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Our facts & figures at a glance In 2009/2010


- 183,661 young people started their DofE. - 79,310 young people achieved a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: - 51,967 Bronze Awards - 19,659 Silver Awards - 7,684 Gold Awards


- 275,000 young people were doing their DofE in the UK.


- Over 850,000 young people were doing their DofE worldwide.


Since 1956, over 4,484,534 young people have started their DofE and 1,974,646 have achieved a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the UK alone.


Every day in the UK


- 503 young people embark on their DofE journey. - 217 young people achieve a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.


- £53,000 is the equivalent value given to local communities through young people’s volunteering activities.


Our volunteers


- Our young people are inspired and supported by over 50,000 adult volunteers. Each volunteer supports an average of five young people.


- Last year they dedicated 1.86 million hours to our Charity.


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DofE is run (2009/2010)


Total centres: 10,811


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Voluntary & community organisations


Secondary schools Independent schools


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Open DofE centres


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Special schools & Pupil Referral Units FE, HE & universities


Young Offender Groups Employers


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A Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is achievable by all. For example:


- 30,000 young people doing their DofE are from a disadvantaged background.


- DofE programmes are run in 95 universities/higher education colleges.


- 14% of participants are from a minority ethnic background.


- over 23,000 young people started doing their DofE through a National Voluntary Organisation, such as the ATC, Scouts, Girlguiding etc.


- 4% of participants have a disability. - 1,204 young people did their DofE using the Welsh language.


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