Duke of Edinburgh Silver

By achieving your DofE Silver Award, you've shown extended commitment to volunteering, developing a skill and improving your fitness, developing resilience and teamwork, especially in the expedition element! Within Scouting, the DofE Silver links directly to the Chief Scout's Diamond Award so it's great to enrol to both awards, it's effectively a 'two for one' offering!

How to earn your award:

You must be 15+ to enrol in the DofE Silver Award Programme

If you aren’t 15 yet but are in the school year in which your peer group turn fourteen, you may be able to start a Bronze DofE programme - check with your DofE Leader.

For each of the 3 sections (see below in the timescales) you must complete a minimum of an hour a week per section. There are endless possibilities as to what you can do for each section, but you may choose to volunteer in the Beaver Colony in your Scout group each week, develop your fitness by going cycling every week, and learn how to play a new instrument, but its totally up to you!

Timescales:

Volunteering: 6 Months
Physical and Skills: One for 6 Months, One for 3 Months
Expedition: 3 Days & 2 Nights
If you didn't do DofE Bronze, you must undertake a further 6 months in either Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

More Award Information:

More details on the DofE Bronze Award can be found on the Scout UK website, by clicking the link below.

District Silver DofE Sign Up

A form to sign up to the DofE Silver Award within our district will appear soon, watch this space!

eDofE

Below is the link to eDofE, the online platform used to log evidence and track the progress of your DofE award...