 To find out briefly what The Duke of Edinburgh's Award involves, click here.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award website will tell you in lots more
detail about the Award and how to get involved.
What is it?
Duke of Edinburgh is a three stage Award. You start at Bronze and
move through Silver to Gold.
At each level in the Award you complete four sections:
Service: encouraging service to individuals in the community
Skills: involving discovery and development of interests and
social and practical skills
Physical recreation: participating and improving in physical
activities and performance
Expedition: fulfil a spirit of adventure and discovery!
The Award aims to provide you with an enjoyable, challenging and
rewarding programme of personal development.
It's non-competitive: you work at your own pace, and anyone can
take part. You can design your own programme of activities, but
completion of the award does require personal commitment, and the
requirement of the four sections ensures you particiate in a well
balanced range of activities.
Why do it?
Taking part in the Award should give you opportunities to develop:
- self belief
- self confidence
- a sense of identity
- independence of thought and action
- a sense of responsibility
- an awareness of your potential
- new talents and abilities
- an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses
- the ability to plan and use time effectively
- the ability to learn from others in the community
- new relationships
- skills including problem solving, presentation and communication
- the ability to lead and work as part of a team
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Duke of Edinburgh Award June 2006
Duke of Edinburgh Award
