What is the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award?

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a challenging programme of activities which enables young people to learn new skills, help others, and experience adventure, and will give a great sense of achievement.  Many organisations, such as employers and universities take a very positive view of young people who have achieved it.

The programme is based on ten guiding priciples, which are:

• Non competitive - a personal challenge - not a competition

• Achieveable by all - regardless of ability, gender, background or location

• Voluntary - young people choose to undertake a programme and commit some of their free time to it

• Personal Development - commitment and schievement inspires personal and social development

• Personalised - young people design their own programme, setting their own goals

• Balanced - challenges young people in different aspects

• Progressive - each level requires greater time, commitment ans responsibility

• Achievement focused - young people set their own challenging goals to achieve the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

• Demand commitment - persistence and commitment must be demonstrated with participants encouraged to continue beyond the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

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