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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD
Gold Award
You must be at least 16 to start the Gold Award.
Your Gold Programme has 5 sections:
| Gold |
| Volunteering |
| Physical |
| Skills |
| Expedition |
| Residential |
You’ll spend 12 months on your Volunteering section.
For Physical and Skills you must spend 12 months on one and 6 months
on the other - you decide which way round to do this.
The big difference at Gold is you'll also do a Residential section - staying
away from home for five days and four nights doing a shared activity with
people you don't know. It's great fun and a real chance to do something
different!
If you’ve jumped straight into your Gold DofE programme, you’ll
need to do an extra 6 months on one of your sections – see the table
below:
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Volunteering
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Physical
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Skills
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Expedition
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Residential
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12 months
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One
section for 12 months and the other section for 6 months
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Plan, train for and complete a 4 day, 3 night expedition |
Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights |
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entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections. |
Information letters and forms for all DofE levels can be
downloaded here
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COLYTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL