Approved Activity Providers
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award licenses external organisations that provide opportunities for the Expedition and Residential sections. These opportunities have been proven to meet our conditions and so can count towards the achievement of an Award. We call these partners Approved Activity Providers (AAPs). They can be commercial organisations or charities and usually provide a section in its entirety, including accredited assessment and the signing of Record Books. AAPs can be confidently used for a DofE Award.
Does your organisation run or want to run an activity or activities that count towards the Expedition or Residential section of a DofE programme? Then become one of our Approved Activity Providers (AAP) and you'll enjoy:
- A much closer working relationship with us
- Regular reviews, updates and consultation to ensure you - can build on the high quality services you offer.
- The clearest possible understanding of DofE programmes and Duke of Edinburgh's Awards
- Our ongoing promotion of your services amongst DofE groups, participants and Leaders
- The use of an AAP logo, incorporating the DofE logo
- Links and your own page on our website.
- Access to the DofE magazine and offline advertising opportunities at a discounted rate.
Download a full list of benefits associated with the AAP licence.
The AAP licence is a quality standard on an organisation's programme meeting the programme requirements and sectional conditions of the DofE.
Please note that the AAP licence does not guarantee the suitability of an AAP in terms of health and safety or its financial stability. Operating Authorities will have their own process for checking the suitability of AAP programmes in terms of health and safety requirements for their young people and they have the final say on the appropriateness of a course in this respect.
Contact us to become an AAP - send in an initial interest form
To become an AAP we will need to find out more about your organisation to ensure that it meets our strict criteria. If everything is in order, we'll agree a licence fee with you which is based on a number of factors including turnover, registered organisation status and the number of young people you work with.
Expedition section providers
Who needs to hold an AAP licence?
This
guidence document sets out in more detail who needs to hold an Expedition section AAP licence and in what situations one is not required. It also has additional AAP Expedition section specific information.
When must expedition providers become an AAP?
From the 1 January 2010 the Expedition section must be delivered either directly by Operating Authorities (OA) through their OA licence or through AAPs. From 1 January 2010, expeditions not delivered by an OA and their staff/volunteers must be delivered through a licensed AAP. However if an expedition is booked before 1 January 2010 with a non-AAP then this is not a problem. This means that during 2010 there will still be many expeditions delivered by non-AAP organisations.