Gap Year Expeditions, Global Volunteering & Conservation Projects – Greenforce

Links

The links provided below are designed to help those interested in taking a gap year, career break or simply someone with an interest in volunteering and conservation projects.

Brightsparks recruits staff to work at prestigious events around the UK. A great way to raise money for an upcoming gap year.

The Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides useful information to those travelling overseas and has a specialised section on gap years. They run the Know Before You Go Campaign, of which Greenforce is a member.

The Year Out Group is a trusted organisation that helps potential gap year participants by providing helpful advice and listing their recommended providers.           

Gap Advice is an independent, gap year travel information, research and advice. It is an informative website for anyone looking to travel.

Royal Geographic Society (RGS) is the country's leading geographical society and includes the Expedition Advisory Centre.

Greenforce abides by the British Standards (BSi), specifically on BSi8848, in the operation of their volunteer projects.

Greenforce works in partnership with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Marine Conservation Project in Fiji.

Working in partnership with the Bahamas National Trust, Greenforce have helped create marine parks, thanks largely to the efforts of the marine conservation volunteers.

Greenforce works closely with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in Greenforce's Tanzanian Wildlife Conservation Project.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have general information about conservation opportunities and how you can help the environment.