The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

This article is about the award. For the episode of The Inbetweeners titled "The Duke of Edinburgh Awards", see List of The Inbetweeners episodes § ep11.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Date13 October 1956; 67 years ago (1956-10-13)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Reward(s)Gold, Silver or Bronze
PatronPrince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh[1]
Websitewww.dofe.org

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE)[2] is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises modelled on Kurt Hahn's solutions to his "Six Declines of Modern Youth".

In the United Kingdom, the programme is run by The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a royal charter corporation. A separate entity, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation, promotes the award abroad and acts as a coordinating body for award sponsors in other nations. Award sponsors in these countries often operate under a variety of other names in areas without a historic link to the British monarchy, or that have severed such links.

  1. ^ "The Duke of Edinburgh announced as new Patron of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award". The Royal Family. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The Duke of Edinburgh's Award – The DofE in the UK". The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Retrieved 14 March 2016.