The Duke of Edinburgh Award

The Transatlantic Council (TAC) is proud to be a licensee of the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) program whereby we are able to provide this prestigious award to TAC Scouts. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a youth awards program founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. These awards recognize adolescents and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises. The DofE helps young people build a life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their passions, and discover talents they never knew they had.
 
The Award is comprised of three levels and four sections and is designed to provide a balanced program of personal development and challenge. Participants complete all four sections at each level in order to achieve their Award. At Gold level, participants also complete a Gold Residential Project.
 

The award consists of 4 categories:

  • Skills -Develop transferable skills
  • Physical recreation- Get active
  • Voluntary service- Give back to the communities
  • Adventurous journey- Experience adventure and learn to lead.

Bronze Level – For those over 14 years old. (Six months minimum needed to complete this award)

Silver Level – For those over 15 years old. (12 months minimum needed to complete this award)

Gold Level – For those over 16 years old. (18 months minimum needed to complete this award)

For more information regarding the DofE Award click here: https://www.intaward.org

We now have a fully trained team of BSA leaders that are trained to train the leaders to deliver the award.

Leaders need to register as instructed on this video link and complete the online level 1 module.

The next admin trainer course dates are 11th/ 18th/ 25th June 2024 at 6pm UK time. They are three-hour sessions. Send an email to Suzanne Blakeman to register for the level 2 course of 3 zoom courses provided by our team free of charge.

For questions regarding youth registration and adult training please contact Suzanne Blakeman at [email protected]

For a look at the DofE Award Framework, click here to access the pdf.