Speaker: Adrian Yalland Company

Different Travel are one of the UK’s growing number of ‘voluntourist’ companies, providing holidays which combine travel, sightseeing and relaxation with opportunities to volunteer alongside local people on community projects.

As such, Different Travel offer give an ideal insight into how volunteering overseas can be a valuable and rewarding element of any career break. Come and hear from Different Travel’s founder, Adrian Yalland, as he talks about ‘voluntourism’ and volunteering on career breaks.

The seminar will seek to offer some practical tips on how to ensure volunteering on your career break rewards you and the overseas community, and will help people to:

• Learn how to avoid the pitfalls associated with overseas volunteering

• Find out what you should ‘know before you go’

• Find out how to travel in an environmentally friendly way

• Learn how to ensure you give back to your host community

• Staying safe whilst volunteering

The seminar will also look at the different kinds of volunteering that are available, and will talk about the benefits of longer term volunteering over shorter term volunteering. The seminar will also offer some advice on where to go to find more information, and contact details of organisations who can help the would-be volunteer.