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Lattitude Global Volunteering (formally GAP Activity Projects) is an international charity established in Reading, Berkshire, in 1972 to provide opportunities for young people to make a positive difference to the lives of others. These opportunities involve providing 17- to 25-year-olds with support to travel outside of their own community, in most cases to other countries, where they will spend several months assisting with care or educational projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=40 years of Volunteering )〕 In 2012 Lattitude co-ordinated activities for their 40,000th volunteer. The group is also credited with helping to coin the term "gap year" from its original name. ==History== Originally known as GAP Activity Projects, the not-for-profit organisation was founded in 1972 with the mission of creating safe and worthwhile volunteer work for school leavers before moving onto university. The group was officially recognised as a charity in 1976 as they continued to expand the number volunteer opportunities around the world. In 2000 the organisation co-founded the Year Out Group to promote the benefits of well-structured year out programmes. 2001 saw the opening of three new offices in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=40 years of Volunteering )〕 In 1995 the organisation was placing 1,500 volunteers per year. By 2005 that number had grown to 2,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lattitude Global Volunteering」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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