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- The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations.
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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) [2] is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations.
The DofE achieves the goal of reaching one million young people two years earlier than hoped. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh first considered the idea of a national programme to support young people’s development in 1954.
The Award grew out of the efforts of three men: The Duke of Edinburgh; Kurt Hahn, a German educationalist and founder of Outward Bound, and Lord Hunt, leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.
- Background
- The DofE and The UK
- The DofE Goes Global
- DofE Programmes and The Gold Award
- Diamond Anniversary
- The Future of The DofE
The Duke of Edinburgh first considered the idea of a national programme to support young people's development in the Autumn of 1954, at the request of his inspiring former headmaster Kurt Hahn. After the Second World War there was a growing concern about the development of boys, due to the gap between leaving school at 15 and entering National Serv...
The DofE has continued to evolve over the decades that followed. In the 1970s, the DofE began to partner with businesses to help young people who were at work, in training or job hunting. Against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment, DofE open centres sprang up around the country giving young people the opportunity to participate in programmes o...
As soon as the DofE was launched there was widespread interest outside the UK in replicating the Award. It spread initially through the enthusiasm of international schools but soon youth organisations across the Commonwealth were running DofE programmes for their young people. By 1971, the DofE was operating in 31 countries, increasing to 48 countr...
The DofE and its mission to encourage personal discovery, self-reliance and responsibility in an environment of social interaction and team work has remained unchanged through the course of over 60 years. The programmes take between one and four years to complete, allowing participants to progress through levels to achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold Do...
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award celebrated their 60th Anniversary in 2016. The celebrations included the launch of the Diamond Challenge, an activity designed to encourage people of all ages to step out of their comfort zone and do something they have never done before. The Countess of Wessex undertook a Diamond Challenge to complete a 445 mile cycle...
Today, more young people than ever before are doing their DofE, regardless of circumstance. This includes young offenders as part of their rehabilitation, mental health patients as part of their treatment and recovery, teenage mums as a route back to education and to create a future for themselves and their children. The DofE is being delivered in ...
Mar 7, 2021 · The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) was founded in 1956 by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. The Award was inspired by the County Badge Scheme — a project created by Kurt Hahn, a German-born Jew who established two of the schools attended by a young Prince Philip.
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, first considered the idea of a national programme to support young people’s development in 1954 at the request of his inspiring former headmaster, Kurt Hahn.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has been a focus of The Duke of Edinburgh’s life and work for four decades since achieving his own Gold Award in 1986. Founded by Prince Philip in 1956, The Award helps young people build their confidence and develop key life skills in order to reach their full potential.
