The Duke of Ed Award sections
Skills
This section of The Award encourages you to develop practical skills in an area of interest to you. You can either:
- continue to develop skills and knowledge in an activity of interest to you
- study a new topic of personal interest
- complete a specific project such as making a piece of furniture.
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’re encouraged to pick 1 activity and stick to it for the duration of The Award. However, if for example, you choose a physical activity that you can’t do in winter, you can pick another activity for winter so you can still meet the requirements.
Requirements
The Duke of Ed Award
Bronze: 1 hour per week over 3 months. If you extend this section you need to average 1 hour per week over 6 months.
Silver: 1 hour per week over 6 months. If you’re a direct entrant and you choose to extend this section you need to average 1 hour per week over 12 months.
Gold: 1 hour per week over 12 months. If you’re a direct entrant and you choose to extend this section you need to average 1 hour per week over 18 months.
The Bridge Award
Level 1: learn and develop your skills in an interest or hobby for at least 2 months.
Level 2: participate in a structured or organised interest or hobby for at least 4 months.
Examples of activities
Acting, art appreciation, astrology, Braille, boat building, cooking, creative writing, debating, drawing, driving, fashion, film production, fishing, jewellery design, juggling, language, meditation, musical instrument, painting, photography, pottery, producing plays, refereeing, sculpture, sign language, singing, stamp collecting, theatre, web design and many more.
