Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a voluntary, non-competitive and flexible programme of cultural and adventurous activities for all young people, whatever their background or ability.
The Award is a four section programme with three levels:
- Bronze (for those aged 14 and over);
- Silver (for those aged 15 and over); and
- Gold (for those aged 16 and over)
The sections involve:
- Service (helping people in the community)
- Skills (covering almost any hobby, skill or interest)
- Physical recreation (sport, dance and fitness)
- Expeditions (training for, planning and completing a journey on foot or horseback, by boat or cycle)
- Residential Project (Gold Award Only) (a purposeful enterprise with people not previously known to the participant)
It would usually take a participant between 6-12 months to complete a Bronze Award; 12-18 months for a Silver Award and 18-24 months for a Gold Award.
It may take less time for completion of the Silver or Gold Awards if the participant holds the preceding Award. All Awards must be completed by the participant's 25th birthday.
Duke of Edinburgh Award in Poole
Poole Youth Service is the licence holder for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in Poole. This means that any club, project or school wishing to run the Award has to register their unit with the Youth Service.
The Award is largely delivered by a team of over 90 volunteers working in 10 units across the town.
Carol Mayne co-ordinates the Award Scheme for the Borough and also heads up the Creekmoor Open Award Centre which runs from Creekmoor Youth Centre on Tuesday evenings in term time and caters for any individual young person wishing to undertake the Award.
Units currently operating the Award in Poole
- Canford School
- Creekmoor Open Award Centre
- Corfe Hills School
- Montacute School
- Poole High School
- Rossmore Community College
- Uplands School
- Victoria School
Access Organisations
In addition, the following centres and projects are 'Access Organisations', where young people can take the first step on the Award trail by attaining a certificate of prior learning for one of the sections of the Award through their involvement with the centre or project.
- Beacon Centre
- BPM DJ Training Project
- Bourne Valley Youth Centre
- Broadstone Youth Centre
- Creekmoor Youth Centre
- The Gaff
- Limelights, The Club for Young People
- Merley Youth Centre
- Millennium Volunteers
- Participation Project
- Pupil Referral Unit
- Quay Foyer
- Turlin Moor Youth Centre
- Waterloo Youth Centre
For more information please contact Colin Dutfield on 01202 262281 or Carol Mayne on 01202 605340 or alternatively visit the official Duke of Edinburgh's Award 
website.
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