placements in a number of countries. Lists destinations, information and contact details.

Places young people on schemes teaching in primary and secondary schools in Asia or Africa.

Helping people go abroad on working holidays or gap years.

Providing educational exchanges and offers an academic year in the USA programme as a unique 'Gap Year' opportunity for students aged 15 to 18. Lists brochure request and contact details.

Global non profit recruiting organisation. Lists a mission statement, destinations, browse opportunities, site map, applying and contact details.

Environmental projects in the Caribbean.

To help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world, is Council's mission. Lists exchanges and study programmes.

Offers a choice of voluntary work placements in over 30 countries for your gap year. Includes details of destinations, costs, fund-raising and applying together with current vacancies and news.

Organise programmes for gap year work placement with Internship New Zealand; information about services, with practical details for those interested.

A gap year organisation that sends school leavers abroad for a years voluntary work in many different developing countries around the world, in Latin America, Africa, Far and Middle East. Lists a bulletin board, photographs, competitions, what's new and contact details.

Offers advice for people considering taking a gap and an independent advice service. Includes a directory of links.

Specialises in marine and terrestrial scientific conservation expeditions for gap year students, university students and those wanting to undertake international voluntary work in Borneo, Bahamas, Fiji and Zambia.

Offers community development projects, sports coaching placements, and adventures worldwide. Details of packages and destinations, and online booking.

Gap year projects in Mexico of 3 - 9 months duration in the areas of conservation, teaching, social work and the arts.

Conservation and community based projects and professionally led expeditions to Africa and South America.

Offers expeditions with community, conservation and adventure elements in a variety of locations.

Offers leavers a chance to spend time as student teacher in a school in locations such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and elsewhere.

Provides opportunities for young people to take part in exploratory projects abroad, led by experts.

Christian charity sending young people to live and work with the Church in Africa on an 'Away or Gap Year Challenge'. Lists placements and how to apply.

Provides placements for gap year and other volunteers teaching conversational English, music, sports and computers.

Offers 2 to 5 month expeditions including jungle, language and teaching phases in Central America.

Organisation which sends school leavers on six month teaching placements in poor rural schools in Kenya.

Offers a variety of expeditions to Australia, Nepal and Zanzibar among other places.

Offers students the opportunity to work in engineering or manufacturing for a year.

Volunteer placements in 14 countries from 2 weeks to 6 months for all ages. TEFL courses for teacher-traveller.