The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Since the DofE was started in 1956, JLGB has been the exclusive Jewish Licenced Organisation. The Award is getting more and more popular and due in part to our awareness campaigns, more young people from ultra-orthodox Jewish communities are participating, particularly those who require single-gender, Kashrut and Shomer Shabbat provision.

Bronze is the first step on your journey. You will discover skills you never knew you had and learn others that will be with you for life. JLGB runs the DofE across the community for pupils in Year 9, delivering our Kosher provision in all Jewish schools and offer our Community Open Groups in partnership with community centres and synagogues across the UK. 

The Silver Award is the perfect opportunity for those in Year 10 to take part in an experience that is life-changing. There is no requirement to have already done or completed your Bronze Award, and Silver is the opportunity to try something new through the Volunteering, Physical, Skills or Expedition section. The Silver Expedition is one day longer, maximising the fun! 

When you turn 16 you can get started on the most prestigious level of the DofE. Gold is the ultimate challenge and in recognition of that, completion will result in an invitation to receive your Award at St James' Palace! There is no requirement to have already done your Silver Award. DofE is valued by universities and employers, often the first thing they will look for on a UCAS form or CV.

- Explore new, exciting opportunities with young people from all over the country 

- Discover hidden talents 

- Get a different kind of buzz from doing things you’ve never done before

- Broaden your outlook on life that is prized by colleges, universities and employers

- Get recognised for doing the things that YOU choose to do

- Make a real and lasting difference to people in your own community

- Get fit and healthy

- Make friendships that will last a lifetime and have a memorable experience

You can make a real and lasting difference to the lives of people in your community and examples of activities include helping at a youth club, running a social action project, fundraising, raising awareness for conservation projects and supporting the elderly or disabled.

We all want to get fitter and through the DofE, you can! From archery, Zumba, football, yoga, rock-climbing, dancing, wheelchair sports, basketball or anything else you can think of!

Discovering new skills or developing your existing skills and talents will boost your self-esteem and help you to recognise and improve your own skillset. Try playing a musical instrument, learning a new language, designing a website, making a film…the choice really is yours!

You and your team of between five and seven friends will plan an expedition of one night for Bronze, two nights for Silver and three nights for Gold.  Your group will be completely self-sufficient for your expeditions and will have planned every aspect for yourselves!

For your Gold Award, you have to complete four nights and five days away with people you’ve never met, working together on a shared activity. You can choose a project such as working with the National Trust, helping at a children’s camp or developing an urban recycling project. Your Residential section will give you the chance to collaborate on a project with new friends. 

- Enrolment onto the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

- Training sessions

- Support materials

- Use of JLGB equipment (tents, sleeping mats, rucksacks, stoves and pans and all the necessary maps and compasses)

This will include your own personal equipment such as a pair of walking/hiking boots, walking socks, sleeping bag, waterproofs and food for your expedition.

As a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participant, you will get a discount card at: www.dofe.org/shopping/card/dofe-card-and-voucher/

- Volunteering: 3 months. 

- Physical / Skills:  Both for 3 months. 

- Expedition: Plan, prepare for and undertake a 2 day, 1 night venture.

All participants must undertake a further three months in either the Volunteering, Physical or Skills Sections.

- Volunteering: 6 months. 

- Physical / Skills:  One for 6 months and the other for 3 months .

- Expedition: Plan, prepare for and undertake a 3 day, 2 night venture.

- Volunteering: 12 months. 

- Physical / Skills: One for 12 months and the other for 6 months.

- Expedition: Plan and undertake a 4 day, 3 night venture 

- Residential: Five days and four nights in a collaborative project with new people.