All Parents Need To Know

Welcome to our Parents Area.

My wife Milly and I have been arranging gap years since 1994 and as a husband and wife team, along with our staff, have sent over 2400 volunteers overseas since starting The Leap in 2002.

We are parents ourselves with two boys and therefore understand how nerve wracking it can be to send your precious child overseas. We fully recognise your possible concerns which is why we have this comprehensive Parents Area on our website covering:

•    Our Experience
•    Planning A Gap Year
•    Safety
•    Meet Us and Briefing
•    Benefits and Employability
•    Finance
•    Testimonials
•    Political Updates

We hope you find this useful and reassuring. I instruct my staff in UK and overseas to base any decision they make on behalf of a volunteer on what they would do if that person was their own child or loved one.

The advice in this Parents section and My Leap has been written to be relevant to ALL parents (parents of UK and NON UK citizens as we send Americans, Europeans, Australians and other nationalities every year too). Whilst all the information is important and relevant we have sections that relate specifically to NON UK citizens.

We look forward to embarking on this journey together and hopefully meeting you at our Briefing Day (if that is possible). We would be delighted to answer any questions you may have – please give us a call.

Best wishes,

Guy Whitehead
Founder and Managing Director