D of E Award

The Duke of Edinborough Award is an award scheme designed to reward pupils for volunteering in the community keeping fit and learing skills and generally looks good on a Personal Statement or CV. It is run by Mr Gray and thus has the longest meetings of any extra curriclar activity at BRGS.

Levels

The Award is divided into three levels - Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level becomes harder and requires more time as a volunteer and eventually includes a residential.

Bronze

Requirements

Volunteering - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.

Physical - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.

Skills - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.

Please note one section has to be for six months and 24 hours in total.

Expedition - Two trips, each two days and one night (Practice and Assessment) where you are completley isolated.

Silver

Requirements

Volunteering - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.

Physical - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.

Skills - 12 Hours and upwards over 3 months.

Please note one non-volunteering section has to be for six months and 24 hours in total.

Expedition - Two trips, each three days and two nights (Practice and Assessment) where you are completley isolated.

Gold

Requirements

Volunteering - 48 Hours and upwards over 12 months.

Physical - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.

Skills - 24 Hours and upwards over 6 months.

Please note one non-volunteering section must be for 12 months and 48 hours in total.

Expedition - Two four day trips (Practice and Assessment) where you are completley isolated.

Residential - An outward bounds trip were you look after yourself.

Evidence

Until 2009-2010 all evidence had to be put into a record book and signed by Mr Gray. Then The Prince Phillip decided that the best way to reach kids is to use the internet and DofE was born! Now you have an account where you can upload pictures and scan in evidence. Then at the end you can download all the pictures that you uploaded and put them together on your computer.