Winant-Clayton Volunteers

I don't know if anyone's ever heard of this..this is a program where UK folk spend time in NYC and US folk spend their time in London. I was a Winant-Clayton volunteer back in 1999 and it was a good way of experiencing time in UK in a relatively "safe" manner. Meaning you go over with a large group of Americans , you have accomodations sorted for you before hand and you get well cared for by the group. I really enjoyed my experience and I'm still mates with the other Americans that came along in my group 7 years later. You spend 7 weeks working in a particular placement depending on your skills and interest. You had to be interviewed , needed two referrences and the competition was stiff but that was 7 years ago I don't know how it's changed.
I used it as an opportunity to do get to see London in an non tourist perspective and have my interviews for universities I've applied for that same year.

http://www.winantclaytonvolunteer.org/index.html

Oh, I'd love to do something like that, Alicia. Thanks for posting this!