Gold Award

• Once you are 16 you can do your Gold DofE programme.  No activities can be counted for this before your 16th birthday.
• If you did a previous level, you can choose the same activity for Gold, but you need to show development in it.  It’s best to try something new!
• You’ll spend 12 months on your Volunteering section.  For Physical and Skills you must spend 12 months on one and six months on the other – you decide which way round you do it.
• Your expedition will be for four days and three nights (plus an acclimatisation day) and should take place in ‘wild country’.
• The big difference at Gold is you’ll also do a Residential section – staying away from home for five days and four nights doing a shared activity with people you don’t know.  It’s great fun and a real chance to do something different!
• For Gold, you’ll need to do your programme for at least 12 months if you’ve achieved your Silver Award.