Gap Year Planning

A GAP YEAR DONE PROPERLY

Make your Gap Year count. Plan with purpose.

A gap year can be a powerful step forward… or a missed opportunity. The difference is in how it’s planned.

If you’re weighing up what’s next, this is your chance to get clear on what actually adds value - for university, future careers, and personal growth.

Join Milly, founder of The Leap, for an honest, insightful session on how to get it right. Choose from one of the dates below:

  • Friday 21st August, 9:30am
  • Wednesday 2nd September, 12:30pm
  • Tuesday 22nd September, 6pm

  • Live online | Free to join | Limited spaces

    What you'll take away:

  • What universities and employers really look for
  • How to build experience that strengthens a CV
  • The difference between filling time and creating impact
  • Why structured, supported travel makes all the difference
  • For parents and students asking:

  • Will this actually help their future?
  • Will they grow in confidence, or lose direction?
  • How do we make sure this year is truly worthwhile?
  • You’re right to think carefully about it.

    A quick introduction from Milly

    Watch this short introduction from The Leap’s founder, Milly, inviting students and parents to explore how a gap year can be planned with purpose. Discover how to build meaningful experience, strengthen a CV, and take confident steps towards the future.

    Because a gap year shouldn’t be time off. It should be a step forward.

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    Stand Out Beyond Your Grades

    Learn how meaningful experiences help students build evidence for university applications, interviews and future careers.

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    Gain Confidence Through Experience

    Discover how travel, volunteering and real-world challenges help young people develop independence, resilience and life skills.

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    Plan With Confidence

    Join our free Gap Year Planning session and learn how to turn travel into confidence, experience and future opportunities.

    three camels in Diani, Kenya, walking along a white sand beach.
    A safari land cruiser approaching a herd of Zebra in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.
    An adult green turtle underwater in Watamu Marine Park, Kenya
    A man playing the drums in a traditional ceremony in Peru, surrounded by women dresses in Bright pink traditional wear.
    the gap year, solo travelling team's view of the Lost City in Colombia
    Three Ladies standing on the edge of the Lake of Gold in Peru. Wearing traditional cultural clothing.
    The view of a waterfall in thick jungle in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, on our Costa Rica gap year programme.
    Traditional fishing boats in Sri Lanka, a photo from the point of view of one of our Solo travellers on a group trip
    an old man sat at a market in Sri Lanka, selling fresh veg
    A dramatic photo of a chapel in Peru, with snow covered mountains behind. Taken from the point of view of one of our Gap Year teenagers on a group tour.
    two young girls and their llama in Peru wIth dramatic valleys and hills behind
    A photo of the Salt fields in Peru. Taken by a solo traveller on her gap year with The Leap.
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