Gap Year Gift

A Gift With Strings Attached

When the time came for his affairs to be put in order, as a businessman he thought long and hard about what his contribution to the world might be. Reasoning that his own children, like most of their generation, were well provided for, he set aside a portion of his estate to be divided amongst his grandchildren, with one condition: That on completing their education, they would give six months of their professional skills to the poor in a developing country.

When those in his circle learned what he had done and wanted to do the same, he wondered if others across Ireland might be encouraged to follow his lead - and so the Gap Year Gift was born.

How Does It Work?

You place a sum of money in trust and make a provision in your will that this money is to be made available to your grandchildren between the ages of 21 and 25 (most likely on completion of a trade apprenticeship or college education) on the condition that he or she undertakes a six-month field assignment with a recognised development agency in a developing country.

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