For journalists

New press release: The Rise of the Mini Career Break (printer-friendly, opens in new window). Summary: What is a Mini Career Break and why are so many people taking them?

Career break and adult gap year information for journalists can be found here. Even if your request is urgent, we can usually help you - just call us on 0161 4488846. Click here for a list of publications and programmes which have already featured us (opens in a new window).

Media requests
Press releases
Profiles of The Career Break Site staff and founder
Articles on career breaks, travel and related topics
Logos for The Career Break Site
Images

Media requests

If you have a media request, please contact us on the information below. With our partner organisations, we can almost always find what you are looking for - whether that's case studies, images, information or quotes. If you would like us to forward your request to our career break contacts, please specify this in your email, as we can't pass on your contact details without your permission. See a list of publications and broadcasters we have assisted with media requests (opens in a new window).

Phone: 0161 4488846
Email: press@thecareerbreaksite.com

Press releases

Please feel free to copy anything you wish from the press releases - we love to know if you're featuring us but it's not a requirement! If you need more information, please contact us on 0161 4488846 or press@thecareerbreaksite.com.

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Printer-friendly press release: Mini career break
Word document press release: Mini career break

Profiles of The Career Break Site staff and founder

Profiles are released under a Creative Commons licence, meaning you can copy them as long as you credit us. (Pages and files open in new windows).

Rachel Morgan-Trimmer is The Career Break Site's founder, who talks about her own career break in her profile.
Rachel's profile on a printer-friendly web page
Rachel's profile in a Word document
Rachel's picture (lo-res jpeg)

Jane Trimmer is the company's senior web developer. She retrained for this career at the age of 58.
Jane's profile on a printer-friendly web page
Jane's profile in a Word document
Jane's picture (lo-res jpeg)

Articles on career breaks, travel and related topics

If you'd like an article for your publication, please contact us on 0161 4488846 or press@thecareerbreaksite.com and tell us what you need. (Articles are not posted here so we can ensure they're not too widely distributed). Our experienced editorial team can write a bespoke article, if required, even at short notice. Articles are released under a Creative Commons licence, meaning you can copy and alter them, as long as you credit us.

The Career Break Site logos

You can use our logo on your website or in your publication, provided you do not say anything derogatory, misleading or inaccurate about The Career Break Site. You don't have to get written permission from us, but please adhere to the following requirements:

Logo must be displayed large enough for the text to be read
Logo must not be altered or cropped
Logo must not be hyperlinked to any other website

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Colour logo (hi-res eps)
Colour logo (large jpeg)
Colour logo (gif)

Need another format? Email us or phone us on 0161 4488846.

Images

If you need an image, please email us and let us know exactly what you're looking for. Please specify in your email if you'd like us to forward your request to our career break contacts (who have a much larger range of high quality images than we do). We'll assume you want a high-resolution image unless you specify otherwise.

For images of us, please see the profiles section above. If you want a different sort of image, do contact us and let us know what you need.

You can take a screengrab of this website without getting written permission, so long as you don't use it in a way that's misleading or derogatory about us.