1989 headquarters london united kingdom key people marcus watts ceo website 1 gapforce is a uk based gap year and student volunteering provider . the company was founded in 1989 by marcus watts . 1 the main age groups who travel with gapforce are the 17 to 19 year old traditional gappers and the 21 to 25 year olds who are either looking for an elective or taking a year out from studies . gapforce is based in parsons green london and has in country staff all around the world . they offer several different types of experience split into 6 brands . contents 1 greenforce 2 trekforce 3 medforce 4 skiforce 5 ozforce 6 sportforce 7 about gapforce 8 references 9 external links greenforce edit greenforce provide overseas conservation and volunteering projects . greenforce works in the bahamas fiji tanzania the amazon china thailand and more . 2 trekforce edit trekforce provides expeditions in jungle environments in belize borneo and nepal . the focus is still very much on conserving the local environment and working with local communities however volunteers also learn jungle survival skills and how to lead expeditions . 3 medforce edit medforce offers medical placements in cambodia india south africa ghana and ecuador . they have placements for those with none or minimal medical experience medical professionals and their speciality is medical elective placements for students . 4 skiforce edit skiforce provide ski instructor training courses in morzine and canada . 5 the skiforce courses use the basi british association of ski instructors levels as the basis of their courses allowing participants to take their basi one and two tests . on completion of both participants are qualified to ski teach in the alps . on completion of their eurotest they are eligible to teach in france . skiforce sponsors british fis ski racer ben clatworthy who will be training as a ski instructor with skiforce in 2012 . 6 7 8 ozforce edit ozforce provide jobs in australia for people on their gap year . sportforce edit sportforce provides overseas coaching expeditions in ghana south africa and ecuador as well as dive instructor training courses in egypt . 9 about gapforce edit gapforce abide by the governing guidelines of the year out group yog young explorers trust yet foreign commonwealth office fco expedition providers association epa bsi8848 specifications for the provision of visits fieldwork expeditions and adventurous activities outside the united kingdom approved by the yet references edit http www.gapforce.org about us http www.greenforce.org http www.trekforce.org.uk http www.medforce.info http skiforce.org http www.skiforce.org about us ben clatworthy ben clatworthy skiforce bristol evening post http www.thisisbristol.co.uk news bristol skier secures training deal worth thousands article 1949553 detail article.html bristol skier secures training deal worth thousands silver ball pr http www.silverballpr.com pr press.php ski pr young skier lands top ski sponsorship deal tipped young british skier lands top sponsorship deal just days before british championships http www.sportforce.org.uk external links edit http www.gapforce.org http gapwork.com employment.shtml year out group one world 365 gap year gap work http www.thestudentjob.co.uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gapforce & oldid 647145565 categories companies established in 1989companies based in londonhidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view