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Sep 18, 2024 · The Duke of Edinburgh's Award helps young people build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their passions, and discover talents they never knew they had.
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a registered charity, funded by donations, participation places and licences. The charity works with Licensed Organisations (LOs) across the UK to increase opportunities for young people to gain the benefits of doing their DofE.
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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) [2] is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations.
From Award levels, timings and costs to what’s involved and why doing DofE can really make a difference in your life. Read everything you need to know about doing your DofE.
- Background
- The DofE and The UK
- The DofE Goes Global
- DofE Programmes and The Gold Award
- Diamond Anniversary
- The Future of The DofE
The Duke of Edinburgh first considered the idea of a national programme to support young people's development in the Autumn of 1954, at the request of his inspiring former headmaster Kurt Hahn. After the Second World War there was a growing concern about the development of boys, due to the gap between leaving school at 15 and entering National Serv...
The DofE has continued to evolve over the decades that followed. In the 1970s, the DofE began to partner with businesses to help young people who were at work, in training or job hunting. Against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment, DofE open centres sprang up around the country giving young people the opportunity to participate in programmes o...
As soon as the DofE was launched there was widespread interest outside the UK in replicating the Award. It spread initially through the enthusiasm of international schools but soon youth organisations across the Commonwealth were running DofE programmes for their young people. By 1971, the DofE was operating in 31 countries, increasing to 48 countr...
The DofE and its mission to encourage personal discovery, self-reliance and responsibility in an environment of social interaction and team work has remained unchanged through the course of over 60 years. The programmes take between one and four years to complete, allowing participants to progress through levels to achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold Do...
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award celebrated their 60th Anniversary in 2016. The celebrations included the launch of the Diamond Challenge, an activity designed to encourage people of all ages to step out of their comfort zone and do something they have never done before. The Countess of Wessex undertook a Diamond Challenge to complete a 445 mile cycle...
Today, more young people than ever before are doing their DofE, regardless of circumstance. This includes young offenders as part of their rehabilitation, mental health patients as part of their treatment and recovery, teenage mums as a route back to education and to create a future for themselves and their children. The DofE is being delivered in ...
The Duke of Edinburgh set up the award in 1956 Shehbaaz, who was last year made his school's head boy, credits the DofE Award with boosting his leadership and teamwork skills.
Apr 15, 2021 · The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on 9 April, has left a huge legacy with his award scheme. According to the latest statistics, , external more than 1.3 million young people participated...
