Any young person is eligible to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme if they comply with the following:

• You must be registered with the award, which usually occurs through the school or organisation you’ll be doing this through.

• Bronze: you must be 13+ years old

• Silver: 14+ years old

• Gold: you have to be 16+ years old

Normally, people do the DofE through their school where they will have a DofE Leader – that’s the person that registers you onto the award, gives you your info pack and, gets you set up online for your eDofE.

Sam Sykes can be brought in to run the expedition and residential components of the DofE award.

Is there an alternative way to begin a DofE Award outside of school?

As an alternative you can do it through The Scouts, The Guides, CCF and most youth organisation nation wide.

Also, the Duke of Edinburgh’s award have an online portal so that, if you as an individual haven’t got a group in which to operate in, you can also do it yourself online, so you don’t have to be connected to any group.