The Duke of Ed Award sections
Fitness
The Fitness/Physical Recreation section of The Award encourages you to participate and improve your physical performance. You can choose individual or team activities. You don’t need to be part of a club—an adult with skills and experience in your chosen activity should provide you with assistance and act as your Assessor.
- Any activity you do during school counts towards The Award but you need to show proof of participation in activities within your own personal time as well.
- The same activity can be used through the different levels of The Award—you just need to show that you’re improving and building your skills at each level.
- You can do more than 1 physical activity to meet the requirements. For example, if you choose a summer activity that you can’t do in winter, you can pick another activity for winter so you can still meet the requirements.
Time commitment
The Duke of Ed Award
Bronze: 1 hour per week over 3 months. If you’re a direct entrant you must average 1 hour per week over 6 months.
Silver: 1 hour per week over 6 months. If you have not completed the Bronze level you must average 1 hour per week over 12 months.
Gold: 1 hour per week over 12 months. If you have not completed the Silver level you must average 1 hour per week over 18 months.
The Bridge Award
Level 1: learn and practice a physical activity for a minimum of 6 hours over a minimum of 2 weeks.
Level 2: participate in structured or organised physical activity for a minimum of 12 hours over a minimum of 4 weeks.
Examples of activities
Aerobics, athletics, basketball, bowling, circus sports, cycling, dancing, fishing, football, gymnastics, hockey, martial, arts, netball, orienteering, racquet games, rugby, skateboarding, surfing, swimming, volleyball, walking, water polo, yoga, scuba diving and many more.
