Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am an 18 year old from South East England with a passion for helping others. In my spare time I enjoy playing and watching cricket and amateur performing arts.

I am currently on a gap year, hoping to study genetics at university. I have always known that I wanted to take a gap year in order to volunteer and experience true independence rather than diving straight in to four years of study. I have been selected for a six months Community and Caring placement in Japan where I will be working in a care home with either adults with disabilities or elderly people. You can find details of the placement here https://lattitude.org.uk/gap-year-japan/

Lattitude Global Volunteering is an international youth development charity with the mission to educate and develop young people worldwide by providing opportunities to volunteer abroad and to make a positive difference to the lives of others through a distinctive, challenging, structured and supported overseas volunteering experience in a culture and community different from the volunteers' own.

Through volunteering abroad, young people have the opportunity to experience the world beyond their community and to truly engage with it.  This helps to develop awareness and responsibilities towards oneself and others, and equips the volunteers with employability and life skills.

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