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An excellent opportunity to gain local press coverage

Tell the world about your achievements!

Gold Award Presentations (GAPs) take place in Scotland, Northern Ireland and London throughout the year.  Every year around 6,000 young people recieve their Gold Award certificate in the presence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Earl of Wessex at a prestigious Royal palace.  Whilst the DofE itself undertakes pro-active PR activity regarding these events, we encourage Gold Award holders to contact their local newspapers in order to provide a great local story of a positive nature, regarding young people in the community.
Please download our sample press release that you can use as a basis for your contact with the local press.  Don't forget to personalise it!
  • Remember to include a contact telephone number and email address
  • Put in the date of your presentation
  • Add your name and some info about what you did to achieve your Gold Award
  • Attach a photo or let journalists know you can supply one.
Tell us about your DofE experience
We're always on the look-out for great case studies about young people's achievements for use on our website, in PR and in our DofE magazine.  If you'd be happy to be featured please answer our short questionnaire:
Alternatively drop us a line telling us about your experience (and don't forget some photos!) to info@DofE.org
For any media enquiries
(Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00) please contact:
Emma Maguire, Communications Officer
T: 01753 727423
M: 07908 697807
E: emma .maguire@DofE.org