Type Limited company Founded 1989 Key people Marcus Watts (CEO) | Industry Gap Year Headquarters London, United Kingdom Website [1] | |
Gapforce is a UK-based Gap Year and student volunteering provider. The company was founded in 1989 by Marcus Watts.
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The main age groups who travel with Gapforce are the 17- to 19-year-old ‘traditional gappers’ and the 21- to 25-year-olds who are either looking for an elective or taking a year out from studies.
Gapforce is based in Parsons Green, London and has in country staff all around the world. They offer several different types of experience split into 6 brands.
Greenforce
Greenforce provide overseas conservation and volunteering projects. Greenforce works in The Bahamas, Fiji, Tanzania, the Amazon, China, Thailand and more.
Trekforce
Trekforce provides expeditions in jungle environments in Belize, Borneo and Nepal. The focus is still very much on conserving the local environment and working with local communities however volunteers also learn jungle survival skills, and how to lead expeditions.
Medforce
Medforce offers medical placements in Cambodia, India, South Africa, Ghana and Ecuador. They have placements for those with none or minimal medical experience, medical professionals and their speciality is medical elective placements for students.
Skiforce
Skiforce provide ski instructor training courses in Morzine and Canada. The SkiForce courses use the BASI (British Association of Ski Instructors) levels as the basis of their courses allowing participants to take their BASI one and two tests. On completion of both participants are qualified to ski teach in the Alps. On completion of their Eurotest they are eligible to teach in France. SkiForce sponsors British FIS Ski Racer Ben Clatworthy who will be training as a ski instructor with SkiForce in 2012.
Ozforce
Ozforce provide jobs in Australia for people on their gap year.
Sportforce
Sportforce provides overseas coaching expeditions in Ghana, South Africa and Ecuador as well as dive instructor training courses in Egypt.
About Gapforce
Gapforce abide by the governing guidelines of the:
Year Out Group (YOG)
Young Explorers Trust (YET)
Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO)
BSi8848 - Specifications For The Provision Of Visits, Fieldwork, Expeditions and Adventurous Activities, Outside the United Kingdom - approved by the YET