Celebrating our partnerships
Over 500 guests representing our local authority delivery partners were able to celebrate our partnership at three events in London, Cardiff and Edinburgh. They learned about our future strategy and plans as well as the inspiring results from our Impact Research, funded by The Pears Foundation. Politicians, academics and youth and education professionals spoke movingly and highlighted the value of the DofE, and its benefits to their young people.
Working alongside other initiatives
DofE programmes will often fulfil the criteria for other government agendas and initiatives, for example Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland, and the Welsh Baccalaureate, enabling many of our partners to meet their government-set objectives and targets without additional work.
“I would like to start by thanking The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Scotland for its support and commitment to driving forward the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). It is organisations like this who are making CfE real for Scotland’s young people. The DofE gives young people the opportunity to bridge the gap between formal and informal learning by realising their own individual interests and talents.”
Mike Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, speaking at a Curriculum for Excellence event at the Scottish Parliament.
Approved Activity Providers (AAPs)
“For me the DofE Award is a socially enabling rounded people programme, it’s a social intervention programme par excellence, it knows no boundaries and it recognises no prejudice. It is a part of the tapestry of entitlement for this nation’s children and young people…if you think it is going to be expensive try not doing it. Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that they have a right to take part in cultural, creative and leisure activities that are suited to them and devised by them. Most local authorities have signed this…the DofE enables them to fulfil this right.”
Dr Maggie Atkinson, Children’s Commissioner for England, speaking at the Celebration of Partnerships event.
The DofE in Scotland promoted the synergy between Curriculum for Excellence and DofE programmes with presentations at the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland Conference, the Scottish Learning Festival and the Learning Teaching Scotland ‘Bridging the Gap’ Roadshows.
Page 10 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Annual Review of 2010
Approved Activity Provider partnerships allow volunteers with no expedition experience to run successful DofE groups as AAPs can provide participants with high quality DofE expeditions. Over 150 AAP licences are now set up, taking participants all over the world from the Arctic to Himalayas and Salisbury Plain to The Outer Hebrides. During 2010 over 6,000 participants used AAPs for their Expedition section.
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