What's included?

• Tailored school trip itineraries reflective of the needs of students (and accompanying teachers)
• Pre-departure briefing at your school
• Comprehensive pre-departure information and advice
• Induction and orientation on arrival by a professional project coordinator
• Fully structured conservation and community volunteering projects for students
• In-country assistance and support
• Accommodation: each project is different, but will either be a volunteer house, host family or on-project residence
• Transportation: airport pick-up, airport drop-off, and if necessary transportation from accommodation to project and back as well as private hire minibus
• Food: 3 meals a day included
• Sightseeing activities (this can be included in your itinerary if requested)
• 24-hour emergency support

What's NOT included?

• Flights
• Insurance
• Visas
• Vaccinations

Dates and duration

Each project has different prices depending on the size of the group (students plus teachers)

• Once a bespoke itinerary has been established for your chosen projects, a final price will then be drawn up with our partners in South Africa, Romania & Thailand. See the Fees section for a basic price breakdown.

Please be aware that if you are considering a summer student volunteering trip, it’s advisable to contact Twin fairly soon so that we can enquire about the availability.

Points to remember: 

• The price level of group fare will be determined by seat availability, date of departure and also will depend on how far in advance you make the reservation
• Reservations open for sale 11 months prior to departure

Eligibility

Please contact the Twin Work & Volunteer Manager, James Ong Fox or fill in an enquiry form to find out whether your group would be eligible.

Location

Project life

We are able to construct bespoke itineraries for our groups upon request. If you would like an itinerary created for your students, please email Sally Mordarski (the Work & Volunteer Manager) or fill in an enquiry form.

Accommodation and Food

Accommodation and food details will vary greatly depending on which of the four courses your school is interested in. For more information, please email the Work & Volunteer manager; Sally Mordarski or fill in an enquiry form.

Flights, Transportation & Visas

School Trips Abroad: Students' flight information and advice:

According to which project you are interested in, booking processes and advice changes. Therefore, if you have any questions about flights or visas please contact Sally Mordarski at smordarski@workandvolunteer.com (the Work & Volunteer Manager) or fill in an enquiry form.

Safety & Insurance

• All of Twin Work & Volunteer's placements are in partnership with recognised and established local organisations, run by or employing local people. These organisations, depending on the nature of what they do, might be small-scale NGOs, family projects, schools or orphanages, or local initiatives with environmental or social goals.
• We often use local businesses to provide logistical and support services to volunteers such as transfers, pick-ups, accommodation and so on. In this way, we support the local economy through helping independent local businesses to thrive. We take our partnerships very seriously and work extremely closely with all our partners.
• We provide 24-hour emergency support from the UK and our partners provide support locally.
• We have an agreement with the crisis management service Tranquillico, should the very worst situations arise.
• If any wider safety concerns arise in the destination, such as civil disturbances or natural disasters, we seek advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and implement their recommendations where appropriate.