The purpose of Transform is to enable everyone to join the fight to end poverty around the globe and to see their lives transformed through the experience of serving overseas. With this in mind, Transform organises several different types of trip, specially designed to fit people at different points in their lives.
18-24's: Long-Term and Short-Term
Our Long-Term placements run for up to 5 months in the Spring, Autumn and Winter. They are aimed at students and young adults who have got a little longer to spare and want to do something really practical and meaningful with their time. The project work differs with each placement, but we offer the opportunity to get involved with building work, teaching, HIV awareness, gardening, water projects, youth clubs, sport, music, church work and other community activities.
Our Summer programme offers similar-style projects to our Long-Term placements but for four to six weeks over July and August.
We run our Creative programme in the autumn, giving those with a creative edge (songwriters, artists, photographers, writers etc) the chance to use their skills as a way of engaging with the communities they visit overseas. These trips also aim to inspire and challenge team members to use their talents when they return home in sharing the stories they’ve heard.
Youth Groups
Our Transform Yourselves programme is designed for groups who want to go overseas together. They are tailor-made trips designed to suit the skills and personality of the group. Teams are usually made up 8 - 16 people and travel throughout the year for between 1 and 4 weeks.
Over 25's (Easter and Summer holidays)
Our Transcend programme is for those who are slightly more limited on time, but still want to travel overseas and get involved with the work of our partners. We run two-week trips in the Easter and Summer holidays. Although these trips are open to anyone we particularly encourage those with professional skills such as teaching, health care, IT and project management to travel with us as we are often able to use these skills in particular ways to really bless our partners.
Our Prayer Trips are a key part of our Transcend programme. We really recognise that value of prayer in achieving Tearfund’s vision; we need people on their knees in prayer as well as on their feet in action. These trips focus on intercession and incarnational prayer and will give you an overview of Tearfund’s work in the whole country. They run for 2-weeks in the Easter and Summer holidays.
Families
Our Family Trips run for 1-2 weeks in the Easter and summer holidays. They are suitable for those with children from age 7 (or year 2) upwards. The trips are aimed at enabling your family to walk in the shoes of a local family and experience life from a different perspective. By connecting with community life in the developing world our prayer is that your family is inspired and challenged, and that this helps to grow your children’s understanding of the world and their place in it.