Year Out Group
Executive Committee
Will Frost
Interim Chair
Will Frost is the Chief Operating Officer for Frontier. Will joined Frontier as Head of Volunteer Recruitment in 2012 having previously worked for GVI (Global Vision International)Will was elected interim Chair of the Year Out Group in 2019.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 020 7613 2422
Frontier/The Society for Environmental Exploration
50 – 52 Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3QP
United Kingdom
Shona Wells
Committee member
Shona is a digital strategy specialist working with Africa & Asia Venture (AV) to increase customer engagement and leads. Her background is as a management accountant and financial controller.
Shona was elected to the Executive Committee in 2017
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01380 729009
Africa & Asia Venture (AV)
13 Petworth Road
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 2GB
United Kingdom
Alex Tarrant
Membership lead
Alex is the founder and managing director of PoD Volunteer and a member of the Executive Committee of Year Out Group. He is the lead on Membership and helping new organisations to join the group.Alex was elected to the Executive Committee in 2014.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01242 250901
POD Volunteering
Formal House, 60 St George’s Place
Cheltenham
GL50 3PN
United Kingdom
Ian Birbeck
Committee member
Ian Birbeck became a volunteer with Project Abroad in 1992. After a few years teaching Ian joined the Projects Abroad staff team. He has since worked in India, Mexico, Peru and the USA and currently runs Project Abroad’s group trips.
Ian was elected to the Executive Committee in 2014.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01273 007230
Projects Abroad
Telecom House
125-135 Preston Road
BN1 6AF
United Kingdom
Jon Arnold
Committee member
Jon is Senior Operations Manager for Oyster Worldwide. In 2004 he took his own gap year and spent 5 months as a volunteer teacher in Tanzania. he then helped recruit volunteers, before joining Oyster full time as a graduate in 2007.
Jon was elected to the Executive Committee since 2017.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01892 770771
Oyster Worldwide
Hordore Farm
Hartfield
TN7 4AR
United Kingdom
Emily Lusty
Committee member
Emily is Director of The Language Gap. Following a career teaching foreign languages at secondary school. Emily decided to set up The Language Gap in 2017, organising educational experiences overseas.
Emily was elected to the Executive Committee in 2019.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07929 003012
The Language Gap
19 Kings Road
Westcliff on Sea
SS0 8LL
United Kingdom