Have you decided what you’re doing for your DofE Skills section?
Have you decided what you’re doing for your DofE Skills section?
From cooking, AI, and digital skills to aviation, languages, and wellbeing (and more!), nine of our partners want to show DofE Bronze and Silver participants like you their exciting opportunities – all of which you can do from the comfort of your own home.
Read on to find the right one for you – for even more opportunities from our AAPs, please visit the DofE’s Opportunity Finder.
Explore your creativity through our supportive writing workshops. Guided by experts, you’ll craft original stories and develop your unique narrative voice. Flexible online options (live, pre-recorded or one-to-one) all provide personalised feedback to build confidence, spark imagination and sharpen core English skills for GCSEs and beyond.
Enhance your knowledge with a range of free online activity courses. Created by aviation and aerospace industry experts, you will be provided with an insight into the sector to enable you to learn and develop your skills.
Each course contains weekly structured activities with a clear step-by-step guide covering many careers across the aviation and aerospace industry.
Give them more than a DofE certificate. Give them a skill for life.
The KC Classroom helps young people become confident, independent cooks while completing their DofE Skills section. They’ll learn at their own pace with 40+ recipes, easy-to-follow videos and personalised feedback. It’s practical, flexible and designed to give young people skills they can take with them long after their DofE is finished.
Education Direct Worldwide’s AI & Digital Entrepreneurship Skills Programme helps young people aged 14 to 24 work towards their Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Skills section online.
Through weekly learning and real world projects, learners build practical skills in AI, app development, digital products, marketing and entrepreneurship for careers, university, freelancing and self employment.
From food to fashion, plastics to power, this free, fun, practical, online course empowers you to tackle climate change and protect the planet.
Weekly emails include hands-on activities, thought-provoking videos, eye-opening facts, and inspirational examples. Turn your concern about climate change and your passion for nature into long-lasting habits and new skills that really make a difference.
Make your DofE ‘Skills’ section easy – and learn something you’ll enjoy!
Choose from cookery, baking, sewing or crochet and learn from home, at your own pace. Our fun, affordable ONLINE courses are designed to help DofE participants build a life skill to complete their Skills section.
It’s easy to get started, with no experience needed. You can learn independently, gain confidence over 13 weeks and receive an assessor report upon completion.
Just £59 per course.
Every app you use is checked by someone paid to find what’s broken. That’s software testing, a tech career you can enter without coding or a degree.
You’ll learn how software is tested, how faults are found and reported, and sharpen the critical thinking, attention to detail and problem-solving that every tech employer wants. Finish with a certificate of completion.
Interested in learning German and discovering German culture? With the Gimagine Award, you can learn German online at your own pace, whether you’re a beginner or want to build on your skills.
Gain an insight into German culture by discovering topics such as sustainability, art and society through interactive quizzes, speaking tasks and writing exercises.
Choose a skill you enjoy and learn your way.
If you’re 18 or under, join live online Coding & Technology, Creative Writing or Maths classes, or take part in project-based Coding & STEM sessions at Southwark libraries. Learn with friendly instructor support and at a pace that suits you.
Courses vary each term; visit our website for course details and locations. Fully funded places and bursaries are available.
From thrilling outdoor activities to transformative volunteering experiences, explore the fantastic opportunities offered by our AAPs in our Opportunity Finder.
