Gold Award (16+ years old)
| Volunteering | Physical | Skills | Expedition | Residential |
| 12 Months | One section for 12 months and the other section for 6 months | Plan, train for and complete a 4 day, 3 night expedition | Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights |
| Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections |
Participating in and achieving your DofE award also develops skills valued by employers such as:
- Self Belief
- Self confidence
- A sense of identity
- Respect and understanding of people from different backgrounds and communities
- Independence of thought and action
- Becoming more able to overcome challenges
- Developing a sense of responsibility
- Developing and demonstrating enterprise and imagination
- An awareness of your potential
- Recognising the needs and strengths of others
- Developing new talents and abilities
- Learning to manage risk
- The ability to plan and use time effectively
- The ability to learn from and give to others in the community
- Making new friends
- Skills including problem solving, presentation and communication
- The ability to work as part of a team effectively
- Experiential learning
- Most of all have FUN
