Gap Year & Voluntary Work in Italy & Malta
Accent
An international education organisation that works with over 50 American colleges and universities to provide study abroad programmes in several European cities including Rome and Florence.
www.accentintl.com
Amerispan
Offers a variety of programmes in Italian cities, such as Milan, Rome and Florence. The language courses can be combined with scuba diving, singing, cooking or tailored to specific professions such as banking or fashion. A teenage summer abroad programme is also offered as are Internships in Florence and Sorrento, in a wide variety of professional fields. For these a high command of the Italian language is essential, so several weeks of language classes is an integral part of the programme. Possible fields where you can intern include: architecture, tourism, marketing, web marketing, graphic design and the hospitality industry.
www.amerispan.com
Art History Abroad
AHA take students, aged 18 to 25, on six week courses travelling through Venice, Verona or Bologna, Florence, Siena or Perugia, Rome and Naples to see many of the greatest achievements in art, architecture and sculpture that Italy has to offer. Summer courses are also available as is a scholarship for the winner of an essay competition.
www.arthistoryabroad.com
AYUSA International
A summer cultural exploration programme for 15 to 18 year old US citizens or residents. Several scholarships are available each year.
www.ayusa.org
British Council English Language Assistant Programme
Approximately 2000 English language assistants go abroad every year under this programme administered by the British Council. They are usually either undergraduates required to spend the third year of their language degree course abroad or recent graduates in languages or other disciplines. They spend an academic year teaching in a school, working either with the class teacher or on their own with smaller groups. Exact duties vary from post to post, but their main role is to develop their students' confidence and competence in understanding and speaking English.
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
BTCV works with partners in Italy to provide conservation working holidays.
www.btcv.org.uk
Cactus Worldwide
Italian and combined courses offered across the country.
www.cactusenglish.com
Caledonia Languages Abroad
Several locations in which to improve your Italian language skills. Courses can be combined with other activities including cookery and wine, history of art and literature.
www.caledonialanguages.co.uk
Cultural Embrace
Participate in day to day business activities and practice your Italian language skills through an internship. Internships, up to five months long, are offered in a variety of industries such as hospitality and catering, graphic arts, financial services, cinema and entertainment, law, media, marketing, architecture, engineering and fashion.
www.culturalembrace.com
Ecovolunteer
Accommodated on a historical wooden boat, volunteers participate in the collection and analysis of data on the distribution, the ecology and the behaviour of dolphins in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea.
www.ecovolunteer.org
English Language Teaching Assistant Program
ELTAP offers individuals, who are fluent in spoken English and willing to help people in another country learn English, the opportunity to volunteer as an English language teaching assistant in Italy.
www.eltap.org
Eurolingua
Learn English with a homestay in Malta or Italian in Italy. TESOL English teacher training is also available in Italy.
www.eurolingua.com
Euro Practice Corps
Internships, au pair work and language study in a number of European countries including Italy, though when we looked at the website there were no opportunities in the country.
www.euro-practice.com
Global Vision International
GVI has whale and dolphin volunteering in the Ligurian Sea. Volunteers are based on a sailing boat. Participants are full members of the crew and assigned a number of duties including sighting shifts, hydrophone listening, navigation, and cooking and boat-keeping shifts.
www.gvi.co.uk
Global Volunteers
Volunteer vacations teaching English in the Puglia region. No professional teaching experience required.
www.globalvolunteers.org
Involvement Volunteers
An Australian organisation that places volunteers around the world including to Italy. Non Australians welcome to apply.
www.volunteering.org.au
Languages Courses Abroad
Italian language courses across Italy.
www.languagesabroad.co.uk
Operation Mobilisation
A Christian organisation, Operation Mobilisation works in more than 100 countries, motivating and equipping people to share God’s love with people all over the world.
www.uk.om.org
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Learn Italian in Rome, Milan, Florence and Siena. Also music, cultural and art, fashion and design courses available.
www.scuolaleonardo.com
Spannocchia Foundation
The Spannocchia Foundation was formed with the intent of supporting conservation, research, and education at the Tenuta di Spannocchia, an 1100 acre organic agricultural estate in central Tuscany. Internships on the farm or in guest services are offered and a small number of volunteers can take part in winter volunteer work. The foundation also sponsors a variety of cultural and environmental education programmes mostly concentrating on painting and sketching or food and wine.
www.spannocchia.com
Tethys Research Institute
A non profit NGO for the study and the conservation of the marine environment. Tethys organise whale and dolphin field courses for those who are willing to contribute to research and conservation campaigns.
www.tethys.org
Time for God
TFG has over 40 years experience of providing volunteer work opportunities to people of all ages. Working with local partner organisations they send volunteers to Italy.
www.timeforgod.com
Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary
If you don't mind being surrounded by up to 300 cats this cat sanctuary in Rome would welcome a hand. English speakers are in demand as guides to show around tourists or there are cleaning and administrative duties to fulfil. Volunteers pay their own costs and housing is available in the form of an apartment room.
www.romancats.com
Twin Training & Travel
Twin has a working holiday designed for European Union residents looking to further their Italian language skills in the Italian hospitality industry. The programme is available year round for between two and six months. Jobs are in hotels, restaurants, bars, amusement and water parks and applicants should have an intermediate knowledge of Italian.
www.twinuk.com
UNA Exchange
UNA Exchange promotes and supports international understanding, cultural exchange and community development whilst at the same time enabling volunteers’ personal growth and development.
www.unaexchange.org
Volunteer Action for Peace
A UK based charity organisation which works towards creating and preserving international peace, justice and human solidarity for people and their communities. Typically the work will involve either social work with the elderly, disabled or teenagers or renovation work.
www.vap.org.uk
Volunteers for Peace
An American international volunteer organisation that sometimes has placements to Italy.
www.vfp.org
WWOOF Italy
Discover Italy by volunteering on organic farms.
www.wwoof.it
YMCA International
The YMCA's Go Global programme places skilled Americans at YMCAs around the world. In Italy, volunteers work as camp assistants in Siderno.
www.ymcainternational.org
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