Many people have the mistaken belief that gap years and volunteering abroad are for the young. In particular, it is common for people to think that these are only for people who are about to embark on university courses, or for people who have just left the educational system and are about to enter the workplace.

Whilst this may have been the case in the past, the present situation does not reflect this state of affairs and people who decide to conduct a gap year or volunteer abroad do so at varying times of their lives and for an eclectic range of reasons.

There are a number of reasons for this change. First of all, people’s economic situations have helped to facilitate such a move over the last ten or twenty years and therefore taking a gap year has become a much more viable option.

Secondly, employers have started to look more favourably on gap years and volunteering trips abroad in terms of the skills which this will develop and how these can benefit people within their future careers. They are therefore a lot more likely to support you in this than maybe they would have been in the past – opening the door even further in terms of taking a gap year later in life.

Finally, people have started to recognise how much gap years and volunteering abroad can benefit them on a personal level and this is one of the main reasons why they decide to invest in this, no matter what stage in their lives they are.

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