Do Gap Years Make A Difference?

By Phoebe Hill is head of research at Youthscape, a theology PhD student at King’s College London and a volunteer youth worker. 2017-01-19T00:00:00

Many of us have sent young people off on gap years to various corners of the UK and the whole world with the best of intentions, but what are they achieving? Do gap years change the lives of the people they claim to serve, or are they a self-indulgent vanity project? Youthwork editor Phoebe Thompson speaks to the people who make those trips happen to find out.

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