The Duke of Edinburgh's Award | |
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Date | 13 October 1956 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Reward(s) | Gold, Silver or Bronze |
Patron | Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh[1] |
Website | www |
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.