What is The Duke of Edinburgh's Award?
[[Image:DofE-Logo-2008.gif|thumb|right|The DofE logo]] The '''Duke of Edinburgh's Award''' ('''DofE''') is a programme of activities for anyone aged 14 to 24.<ref name=dofe1 >{{cite web|url=http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/doing-your-dofe/whats-the-dofe/|title=What is the DofE all about?|publisher=The Duke of Edinburgh's Award|date=2011|accessdate=2011-06-23|archive-date=2011-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702052222/http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/doing-your-dofe/whats-the-dofe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are three levels of the award: ''Bronze'', ''Silver'' and ''Gold''.<ref name=dofe1 /> There are different sections in each level. At Bronze and Silver level, participants must do four sections: ''Volunteering'', ''Physical'', ''Skills'' and ''Expedition''.<ref name=dofe1 /> At Gold level, participants must do another section, as well as the other four, called ''Residential''.<ref name=dofe1 /> Each level can take between 1-4 [[year]]s to complete. All activities must be done by the participant's 25th [[birthday]]. Around 275,000 participants are taking part in their DofE programme at any time in the [[United Kingdom]]. The aim of the programme is to evidence a person's dedication to improving themselves. DofE is also run in other [[country|countries]] under the name of the International Award. ==''e''DofE== ''e''DofE is an online system that lets participants manage their DofE programme. It also enables leaders to look at participants' progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/edofe/edofe.aspx|title=''e''DofE - managing the DofE|publisher=The Duke of Edinburgh's Award|date=2011|accessdate=2011-06-23|archive-date=2012-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222044019/http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/edofe/edofe.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke of Edinburgh's Award}} [[Category:British awards]]