DofE Gold Award

 

You need to be 16 to start your Gold DofE, no activities can count before your 16th birthday. You need to be at least 17 to finish it, or 17½ for direct entrants who have not done the Silver Award.

The Award comprises:

      Volunteering: 12 months

      Physical:
                           12 months of one and 6 months of the other
      Skill:

      Expedition: planning, training for and complete a 4 day, 3 night expedition

      Residential: Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights

Plus if you have not already done the Silver award you must undertake a further 6 months of either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skill sections.

For more guidance on what can be counted for each section visit www.dofe.org

To sign up and start accumulating your evidence towards the award fill in the form here and return it to Steve Walker.
                                                                    DofE application form










Queen's Scout Award

In addition to achieving your Gold DofE, all you need to do to also get your Queen's Scout Award is:

1) Be aged between 16 and 25 years old and have been a member of Explorer Scouts or the Scout Network (or both) for at least 18 months. This can include time counted towards the Chief Scout’s Platinum or Diamond Awards.

2) Complete 18 nights away as an Explorer Scout or member of the Scout Network, of which 12 must be camping (this may include nights counted towards the Chief Scout’s Platinum or Diamond Awards).

3) Complete two activities from the International, Environmental and Values list. These should be different activities from the Chief Scout’s Platinum and Diamond Awards, and from two different areas.

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