Updated 31 August 2010
Looking for an organisation to help you achieve one of your DofE sections?
Approved Activity Providers (AAP) are organisations, both commercial and charitable whose Expedition, Residential or Volunteering section opportunities have been approved by the DofE as meeting our sectional conditions and can count towards the achievement of your Award. AAPs are able to provide assessors and sign off your section.
You can confidently use these organisations but please remember that it is your Operating Authority which has the final say on the suitability of a programme in terms of health and safety requirements and the DofE can give no assurances as to the financial stability of an AAP. Always remember to let your Operating Authority know you are using an AAP and ensure that notification/health and safety approval paperwork is submitted where appropriate.
Expedition section
We now have so many Expedition AAPs that we have broken the list down by region. These are placed by the region in which they are based. Some national organisations will also be listed in the national section and will have a (N) to symbolise it in their regional list. Overseas providers will have an (O) in the same way. Please note that the main list of all AAPs is still available if you continue to scroll down this page.
National providers operate in all regions in England and Wales. All providers who operate within Scotland and Northern Ireland will be in their regional list.
National providers
Overseas providers will be registered within the UK but deliver overseas programmes.
Overseas providers
Residential section
All Residential providers will be included on this list as their programme catchment areas are countrywide.
Residential providers
Volunteering section
We only have national volunteering providers as AAPs so all Volunteering providers will be included on this list.
Volunteering providers
Expedition section:
Residential section:
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Lucca Leadership
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The Wilderness Foundation UK
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YHA
The following organisations can provide open expeditions that can count for both the Expedition and Residential sections.
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Volunteering section:
The DofE is currently licencing new AAPs so check back to see links to new organisations as they are added.