When your in Longhill CCF
you get the chance to do the Duke Of Edinburgh Award. You do the award on Summer
camp as well as a planned expedition. Duke Of Edinburgh Award Scheme
When your in Longhill CCF
you get the chance to do the Duke Of Edinburgh Award. You do the award on Summer
camp as well as a planned expedition.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO DO THIS AWARD AS IT WILL GO ON C.V AND
WILL HELP YOU GET JOBS WHEN YOUR OLDER!!!
There are three levels of
Award: Bronze, Silver and Gold. At each level there are four Sections:
Service, Expeditions, Skills, Physical Recreation , plus a Residential Project
(at Gold only)
• Activities in each Section are intended to complement each other and so
provide a balanced programme reflecting different aspects of
young people’s development;
• participants and leaders can develop their own activities to meet the
principles or choose from Award lists;
• participants should be encouraged to explore and pursue different and
exciting initiatives which may be new to the individual or develop
existing interests;
• new programmes and activities should be developed in consultation with the
Operating Authority, as Operating Authorities have
responsibility for participants’ safety and well-being and may have their own
rules and requirements.
TIME SCALES FOR
INVOLVEMENT
Bronze
Award
Service - 3 months
Skills - 3 months
Physical Recreation - 3 months
Expeditions - Plan, prepare for and undertake a 2-day, 1-night venture
Silver Award
Service - 6 months
Skills - 6 months
Physical Recreation - 3 months
Expeditions - Plan, prepare for and undertake a 3-day, 2-night venture
Direct entrants must undertake an additional 6 months in either the
Service or the longer (Skills or Physical Recreation) Section
Gold Award
Service - 12 months
Skills - 12 months
Physical Recreation - 6 months
Expeditions - Plan, prepare for and undertake a 4-day, 3-night venture
Residential -Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home
for 5 days and 4 nights.
Direct entrants must undertake an additional 6 months in either the Service or
the longer
(Skills or Physical Recreation) Section
Mission
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
is committed to providing for young people an enjoyable, challenging and
rewarding programme of personal development,
which is of the highest quality and the widest reach.
Our goal is to strengthen the Award by continuing to broaden and extend its
reach to the many communities that comprise contemporary United Kingdom.
Benefits to Participants
In taking part, participants
develop:
self-belief
self-confidence
a sense of identity
independence - of thought and action
a sense of responsibility
an awareness of their potential
new talents and abilities
an understanding of strengths and weaknesses
the ability to plan and use time effectively
the ability to learn from and give to others in the community
new relationships
skills including problem solving, presentation and communication
the ability to lead and work as part of a team
Available to All
With a commitment to equal
opportunities, the Award Programme is available to all young people who choose
to take up its challenge.
Voluntary
Young people make a free choice to
enter the programme and commit their own time to undertake the activities.
Flexible
Young people design their own
programme, which can be geared to their choice and personal circumstances and
also to local provision. They may enter for
whichever level of Award best suits them, and may take as long as they wish to
complete an Award.
Balanced
By choosing activities in each of
four different Sections (five at Gold), participants undertake a balanced and
wide ranging programme.
Progressive
At each level, the Award Programme
demands more time and an increasing degree of commitment and responsibility from
the participant.
Achievement Focused
Before starting an activity, young
people are encouraged to set their own goals. If they aim for those goals and
show improvement, they will achieve their
Award.
Marathon, not a Sprint
The Award demands persistence and
commitment and cannot be completed in a short burst of enthusiasm. Participants
may want to continue with activities
beyond the minimum time requirements set out for each level of the Award.
Personal Development
The Award is a programme of personal
and social development. The value to young people is dependent on personal
commitment, the learning process and
the quality of the experience.
Enjoyable
Young people and helpers should find
participation enjoyable and satisfying.
Time Scales
You have until your 25th birthday
to complete any of the Awards but it takes at least 6 months at Bronze, 12
months at Silver and 18 months at Gold for
Direct Entrants.
Age
of Completion
Participants
must continue their involvement with the Award until they reach
the minimum ages for completion which are:
Bronze (all entrants) = 14.5yrs
Silver (Bronze holders) = 15.5yrs
Silver (Direct entrants) = 16yrs
Gold (Silver holders) = 17
Gold (Direct Entrants) = 17.5
Age
Limits
The
age range for the Programme is from the 14th to the 25th birthday.
Minimum
Ages
The
minimum ages of entry are as follows:
Bronze 14 years
Silver 15 years
Gold 16 years
Subject to the above minimum ages, entry into the Programme may be at Bronze,
Silver or Gold level.
Age
of Completion
Participants
must continue their involvement with the Award until they reach
the minimum ages for completion which are:
Bronze (all entrants) = 14.5yrs
Silver (Bronze holders) = 15.5yrs
Silver (Direct entrants) = 16yrs
Gold (Silver holders) = 17
Gold (Direct Entrants) = 17.5
Maximum
Ages
The
upper age limit for all Awards is the 25th birthday, by which time all
activities which count for an Award must be completed.
What and When
The Award is essentially a programme of activities undertaken during free or
personal time. The Programme should be voluntarily undertaken at times
when
participants have freedom of choice as to whether they participate or not (i.e.
personal or non-directed time).
Activities can be vocational or non-vocational
Those activities pursued partly within directed curriculum or work time can
count where:
- the participant demonstrates a substantial contribution of personal time
and voluntary effort
- the activities are not followed for examination or career advancement purposes