How volunteering can change your life
A memorial to commemorate the life of a fallen soldier who motivated and inspired DofE participants has been unveiled
Barmy Army pitch in as part of their Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
A YOUNG woman has become the sixth member of the same family to achieve her Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
The DofE featured in Sheffield United’s Matchday programme, as seven DofE participants achieve their Bronze Award. 24,886 through the gates on presentation day.
Click here to Watch DofE participants on BBC Match of the Day doing their DofE through the Community Sports Trust at Burnley Football Club. Since being part of the ground breaking national partnership with DofE and the Football League Trust Burnley FC have been inspiring, enthusing and motivating young people to achieve a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through football. Because of their success since the launch of the partnership Burnley FC have become an Operating Authority licensed to deliver DofE programmes and grant Awards.
Recent publicity for the Newscastle United Foundation's Duke of Edinburgh's Award, from the matchday programme Newcastle vs Scunthorpe United.
Clarets duo put DofE on the map
The DofE features in The Sun in an article about interview techniques
Tesco initiates scheme to enable school-leavers to reach for the top
ROUND Britain walker Seb Green presented more than £32,000 to good causes – and is now off to join the Royal Marines.
THE number of teenagers taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is up by20 per cent in just the past two years.
The DofE features in the Times Educational Supplement Scotland
The Newcastle Evening Chronicle featured the launch of the DofE at Newcastle Football Club
THE FAMILY of the Newport woman who was seriously injured in a sledging accident last week thanked the DofE teenage boys who came to her rescue.
THE Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, one of ten yachts competing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race, has begun Race 5 to Singapore.
Aspiring doctor started volunteering to achieve her Duke of Edinburgh's Award but when that finished she decided to carry on.
DofE participants complete the Southern Ocean leg of the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race in sixth place.
Burnley Football club is praised for delivering the Duke of Edinburgh's Award
National Youth Ballet perform at DofE Christmas Party
HRH The Earl of Wessex Boosts The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme
CHAMPION boxer Jamie Arthur congratulated young people who were presented Duke of Edinburgh's Awards at the annual presentation ceremony.
Teenager Gemma Hall was stunned when she went to an event to pick up a Duke of Edinburgh's Award and ended up being revealed as Bristol’s young person of the year. 23 November 2009.
DofE Leader wins Regatta's Hill Walking Hero in the latest issue of Trail magazine December 2009
New wing aims to break the cycle of teenage crime. 5 November 2009.
Bognor students receive gold certificates from Edwina Currie. 31 October 2009.
A woman was airlifted by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to hospital in Sheffield after being cared for by a passing Duke of Edinburgh’s Award team. 27th October 2009.
The crew of the Scottish entry in a round-the-world yacht race have crossed the finishing line of the Atlantic leg. Seven people joined the crew as part of their work towards Duke of Edinburgh awards. 24th October 2009.
The second of the DofE capital crew to join Inspiring Capital at sea featured in the Edinburgh Evening News. Thursday 22nd October 2009.
Celebrating the first young people to achieve their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Awards within the footballing partnership. The Football League website featured the story a first for the Cobblers.
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Article in the Guardian on Saturday 17th of October 2009. The Supplement sponsored by Vodafone. It is part of Vodafone’s ‘World of Difference Campaign’ which aims to get young people volunteering and the DofE features as a case study.
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The first young people to achieve their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award within The Football League partnership were featured on the Northampton Town football club website on Thursday 15th of October 2009.
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On Tuesday 13th October 2009 A Duke of Edinburgh's Award group came to the rescue. The DofE Group from a local high school played a vital role in helping a woman who was crushed by a tree on a windy day in the Pennines. Click here to read this email.
On Wedenesday 7th Oct Perth pupils were hailed heroes for Loch Tay canoe rescue. Duke of Edinburgh's Award youngsters saved women after they capsized.
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Young offenders get royal award. On Monday 28th of September Offenders at an Oxfordshire young offenders' institution have received their Duke of Edinburgh Awards from Prince Edward. Click here to read the full story.
Accolade for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award officer who beat coma. NEIL HAPGOOD was not expected to survive when he was found lying face down in the sea after suffering an aneurysm while surfing. Less than five months on, he is back at work as a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award officer, supporting schools and helping young people striving to achieve thier DofE in Neath Port Talbot. Click here to read this inspirational story.
DofE Gold participant Camilla raised £11,000 for charity her story featured in the Gazette & Herald on the 10th of September 2009. Click here to read the story.
The DofE features in the Times Educational Supplement which was published this morning (Sept 4 2009).
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Sixth year pupils at Ross High School were praised for their efforts after completing the second stage of their Duke of Edinburgh's Award on Thursday 3rd September 2009.
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The Herald newspaper in Scotland exclusively reveals that a report out today (Sept 1 2009) says the potential for using The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in schools is "very significant indeed" and urges councils to work with the charity which runs it to ensure that all young people in Scotland have the chance to take part.
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The DofE featured in Third Force News on Friday 21st of August 2009.
Click here to see the story. The photo features a team of seven inspirational young people who have been given the chance to take part in an adventure of a lifetime, as they are chosen to take part in the world famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 09-10. The team is made up of young people working towards their Gold DofE from across Edinburgh and from a variety of backgrounds.
DofE participant Martin Brown was featured in The Telegraph on the 18th of August. He is spending a week working towards his Gold DofE by volunteering with the RSPB.
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IN A first for the Bexley Borough, a group of young people has just completed a sailing expedition as part of their Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Click here to read the story that was featured on the This is Local London website on Monday the 17th August 2009.
When Naomi Cyna was unable to attend her son's Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold presentation ceremony because she was undergoing treatment for cancer, her daughter Miriam decided to put things right.
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A STUDENT who overcame dyslexia to achieve his Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award has been to London to collected it from Prince Phillip himself. Gary Foxley was featured in Stroud Life on August 12 2009.
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Rangers legend Mark Hateley represented the Rangers Charity Foundation in Edinburgh recently at an event to recognise the achievement of hundreds of young people who secured their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
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Partially-sighted Amelia was featured in the Swindon News on Friday 7th of August 2009. The fourteen year old is heading to Ben Nevis to raise money for her DofE Group.
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Young volunteers win recognition for services featured in the Bognor Regis Observer on 30 July 2009. Katie received her award for her role as a leader of the Youth Of Bognor camp as part of her work towards a Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
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Young lifesavers featured in the Western Gazette on July 31 2009. Teacher Diane Butler who is quoted in the article said: "It teaches them to keep themselves safe in water and enables them to come to the assistance of somebody else. Some also use it as part of their Duke of Edinburgh's Award. It is life skills really; it teaches them to save a life."
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The DofE featured in The Times on July 30 2009, Alice Thomson has written a feature entitled 'Teach girls to be lawyers, doctors – and mothers.' The idea that women are not aiming high enough is outdated. In the article she is quoted as saying; "But I soon discovered that many of these teenagers already had ten starred As at GCSE, their gold Duke of Edinburgh's awards, had set up their own internet businesses, won medals for debating, were competing for Britain in sailing and had grade 8 distinction in oboe."
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(29th July 2009) The Manx Radio website featured five Duke of Edinburgh's Award students from the Isle of Man who are putting a roof on the replica Viking longhouse at Ardwhallan.
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In the Darlington & Stockton Times on Tuesday 28th July 2009 pupils from Stokesley School doing their Duke of Edinburgh's Award help with repairs in North Yorks Moors National Park.
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The Evesham Observer featured three youngsters on the 27 July 2009 who have made an outstanding contribution to their community and who are in with a chance of winning a top award.
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GREEN fingered youngsters from a Birkdale youth group will have their own garden on display at this year’s Southport Flower Show. Fifteen young gardeners from Birkdale Youth Centre will build the garden as part of their Duke of Edinburgh's Award. This story was featured in the Southport Visiter July 22 2009.
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Featured in Gazette Live on July 21 2009 Two Teesside brothers strike Duke of Edinburgh's Award gold
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A 19-year old British backpacker survived almost two weeks lost in the Blue Mountains, eating seeds and grass and sheltering under a log for warmth. Jamie Neale had been taught bush survival techniques including how to light a fire and what to eat in the wild when he completed his Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Click here to read the story published on July 16th 2009 in the Heraldsun.com
On the 10th of July 2009 The DofE featured in an article 'It's the curriculum in action' in The Times Educational Supplement in Scotland.
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The Times Educational Supplement in Scotland featured Meldrum Academy pupils who helped build a skills centre in The Gambia. To read the story
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Student reporter Harrison Hall wrote an article on the 3rd of July 2009 in the Wynnum Herald. He describes the hidden strengths that Moreton Bay Boys' College students found while doing their DofE, one quote stated; "I believe this is an incredible award that every teenager should take on. I’m lucky that I had such an opportunity to do it."
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Matthew Parris wrote in The Times on July 2, 2009 Beware: dogs in mangers. Probably barking. Pity the poor Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants cold-shouldered by landowners.
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Footage of DofE Trustee The Earl of Wessex featured in the Hartlepool Mail on the 23rd June 2009. VIDEO: Chatty prince was the talk of the town.
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The Shields Gazette was awash with skilful young people on the 23rd June 2009. Award puts wind in their sails.
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The Huddersfield Daily Examiner featured an inspirational DofE participant on the 23rd of June 2009. TEENAGER Andrew Winterbottom does not think hes done anything special. But the 17-year-old from Oakes has dedicated years to helping people with disabilities and does not plan to stop just yet.
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Larne Times featured the news that Director Eric Rainey MBE was singled out with a CVO honour for his 30 years of dedication to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Northern Ireland.
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On the17th of June 2009. Hartlepool Mail described the ROYAL fever that was set to grip Hartlepool and east Durham for a fourth time this year.
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Royal Salute for high achiever. DofE Gold Award holder Katy Jones was featured on Monday 15th June 2009 in the Chard & Ilminster News.
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Pupils at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School who are leading the way in a community clean-up campaign were featured on Wednesday 10th June 2009 in the Ashbourne News Telegraph.
Click here to read the story. The litter pick is part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award and aims to promote Ashbourne as the cleanest town in England.
The DofE features in Army Cadet magazine in an article called Learning The Ropes. The DofE Made Easy, How to become a qualified Duke of Edinburgh's Award Officer.
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The DofE paddles into Canoe Focus magazine. The article features a Gold sea kayak expedition in Croatia run by Shrewsbury School.
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The DofE features in the Burnley FC Match Day programme. Following the launch of a partnership between the Football League Trust and the DofE. Burnley FC Manager Owen Coyle has agreed to be a club ambassador for the DofE at Turf Moor.
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The DofE features in Issue 3 of YG&T magazine. A new magazine for primary and secondary learners from the Young Gifted & Talented Programme, which is managed by CfBT Education trust on behalf of the DCSF. Two versions have been produced for each age group and include contributions from gifted and talented learners themselves, reports from summer school activities, and features, competitions and interviews.
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The DofE appeared in The Football League Community News.
Click here to read the article. The article features The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and The Football League Trust ground breaking national partnership which has been inspiring, enthusing and motivating young people to achieve a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through football across England and Wales.