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ENQUIRE NOWFrom January 2024 age criteria will change from 30 years to 35 years
(Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, or Taiwan)
Have not had any criminal convictions in the last 12 months
(children or other)
under the age of 18
Have access to the equivalent of £2530GBP (i.e. in your bank account for at least 28 days)
Must not have taken part in the Youth Mobility Scheme or travelled on a UK Working Holiday Visa
*Shared housing and Studio-style rooms are in high demand so can be limited in availability.
Our partners have allocated 250 beds in Zone 1 for us, which is the rate between new arrivals and departing travellers. This type of accommodation is centrally located in the heart of London and is an all-inclusive dormitory property. You will be sharing with other Australians and New Zealanders on the Jumpstart, as well as international University Students.
Only one week’s deposit is required to secure your bed pre-departure, and then rent is paid on a weekly basis. Only one week’s notice is required to leave your accommodation.
Features of this accommodation:
There is a loyalty scheme in place if you're room sharing here - The longer you stay, the cheaper your rent gets - ask us for more info.
We have exclusive access to 20 shared houses and flats in East and West London, all within a 25 to 35-minute commute on the tube to central London.
Please note: Availability in our shared housing is limited. If this type of accommodation is your preference, you will start in one of the other types of accommodation on arrival (so you’ve got a bed guaranteed for your move-in when you touch down), and then once you are here, you will go on a waiting list. When there is a room available, and it is your turn on the waitlist, the property team will contact you to set up a viewing. You can go check out the room, and if you prefer it to your current accommodation, sign a tenant agreement for the house and make the swap to shared housing.
Shared housing is in high demand in London. On average there are about 30 people on a waiting list. You will start the program in our city rooms or the Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel, this way, When there is a room available, and it is your turn on the waitlist, the property team will contact you to set up a viewing. You can go check out the room, and if you prefer it to your current accommodation, sign a tenant agreement for the house and make the swap to shared housing.
We partner with a boutique 3-star hotel to provide you with an option for hotel-style accommodation in London. The Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel is located in Leytonstone, East London. You can stay in a single ensuite room, or double ensuite room and pay rent on a week-by-week basis. To secure this type of room you must pay your first week of rent pre-departure.
Features of the Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel:
No, not at all. All of our accommodation options are set up so that you can travel at short notice, with a 1 to 2-week notice period to leave your accommodation.
Absolutely, all of our accommodation options are either in zones 1, 2 or 3 and all within walking distance of London underground stations.
Yes! Our accommodation is great for not only solo travellers but also friends travelling together. There are twin share and double rooms across all of our accommodation options, in zone 1, the shared houses and the hotel accommodation.
TWHC works with our employment partners to guarantee you a job in London. The job guarantees include hospitality (events, festivals, bar work), labouring event crew and construction.
Features of our job guarantees:
Once you have arrived, if you wish to change positions to one of our many other additional employment opportunities (admin work, barista work, etc.), our support team will arrange an interview on your behalf. Please refer to ‘additional employment opportunities’ FAQ for more info.
The job guarantee is available for the length of your visa, you are more than welcome to try your hand at any job you like, and you are welcome to return to this if needed. Consider it your ultimate safety net.
This role involves working at festivals, concerts, 4 - 5 Star hotels, sports games, trendy restaurants & bars, and other VIP events. You can take on roles ranging from; bar staff, waiting staff, food runners, host & hostess & cloakroom.
No experience is needed, but you will be required to attend an induction (an introduction to Hospitality & Banqueting session) before we can send you to work.
Job Type: Flexible
Location: All around Central London (and outside London for festival work)
Training: Provided
Hours: Work as many hours as you want, and be paid hourly. Early shifts, late shifts, or even doubles. You pick and choose what days you want to work.
*This position is pending a skills and fitness test on induction day to ensure the applicant can meet the physical demands of the position.
The role involves working at festivals, concerts, sporting events, TV sets and other iconic UK venues (The Royal Albert Hall, The O2, Wembley Stadium, Tower of London and more!).
You will be doing the manual labour for the set up of events, which can include early morning set-ups, late night pack downs and other day events general labouring work. The work is varied - From stage setups to dragging waterproof covering on a football pitch to unloading stage equipment or putting up street barriers.
No experience is needed, but you will be required to take a skills and fitness text on induction day to ensure you can meet the physical demands of the position.
Job Type: Flexible
Location: All around Central London (and outside London for festival work)
Training: Provided
Hours: Work as many hours as you want, and be paid hourly. Early shifts, late shifts, or even doubles. You pick and choose what days you want to work.
General labouring jobs across Central London, assisting trades on construction sites. This is a Monday-to-Friday job, so if you are not keen on evening and weekend work, this one is for you.
*This position requires you to be physically strong and fit.
Job Type: Flexible
Location: All around Central London
Hours: Monday to Friday day shifts. Flexible work, accept shifts as you like.
Yes, all our guaranteed job opportunities are completely travel-friendly.
This is the best part about the job as it is so diverse. One day you could be waiting at a corporate function at one of London's top 5 star hotels, the next day you could be serving wine at a VIP celebrity party. You could be working at a luxury brand product launch as well as huge concerts at London's biggest arenas. And of course, being a part of the team working at all the best British music festivals throughout the summer. You can take on roles ranging from; bar staff, waiting staff, food runners, host/hostess & cloakroom.
Yes you can. TWHC provides plenty of other job opportunities for you to apply for once you are in London, or you are welcome to try your hand at finding your own job in London. Our job guarantee jobs are flexible in nature so that you can select your shifts around interviews that you would like to attend with other employers and use this job as a fall-back option if you want to explore other opportunities while you're on your working holiday.
Our Events Hospitality work is suitable for those with tattoos and piercings.
In addition to our job guarantees, TWHC works with a range of other employers to offer you additional employment options. These are not guaranteed and depend on availability and a successful application and interview.
Some of our additional job opportunities include:
To be eligible for the Youth Mobility visa, you must meet the following requirements:
Processing times for the Visa can vary from 4-6 weeks so you will need to leave sufficient time to apply before your intended travel dates.
Your Visa Fees are payable to the British High Commission and include:
Potential additional costs:
These fees are non-refundable if your application is unsuccessful. In 2017 over 40% of first-time applicants were rejected because of simple omissions and commonly made mistakes. Because the Visa application is entirely computer-processed, applications can be rejected for errors as small as an incorrect date on a bank statement.
This is why we recommend using our visa service and taking the stress away. Our professional licensed migration agents will help you every step of the way to ensure your application is approved the first time around. 100% first-time approval guaranteed, or you will receive a full refund.
If you do, you may be eligible for the UK Ancestry Visa! This visa allows you to live and work unrestricted in the UK for up to 5 years.
The UK Youth Moblity Visa is still a 2 - year visa, but you now have the opportunity to extend it for an extra year when you're over there. Once you have under 6 months left on your current Visa you can apply to extend your Visa for an extra year thus turning it into a 3-year Visa. which you must do whilst you're in the UK.
In order to extend your Tier 5 YMS Visa, you will need to pay:
Jumpstart London has a fixed intake calendar with a maximum of 15 new arrivals per week from February to November. January and December are traditionally blocked out.
We have 33 intake sessions in year.
You need to provide an estimated arrival week and month so that we can check our availabilities before you sign up. This can be changed as often as you like, however, once you have committed to a deposit payment for a room you will be locked in on those days.
Yes! Our accommodation is great for not only solo travellers but also friends travelling together. There are twin share and double rooms across all of our accommodation options, in zone 1, the shared houses and the hotel accommodation.
Yes you can as long as the employment opportunities you're going for is suitable for both of you. For example, our events crewing work and general labour is not suitable for those who are unable to lift heavy equipment.