• An Organisation that will support more young people to enrol on their DofE Award in 2023/24 than in the previous financial year and/or provide a new Level not previously delivered.
• One of the following types of organisations:
  • State school or college supporting marginalised young people access the DofE
  • SEND, Alternative provision, and Pupil Referral Units
  • Voluntary and Community Organisations
  • Youth Justice organisations such as a prison.
• Will support marginalised young people to undertake their DofE.

Eligible schools can apply for funding to support with the following:

• Licence fee support
• Expedition equipment Top-up
• Leader Expedition Support
• External Adult training support

All equipment purchased is owned and retained by the Licensed Organisation/Centre and should be loaned but not given permanently to participants. All items should be purchased before 1st June 2023. Invoices/receipts will be required to demonstrate spend.

The Licensed Organisation/Centre must record all assets in its Assets Register. Assets are defined as an item which has a useful life of more than one year and is an item with a purchase price in excess of £500, or a group of items purchased which exceed £500.

We will only fund reusable equipment. Requesting to fund single-use items, such as gas canisters, will cause grant applications to be rejected.

DofE Managers will be sent via email a funding report on MS Forms, which they are responsible for completing, with support from their Operations Officer. The following steps need to be taken:

• Reports will be sent out on the 1st May 2023, the DofE Manager will receive an email requesting a monitoring form is completed. They will have up to and including the 1st June 2023 to complete and submit the report. The Operations Officer will be copied into the email.
• The Operations Officer supports the DofE Manager to complete the form and raises any issues with their Operations Manager and the Project Officer.
• The report is reviewed by the Project Officer and approved/request for further information. When happy the Project Officer will close the grant, notify the relevant Country/Regional Director, Operations Manager, Operations Officer and DofE Manager.

The report requests information on the following:

• Licensed Organisations/Centres will need to demonstrate that funding has been fully used by the reporting deadline. A summary of financial spend and the submission of evidence of expenditure. The evidence of expenditure required is as follows:
  • Receipts/invoices for all expedition equipment top-up items purchased.
  • Receipts/invoices for all Leader Expedition Support expenditure.
  • Receipts/invoices for External Adult Training courses.
  • Licence fee evidence of expenditure will be provided internally by the DofE.
• Any underspend from the Licensed Organisation/Centre will be returned to the Charity. The Charity will invoice the Licensed Organisation/Centre for the outstanding amount.
• Licensed Organisation/Centre will need to complete a short form showing the impacts and benefits of the funding, including how the funding has helped to ensure that Licensed Organisation/Centre is sustainable.
• Licensed Organisation/Centre may also be asked to provide case studies and communication resources about the project.