Project Trust - A year to be proud of...

Project Trust was founded in 1967 as an educational charity on the Hebridean Isle of Coll in North West Scotland. Since then we have sent over 5,500 volunteers overseas. Project Trust sends about two hundred volunteers to twenty-five countries annually and is widely respected as one of the most experienced and professional gap year organisations in Britain.

Our main philosophy is to provide young people with an opportunity to understand a community overseas by immersing themselves in it; living and working there for a year. All our projects are vetted for their suitability for volunteers, and none deprive local people of work. We have the expertise and the infrastructure to ensure all volunteers are given a challenging and exciting opportunity to develop themselves, and all the support available to them when they need it.

Most of our staff are based here on Coll, in a well-equipped modern office, and this is where the majority of our administration takes place. Most of the staff are Project Trust Returned Volunteers, and are desk officers, i.e. responsible for the volunteers in one or more countries in our programme. As a volunteer, you will remain in close contact with your desk officer throughout your year. In addition, we have a small office in central London, and an extensive network of overseas contacts, all working together to give unrivalled support to our volunteers.

Over five thousand volunteers have spent time abroad with Project, every one of them returning with unique and valuable experiences.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Gap
• Year
• Volunteer
• Travel

[musicMONKEY07]

Going to India with pt in August :DDD Everytime I watch this I get sooo excited can't wait :D

[MonaLisaSmiles56]

@UsefulBigIdiot weren't you allowed to ask anything at selection? I found out at selection that 4 have died over 60 years but mainly while travelling - two died of carbon monoxide poisoning, one in a car crash and one fell down a waterfall... that could have happened in britain too, and if you think about how many uni students die in car crashes ect its not too bad...

But the food thing sounds worrying,,, where did you go?

[UsefulBigIdiot]

Be careful many people do have an amazing time with project but there overseas support is not as good as they say and they dont tell you the whole truth I found out that a vollenteer had died in my project when i got there, also i was sent to an area and endured 7 days of starvation because there was no food in the village and was not toled to buy any in the nearest town. after vomiting blood it took 3 days to get taken to hospital. Also staff are not fully qualified to deal with such situation.

[MrSamdexter]

just seen my son off to china with PT for a year. Very proud and excited for him.

[ImaCremeTruffle]

omg it looks so much fun! i'm definatly going to do this when i leave school!

[drpepsidiet]

i am going to china to teach english next year with the project trust. i am so excited/terrified, a mix of emotions going on but all in all really excited.

[EgyptianBunso]

i'm going on projecttrust for my gap year next year!! :D so excited! :)

[tomooos]

have you been part of project trust? i would LOVE to. so much.

[Kenndelly]

<3 Project Trust!