Merry Christmas from Gapforce!!!!!!!!!

This is just a very quick blog to thank all our in country staff as well as the 1000 plus volunteers we have sent overseas this year for all the help they have given us.

For 2011 we have produced a series of videos which we hope will allow even more people to discover what a fantastic opportunity Gapforce offers.

You can view all the videos here then comment on our youtube channel

Hello everyone, welcome to the latest Gapforce Blog.

The sun is actually shining in London at the moment, and its a toasty 2 degrees as well.

Plenty going on as usual at the moment so we thought we would take a breath to tell you about some of it.

The most exciting news is about our NEW PROJECT in Morocco.

We have designed this as an EASTER SPECIAL in 2011, so you can take part during your school/uni or even work holidays as the whole experience lasts 10 days.

Full details are here, to enquire about this project click here

Don't forget to join us at the Christmas Gap Year and Career Break show in Putney on 17th December.

Thats all for now, we'll be back with another update next week.

Hi boys and girls, enjoying the weather?

No nor us.

What we have been enjoying though is the amazing pictures and videos we've been sent from our expedition leader out in Borneo, David 'Oz' Osbourne.

This Trekforce project is easily one of our most physically challenging, however as you can see from the vids and pics, the volunteers had a hell of a lot of fun as well.

If you want to find out a bit more about this project give us a buzz on 020 7384 3028 or ping an email to info@trekforce.org.uk

Stay chilled everyone ;)

Gap Year Open Day

Saturday 20^th November 2010

1pm-3pm

Gap Year Options, Overseas Volunteering, Jungle Expeditions, Medical Placements, Career Change, Its all Here!!!!

It’s finally here! Your chance to meet the wonderful team at Gapforce, get all your travelling questions answered and have your very own advisor plan your trip of a lifetime!

From 1pm to 3pm on Saturday 20th November the whole Gapforce team will be on the second floor of Baden Powell House on Cromwell Road, South Kensington

to discuss all things travelling/volunteering and we’d love to see you there!

We will be delivering several informative

presenta

tions throughout the day and our advisers will be

on hand to chat one to one about all your diff

erent options.

Drop in any time between 1pm and 3pm with as many parents, friends and partners as you like.

Join the Facebook Group

Make Friends, Make Memories, Make a Difference!!!

For more information or to book your place call 020 7384 3028 or email info@gapforce.org

We look forward to meeting you there!

The Gapforce Team

Ski Fun, Ski Jobs, and Ski Qualifications in Canada and Morzine

If you love skiing you’ll love Skiforce.

Meet loads of like minded young people, enjoy the sights and sounds of two of the world’s best ski resorts and most importantly ski till you drop.

If you want to ski in the alps then your options are:

Snowboard master class

BASI Ski Instructor

BASI Ski Instructor Premium

If Canada is more your kind of place then check out

CASI Snowboard Instructor

CSAI Ski Instructor

Places are filling up fast so book now, you will never enjoy a better ski season than with Skiforce.

Call 020 7384 3028 or email info@skiforce.org now for more information.

Hi everyone, hope you had a nice weekend.

Painful as it is to admit, we are probably enjoying the last of the good weath

er for 2010, so we thought now would be a good time to tell you all about Ozforce.

Ozforce is all you need to start living and working in Australia. We're there for you every step of the way, including providing accomodation, assisting with aussie bank accounts, sim cards medicare and more, we even pick you up from the airport :)

The most important thing though is to find work and again we support you in every way we can.

We give you assistance with your CV and cover letter to make them approrpriate for the Aussie job market and we also run a seminar on interview skills.

Its not all serious stuff, we make sure that you get to experience all the fun and excitement of sydney whilst you are there.

Activities which we organise include the famous Bondi to Coogie walk, Rebecca's (Ozforce Leader) treasure hunt and an fun aussie slag contest.

For more information on Ozforce visit www.ozforce.org or call 020 7384 3028

Don't forget things are starting to heat up in OZ.

Hi all, just a quick update to thank all those who attended our open day, it was one of our busiest ever.

Don't forget if you attended the open day you still have until Sunday to get a £50 Discount when you pay your deposit.

If you weren't able to attend why not pop along to Stanfords in central London and chat with our adviser Vicky who will be doing a talk there?

For more info on either or indeed anything else you'd like to chat about email info@gapforce.org or call 020 7384 3028

Hi everyone, hope your all enjoying the summer still, despite the weather (in London anyway) doing its best to dampen spirits.

Todays blog is just to remind everyone about the open day on September 4th in central London. If you aren't sure whether to go overseas for your gap year then come down and chat to people who have been there and done that.

We'll have some great presentations with some awesome pics and stories too.

To get an idea of other gappers you might meet check out the facebook group here

If you can't make the open day but want to chat about your gap year options give us a call on 020 7384 3028.

First of all can we just say good luck to everyone receiving their email results tomorrow?

What better way to celebrate your fantastic results than by travelling abroad with Gapforce?

Whether its wildlife, medicine, trekking, sports, jobs or skiing that floats your proverbial boat, we have the project for you.

Did you know that we were featured in The Metro this week? Check us out, cool or what?

Have you heard the exciting news? You must have? Surely? You mean no one’s told you? We can’t believe it.

Oh yes the news, Gapforce is launching a new website!!!!!!!!! We are hoping for it to be live by tomorrow (Aug 19th) so keep a close eye on http://www.gapforce.org/

The other exciting news is that our open day is just over 2 weeks away!!!!!!

Come and join us at Baden Powell House in South Kensington on Sept 4th, its always a great laugh and you get to meet our wonderful team ;)

For more info click here, to book your place call 020 7384 3028 or ping an email to

info@gapforce.org

Hope everyone is having a good summer.



Lots going on at Gapforce to tell you about so lets get straight to it.



First of all we would like to wish Rebecca Clarkson well as she moves from our London office where she managed Skiforce, to Sydney, Australia where she takes over Ozforce. Good luck bec.



If you fancy joining her over there check out http://www.ozforce.org/ or give us a call on 020 7384 3028



Another staff member who has been jet setting is expedition adviser Jake who has recently returned from Ecuador. Add Jake on Facebook to check out the awesome pics and a video where he has a close encounter with a seal. :)

If you'd like to meet some of our lovely team, and have a laugh and a chat about an overseas expedition why don't you pop along to our Destinations Fair in September?

Check out the facebook group then book your place here

As always we are happy to arrange a one to one or group consultation at any time if you can't make the fair, email info@gapforce.org or call us on 020 7384 3028.

Wow its been a long time since our latest blog, we've just been so busy arranging everybodies dream gap year projects :)

We know that today is IB results day so good luck to all.

The main purpose of this blog is to let everyone know about our destinations fair in London on Saturday 4th September

We'd love to meet anyone who either has already booked on a project, or is looking at the possibility of booking on.

The fair is always really relaxed and informal although because it can get quite busy we do advise giving us a bell to book a place.

Our expedition advisers all love getting out of the office and having a chat with people looking to fulfill their dreams and have the trip of a lifetime, so you're sure to get a warm welcome.

We always lay on some tea and coffee and we might even sneak in a few biscuits.

If you want a bit more info check out http://www.gapforce.org/open_days.htm

You don't have to wait for the open day though, we're always happy to have a chat over the phone (020 7384 3028) or we'll put the kettle on here if you fancy dropping by, we're based right next to Parsons Green which is a lovely part of London.

Lastly congratulations to San 'Spikes' Puri who was closest when it came to predicting the score of the opening world cup game between Mexico and South Africa.

Thats all for now, if we can help you with anything at all, drop us a line ;)

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful British summertime (ha!)

For those of you who feel that sunbathing is over rated anyway have you checked out skiforce?

www.skiforce.org

You can have a great time, meet loads of new friends, have loads of parties and on top of all of that you can become a qualified ski instructor at the end of it. You'll end up skiing for a living!!!!

If this sounds of interest give Rebecca a call on 0207 384 3028 now

oh and we do snow baording as well

Hope everyone had a great bank holiday weekend, always nice to start the week without that monday morning feeling.

As you may have noticed we have ramped up our social networking and part of that is the creation of new Facebook groups for our projects.

If you are signed up for one of our projects then check out our profile on facebook and see if a group exists for it. Its a great way of getting to know people before you set off.

Join us on Facebook Here

Welcome to the very first Gapforce blog!

We have decided to create a blog to keep all of our current, former and potential volunteers up to date on the latest goings on at Gapforce.

As this is the first blog we begin with a bit of an introduction to the company.

Gapforce are specialist in gap year, study break and career break expeditions.

The company is separated into 7 separate brands each specialising in different types of overseas expeditions.

Greenforce specialise in conservation projects, community development and teaching. You can also achieve PADI diving qualifications.


Trekforce run extreme expeditions such as trekking in the Himalayas or the Amazon. They also run Expedition Leader Training where the best of the best can gain employment with Trekforce.

Medforce offer medical placements in several exotic locations. Whether you're looking to study medicine at University, a current medical student, or an experienced professional after a change of scenery, Medforce has the project for you.



Sportforce allows you to volunteer as a coach at your favourite sport. We have courses for football coaches in Ghana, Rugby in Fiji, Cricket in India and much much more.





Skiforce give you the opportunity to become a BASI qualified Ski Instructor in some of the most fun and vibrant resorts in the world. Meet great people, have a great time and pick up a great qualification. The perfect way to spend your study break.



Ozforce provide help and support to people who want to work in Australia. We pick you up from the airport, provide you with accommodation for the first 7/14 days, cook you breakfast and give you access to job fairs and a info on current vacancies.



Careergap Is for those of you in employment who fancy a break from the treadmill. We can offer projects from 2 weeks to 4 months depending on your preference. Check us out to see the vast variety of expeditions we offer.