Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award - is a personal development programme for people aged 14 to 24. It’s meant to be a real adventure from beginning to end, so you will be helping people, the community or (in our case) the environment, getting fitter, developing skills, going on an expedition and taking part in a residential activity (Gold only). You can do programmes at three levels, Bronze (14+), Silver (15+) or Gold (16+), which lead to a Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Your activities are in four sections (five at Gold), which are:

Volunteering -helping someone,your community or the environment
Physical - becoming fitter through sport, dance or fitness activities
Skills - developing existing talents or trying something new
Expedition - planning, training for and completing an adventurous journey
Residential (Gold only) - staying and working away from home as part of a team

If you wish to ask about taking part in D of E in your area – as a potential participant, a participant’s parent or as a potential voluntary supporter – go to the Taking Part page of the D of E website to find a county or district level contact who will be able to tell you about your nearest D of E group.

Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award – 2009 Residential Opportunity

In August each year the Authority provides a Residential opportunity (an outdoor, practical conservation task-based project) for young people who are working on their Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award. The next will be based in North Ribblesdale, from Saturday 22^nd to Friday 28^th August 2009, running alongside the region’s Yorkshire Dales Open Gold Expeditions.

To access further information on the Residential and a booking form, as well as seeing previous participants’ feedback, follow the appropriate link, below. The week’s programme has been developed to include achievement of the ‘Discovery’ level of the John Muir Award – a very worthwhile extra.

(24^th December 2008)

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Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Volunteering

Individual opportunities are available for Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants to train with new Dales Volunteers and understudy others who are more experienced. This opportunity begins each Autumn (and not, currently, at any other time). As travel can be difficult for young people, candidates must live fairly close to the Dales and be flexible. Our aim is that all D of E conservation programmes with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will be linked to the John Muir Award . To express interest, please submit an Enquiry Form .

(16^th October 2008)

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Bronze or Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award –Volunteering

We are interested in working with a small number of D of E groups on the development of ‘conservation’ (Volunteering section) projects at Bronze or Silver levels of the Award. Ideally, this would be with parties of ten or twelve candidates (not necessarily from the same Group). Authority staff / Dales Volunteers will lead one activity day per month, in the national park, and provide material for the Group leader or a volunteer to deliver related activity at the Group’s base, for the period appropriate to the level of the Award. ‘Templates’ are under development for this related activity. Our aim is that all D of E conservation programmes with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will be linked to the John Muir Award . To discuss options and opportunities, please submit an Enquiry Form

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