Ray Francis – Head of PDHPE

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award COVID-19 update

Please click here for an update to Duke of Edinburgh’s Award during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has also been placed on the Parent Portal.    

While it is important to read the full document, here are a few temporary changes for the period 1 May 2020 – 31 December 2020.  

• Voluntary Service Section – Volunteering at home. Participants can now volunteer for family members as part of their Award activities.
• Award Leaders can waive the requirement for a Bronze Practice Journey OR where a Practice has been previously completed, it can be counted as the Bronze Qualifying Journey.
• Recognising the Silver Practice Journey as the Bronze qualifier.
• Implementation of the Virtual Bronze Exploration (VBE).
• Adventurous Journeys may be organised in a familiar environment.
• Parents should still not be ‘Assessors’. There are some changes regarding who can be an assessor.