Why are we called 'The GAP'?

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The GAP is so-named after a theoretical concept developed in the field of theatre-in-education.

 

The ‘gap’ is an unfilled space that opens – maybe in time, in understanding, in knowledge, thought or feeling – a space in which personal growth is genuinely possible. It is ‘unfilled’ in the sense that it offers no fixed answers, and it deliberately refrains from telling young people what to think. In these ‘gaps’, young people are free to explore and experiment, to make meaning for themselves, and to consider their own values. They can develop and grow their understanding of who they are and their relationship to the world.

 

In other words, The GAP facilitates young people to think and to think for themselves.