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The Duke of Edinburghs Awardaims to provide an enjoyable,
challenging and rewardingprogramme of personal
development for young people,which is of the highest quality and
widest reach.
The Aim of the Award
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Vision
To be universally
recognised and widelyadopted as the bestprogramme for the
personal development ofyoung people
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Non-competitive
Available to all Voluntary
Flexible
Balanced
Progressive
Achievement
Focused Marathon not a
Sprint
PersonalDevelopment
Enjoyable!
10 Key Principles
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Whats in it for Young People
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Whats in it for young people?
Self Belief
Self Confidence
A sense of identity Independence of thought and
action
A sense of responsibility An awareness of their potential
New talents and abilities
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Whats in it for young
people?
An understanding of strengths andweaknesses
The ability to plan and use time
effectivelyThe ability to learn from and give to
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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The AwardAt a Glance
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The Award and its OperationalStructures
Participants
Award
Groups
Operating
Authorities
10 Regional
Award
Offices
The Patron
and Trustees
UK Award
Head Office
Local award committees
National and RegionalAdvisory Committees
General CouncilLinkInternational
Award
Access and Assisting
Organisations
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Operating Authorities (OA)
OAs obtain a licence torun the Award. Units andgroups deliver the Award.
An Award Officer runs the
OA usually supported byan administrator (s),fundraiser (s),development worker (s).
OAs include LEAs,Voluntary and Uniformedorganisations.
OAs have
Roles and Responsibilities:
Child Protection Policies Health and Safety Requirements
Risk Assessment Approval of Trainers,
Supervisors, Assessors Issuing Record Books Approval of Completed Awards Checking on quality Safeguard Aims and standards
of the Award
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Roles
and
Responsibiliti
es
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Benefits to
Organisations
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Award Resource Materials
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Handbook
Navigation
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Three Levels of Award
All Awards must be completed by the Participants 25thbirthday
Earliest age tostart 16 years
and nodiscretion
Earliest agefor completion17yrs (17yrs 6months for a
direct entrant)
Age of entry 15years, some
discretion forBronze Award
holdersEarliest age for
completion
15yrs 6 months
(16yrs for a directentrant)
Entry at 14 withsome discretion
allowed
Earliest age for
completion14yrs 6 months
GoldSilverBronze
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Bronze Award
Expedition 2 Days / 1 Night
6 Hours of planned activity
An additional 3 months must be undertaken
in any of these Sections
3 Months3 Months3 Months
PhysicalRecreation
SkillsService
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Silver Award
Expedition 3 Days / 2 Night
7 Hours of planned activity
Direct Entrants an additional 6 months in
either the Service or the longer
(skills or Physical Recreation) Section
One Section for 3 months
and the other for 6 Months
6 Months
PhysicalRecreationSkillsService
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Gold Award
Expedition - 4 Days / 3Night
8 Hours of planned activity
Direct Entrants an additional 6 months in
either the Service or the longer
(Skills or Physical Recreation) Section
One Section for 12 months
and the other for 6 Months
12 Months
Physical
Recreation
SkillsService
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How it Works
To gain an Awardyoung people have todo four activities, fiveat Gold
Service
Skills
PhysicalRecreation
Expedition
Residential Project
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Activity ChoicesActivities have been
designated to Sections andcan only be counted towardsthat Section of the Award.
Activities not obvious or listed,check the Programmes File,Website, Operating Authorityor Regional Office.
New Activities not listed that aparticipant wants to do theAward will look at accreditingit. Check it out!
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General Conditions 1
The choice of activities is that of theparticipants
Activities should offer a realistic challengewith attainable targets
Each activity at each level may be changed
once Sectional Certificates are available at each
level
Activities undertaken in the 3 months prior
The purchase on an entrance pack signifies
the commencement of an Award
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General Conditions 2
The Award must be undertaken in personalor non-directed time
Activities may be vocational but must notbe a requirement of education or work cannot get paid!
Qualifications gained during directed orwork time may count but.. the minimum
time involvement must be completed inpersonal time
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Movin On!
Participants may start on a Section ofthe next Award prior to completing theirexisting Award provided.
The have a record book pack for the next
Award
They have completed that Section in theprevious Award
They are above the minimum age of entry forthe next Award
They are not working on all three Awards atthe same time!
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One to Remember!
Where necessary, participants may choose tochange the activity undertaken once in eachSection at any time during participation
Both should be recorded in the Record Book
The two periods of participation should add upto at least the minimum time requirement forthe particular section
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Assessmen
t
Effort
Perseverance
Progress
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TheAward
Programme
Questions?