CCWS rely heavily on interns, especially in Spring when it is baby season and up to 25 interns care for hundreds of baby animals.

There is a strong culture of hunting with dogs in the Canary Islands. When dogs outlive their usefulness, they’re often dumped in the hills. Additionally, many locals don’t neuter their pets, opting to dump offspring rather than pay veterinarian fees. All of this means there are a lot of abandoned cats and dogs and, as a result, animal sanctuaries to try to care for them.

Get onto lakes, mountain trails or river rapids without spending a cent. Sporty and active travellers can save their travel budget for something pretty by swapping their skills and muscle for food, accommodation and equipment hire.

You want to travel and you want to go now but reaching into your pockets all you pull out is a crumpled fiver, a used bus ticket, and a bit of lint that for some reason hasn’t coalesced in your belly button as usual. Clearly you won’t be going anywhere far anytime soon.

Taking a pause from the road gives tired travellers the opportunity to replenish cash reserves by finding some work. As an added bonus, those that choose the right type of work will find that they can quickly develop their language skills at the same time.

A gap year can be a life changing experience: you meet new people, taste new food and immerse yourself in new cultures. However, you won’t get much for free on your year off so it is a good idea that you have enough money before you leave. In this article we explain how you can fund your gap year.

It’s a well-known fact that the best way to learn a language is to totally immerse yourself in a different culture. By travelling to the country where your chosen language is spoken frequently, you’ll give yourself the best chance of becoming fluent quickly – and what better time to do this than on a gap year?