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DofE Workplace

With DofE Workplace, you can use the power of DofE to benefit your young employees, helping them to step outside their comfort zones, embrace new adventures, and build essential skills for work and life. Investing in DofE Workplace will fast-track the development of your young talent, creating stronger communicators, problem solvers and team players who can contribute to your organisation’s culture and growth.

DofE Workplace is a tailored 18-month programme building capability and resilience through achieving a Gold DofE Award, making it ideal for young employees. There are five sections to the Gold Award:

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Residential

The flexible five day, four night residential allows employees to embrace new experiences, build their peer network and help develop clear communication skills.

Residential

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Skills

The Skills section will meet your business needs, whether it’s soft skills development or project-based learning. Your young employees will broaden their skills and gain practical experience that supports their progression at work.

Skills

Volunteering

Support your local communities, and help reach your social impact goals, by encouraging young employees to volunteer. From conservation projects to food banks, your colleagues can engage with existing charity relationships, or we can help you find new opportunities.

Volunteering

Physical

From park runs to local gym classes, completing their choice of physical challenge can support your employees’ physical and mental wellbeing as well as boosting their fitness and resilience.

Physical

Expedition

Take training away from the boardroom and into the wilderness. Outdoor expeditions help your colleagues develop their self-reliance, teamwork and solving problems based on real conditions in the natural environment.

Expedition

How the DofE will support you

Designed to be flexible, DofE Workplace is built around your specific business challenges and fits into what you’re already doing. Our expert DofE staff teams will work with you to:

Provide ongoing support and expertise – Your dedicated DofE contact will support you with the programme, helping you to recruit participants and with their participation throughout their DofE programme.
Measure tangible impact – We partner with Skills Builder, a global leader in essential skills frameworks. Together, we’ll help your organisation track and understand the essential skills your young employees are developing, with clear and measurable data.
Drive social impact – By partnering with us you are providing a well-rounded development programme for your own young talent, directly funding our work supporting marginalised young people and clearly evidencing your social impact in communities across the UK.
Streamline accreditation – From away-days to HR development training, you are likely already running some great initiatives; we’ll work with you to identify how your current activities could count towards your DofE Award.

Partnerships that make a difference

Partnering with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gives you access to valuable opportunities and ways to connect with others:

Attract young talent and keep them involved for longer – investing in a trusted worldwide programme shows a commitment to developing early careers and creates a positive and values-driven workplace culture.
Engage with the DofE network – join our network of forward-thinking partners, and access our youth-led, employability events, such as Youth Without Limits Live and our Taster Day programme.
Celebrate success – mark your employees’ achievements at a Royal Palace event at Buckingham Palace, Hillsborough Castle or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

What you need to know

An all-inclusive cost per person that decreases with larger cohorts
A minimum of 16 employees (aged 16+) is recommended
You will need an internal nominated DofE lead who will be supported by us to deliver the programme.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

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"DofE is a fantastic opportunity to connect with likeminded young people in the business and develop important skills like teamworking, communication, survival skills and navigational skills. I’ve had a blast making new friends in the business and improving on my fitness."

Jack Teasdale

VCML apprentice

"We are so passionate about the DofE and the life-changing benefits the Award brings for young people. Through our own Award programme at Amey we see time and again how young people build their confidence, resilience and skills - helping them develop into our leaders of tomorrow."

Emily Davies

ESG Director, Amey

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