About The Duke of Ed Award
The Duke of Ed Award is for young people aged 14 to 25. You design your own program around the things that interest you most.
There are no activities that you have to do, but you need to work through 4 sections for Bronze and Silver levels and 5 sections will take you to Gold. Your Award Coordinator, Instructors and Assessors can help you decide on activities for each section.
The Bridge Award is for young people aged 11 and a half to 14. If you are unable to enter The Duke of Ed Award due to special circumstances, then you can undertake The Bridge Award instead.
The Duke of Ed and the QCE
The Duke of Ed is a recognised course of study for the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). You can earn up to 4 points towards your QCE—1 for Bronze, 1 for Silver and 2 for Gold.
To bank the credit points, contact the State Award Office and tell them your Learner Unique Identifier (LUI).
Award levels
There are 3 Duke of Ed Award levels to choose from:
- Bronze - for those 14 years and over
- Silver - for those 15 years and over
- Gold - for those 16 years and over.
Start at the level that matches your age.
Award sections
For each award level you need to complete 4 sections (5 for Gold participants):
- Fitness/physical recreation
- Skills
- Volunteering
- Adventurous Journey
- Residential Project (for Gold participants only).
How to complete your award
- Select your activities—talk to your Award Coordinator or parent for advice.
- Download and complete your award plan.
- Bronze and Silver Award—send your completed award plan to your coordinator to check, or to the State Award Office if you're an independent participant.
- Gold Award—send your completed award plan to the State Award Office for checking.
- Find your assessors—ask your Award Coordinator to help you find a suitable assessor for each of your activities.
- Do your activities—after your plan is approved begin your activities. You can do more than 1 section of The Award at a time.
- Fill your record book in—make sure your assessor signs and dates your record book when you have completed each activity.
- Get your award approved—give your record book to your Award Coordinator or send it to an Area Award Committee or the State Award Office for approval.
- Receive your award—the State Award Office will send you a letter and your Award Coordinator will present you with your certificate and badge, or you can attend an award presentation, or have it sent to you.
- If you’ve reached Bronze or Silver—do the next level! Return the: to the State Award Office.
