9 August 2019 | Editorial & opinion
Edited from an original article by Frank Seidel, with the author’s permission. Frank Seidel has been involved in international volunteering since the early 90s and is the founder of the online portals for responsible... 
22 March 2019 | Editorial & opinion
BY JAKE PEARRING for Million Mile Secrets (edited by Year Out Group) Experiencing new cultures or cities with friends and loved ones is eye-opening, enriching, and challenging in ways that help develop our characters and help us grow as individuals. Though some people... 
19 November 2018 | Editorial & opinion
Re-think Orphanages. The Pledge: Year Out Group members have stated their support for the following pledge which they will sign formally when they renew their membership for 2019. “Our organisation pledges that if we have not already done so, we will now inform... 
6 June 2018 | Editorial & opinion
There have been a few highs but some desperate lows over the past few years. Political turmoils, changes in the natural environment and deeply saddening events leading to the loss of life, have left everyone feeling somewhat uncertain about the future. For some, they... 
12 April 2018 | Editorial & opinion
I was always skeptical about gap years. It comes from my French education, I was taught that once you’ve started something you should doggedly carry on to the end, education being the best example because you tend to forget quite a bit in a year and lose a working... 
7 March 2018 | Editorial & opinion
Helen Taylor is now a Sub lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Here she recounts how her gap year experience enabled her to demonstrate that she had the skills that the Navy look for in their officers. I graduated from Exeter University in 2008 and now I am a Sub-Lieutenant...