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.
"DofE" redirects here. For the UK government department abbreviated to DfE, see Department for Education. For other articles abbreviated to DFE, see DFE.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Awarded forCompleting a range of challenging activities across five sections: volunteering, physical recreation, skills, expedition, and a residential.
Date13 October 1956; 68 years ago (1956-10-13)
CountryCommonwealth (including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)
Reward(s)Bronze, Silver, or Gold
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,[3] 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".[4]

  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.
  3. ^ "Do your DofE", The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, archived from the original on 29 January 2019, retrieved 29 January 2019
  4. ^ Igo, Renee (21 July 2020). "Kurt Hahn: Six Declines of Modern Youth". Outward Bound. Retrieved 16 September 2022.