Through Transformative Volunteering Adventures Combining Culture, Contribution & Challenge
Don't just walk through life, take The Leap
Welcome to The Leap and our transformative volunteering adventures overseas, tailored for gap year explorers, midlife seekers, and corporate teams. Our unique journeys seamlessly blend volunteering, challenge, and culture, offering you an experience like no other, where personal growth is guaranteed.
Authentic Connections, Life-Changing Impact
Our meticulously crafted itineraries are made possible through our dedicated overseas partners, who run inspiring grassroots social enterprises. Their deep local connections and knowledge enable us to venture off the beaten path, immerse in local cultures, and make meaningful contributions.
25 Years of Unmatched Expertise
For over 20 years, The Leap has built a global network of dynamic, impactful projects that are always in search of dedicated volunteers. Whether you join one of our scheduled travel experiences or opt for a bespoke itinerary, we offer volunteering adventures across Africa, Asia, Central and South America tailored to your interests.
Discover Your Next Adventure
Conserving turtles in Costa Rica, aiding high Andean farming families in Peru, or creating new coral reefs in Kenya? These are just a few of the transformative volunteering experiences awaiting you. Start exploring and contact us to find your perfect fit.
Admin - going the extra mile
Making sure you are organised and guided through your travel admin, from flights to insurance.
We go the extra mile, leaving no stone unturned.
Whether you're a gap year student, midlife adventurer, or corporate traveler, your Leap experience will encompass teamwork, sustainable projects, adventure, and top-tier service. The Leap boasts an exceptional network of overseas partners, enabling responsible and safe off-grid travel. As experts in complex travel logistics, we're here to help you navigate your travel plans. Contact us today to start your journey.
Our team programmes involve a gathering of like-minded spirits who will tackle the challenges and adventures together.
We work with dynamic enterprises who are making a huge difference to communities, environment and wildlife.
Our connections overseas all have great inside knowledge as to where and how we can travel off the tourist trail, safely and responsibly.
Scheduled and bespoke adventures available
We send Gap Year, Midlife and Corporate teams away on either scheduled or bespoke adventures.
What is hugely important to us is that we match expectations so everyone ends up on the right adventure for them. So start exploring and get in touch.
We are excited to share an insightful article by Ben Clatworthy for National Geographic, which highlights how gap year trends are increasingly focusing on personal development and responsible travel. This piece not only endorses our approach but also underscores the growing recognition of the benefits our programmes offer.
It suggested 79% would embark on a trip with the main intention being
that the experience would make them more employable. It’s a theme that
runs through the report: around 87% believed vocational travel would
improve their employability, while 86% said they’d sign up to volunteer
on a project related to their ideal future career path.
UCAS has announced they will be scrapping their 4000 character personal statement and instead be asking 3 set questions for 2026 undergrads. You will now be asked:
1. Why do you want to study the course?
2. How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course?
3. What else have you done to prepare outside of education and why are these experiences helpful?
This means that now more than ever, if you are taking a gap year or going travelling in your summer after school and before uni then make it productive. Don't just hostel hop.
Use your time to fuel your application and enhance your skillset to give your application a chance of standing out from the crowd. Our Leap programmes are curated to do exactly that - provide you with soft skills and practical hands on experience (ie in conservation as one example) while incorporating challenge, contribution and culture.
Milly, always up for trying anything new in the name of midlife recently took part in a cacao ceremony...while it may have taken her a day to recover she thinks she will stick to our Midlife programmes for leading the way in bucket list moments. Yoga in Sri Lanka anyone, or maybe you fancy trekking in Peru...
We have all our 2025 dates live on site and can't wait to welcome you.
As always, here for a chat if you have any questions on 01672 519 922.
