Welcome
Welcome to the online home of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group at Embassy, whether joining for the first time, or returning for the next stage of your award.
We will provide/arrange all the training required to achieve the award you are aiming for, but in doing so we require you to attend 90% of the Tuesday training evenings and both practice and final expeditions. Any Training sessions missed will need to be caught up on.
We do not believe that one year at Embassy DofE is sufficient to properly attain your gold award due to fitting in the required practices and adequate training around other commitments.
Costs
This years costs will be
- £25 for bronze & silver
- £30 for gold with your second season costing just £15
This covers your participant pack and contributes towards Embassy DofE expenses. You will need to pay again should you loose your participants pack. Embassy DofE is run by unpaid volunteers with minimal support from the Bournemouth Council Youth Service. Please respect the time given by these volunteers with your dedication and application to gaining your award.
We will be running slightly differently this year, you will each be allocated a mentor who will be a member of the DofE team with whom you can discuss your progress across all sections of the award. They will make themselves available to you from 19.00 to 19.15 weekly and you will have an email contact for them out of those times.
Dates for your diary
Bronze & silver award participants
- Day walk exercise 24th October 2010
- Practice expedition 9th-10th April 2011
- Final expedition 27th -30th May 2011
Gold award participants
- Practice expedition 27th-30th May 2011
- Final expedition will be in 2012
A quick reminder – please feel welcome to bring along any friends interested in the DofE award during September. The cut off date for entrants will be in early October so we can ensure that expedition training is completed, and the expedition groups can start working together on their route plans as soon as possible.
Programme of events
October
5th – Route cards explained & compass skills
12th – Route cards for day walk (including purpose)
19th – Navigation/speed walk
24th – Bronze & silver day walk exercise
26th – Half Term Centre Closed
November
2nd – Physical assessment at Winton Rec
9th – Navigation/speed walk
16th – Food, cooking and nutritional value
23rd – First aid & safety
30th – Route plans for final expedition
December
7th – Navigation/speed walk
14th – Route plans for final expedition
21st – Christmas