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Duke of Edinburgh's Award
It can be difficult to find somewhere as a home educator to undertake the DofE Award scheme . Following some fantastic conversations with the team at Thornbury Open Award Centre and the DofE HQ
we are now licensed and can offer DofE to our members.
Timings:
January to August (completion by December).
Meet-Up Schedule:
Sessions are 10:30 – 12:30 on Fridays unless specified.
Date:
23 Jan at The Aquarium: Get stated, enrol on platform, plan skills
27 Feb at The Climbing Hangar: Team building
20 Mar The Hub: Planning Adventure day 10:30am - 1:30pm
30 Mar Ashton Court & Leigh Woods Outdoor adventure day 930am - 330pm
24 Apr Location TBC - First Aid training 10:30am - 1:30pm
22 May Location TBC Expedition prep + emergency procedures
17th July - Expedition prep continues.
17 - 21st Aug Biblins, Forest of Dean Practice + assessed expedition,
5 day, 4 night camp out
Total Cost: £230 per participant
Manager:
Jo Sweetland
Volunteer & Expedition Lead:
David Matthews
Coordinator:
Matilda Muir
Deputy:
Matt Harris
Award Verifier:
Caroline Clark
This covers the full programme, delivered at cost with no profit and lots of volunteer time.We will be encouraging young people to be self directed and proactive in this journey, with the Hub team to support and enable the journey. Read about Bronze Award requirements here.
This is currently full. We hope to run again in Autumn.