Information Pack on. The Duke of Edinburgh s Awards. and the. Chief Scout Platinum and Diamond Awards and the Queen s Scout Award

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1 Information Pack on The Duke of Edinburgh s Awards and the Chief Scout Platinum and Diamond Awards and the Queen s Scout Award Ashford District Scouts The Duke of Edinburgh s Award Unit Gill Temple DofE Co-ordinator and QSA Mentor Capel House, Capel Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EH Tel: ; Mob: info@ashfordscoutsdofe.org Paul Fisher DofE Unit Leader Mob: info@ashfordscoutsdofe.org

2 Ashford District Scouts The Duke of Edinburgh s Award Unit Welcome to the Duke of Edinburgh s Award Unit! In this pack you will find: Information on Bronze, Silver and Gold DofE requirements Information on Chief Scout and Queens Scout Awards A Registration Form A programme of events for the next year. A Kit List We will be running an Introduction to the Duke of Edinburgh s Award evening on day 7 November 2016 at 7.30pm at Ruckinge Scout. All potential and their parents are welcome to come along to find out more about the award, and how we run it in Ashford District Scouts. To register for Bronze you need to be 13½, however, you can start training for your award as long as you will be 14 by 31 August For Silver, you need to be 15 to register, unless you have completed Bronze, in which case you can be registered from 14½ but in either case, you can start training from 14½. You need to be 16 to start your Gold DofE Award. In conjunction with your own unit leaders, we will also be supporting the Chief Scout Platinum and Diamond Awards, as well as The Queen s Scout Award. We will be offering 30 places on our DofE training programme, which starts on day 28 November 2016 at 7.30pm at Ruckinge Scout. Priority will be given to current Ashford District Explorer Scouts and Explorers. If you would like to do your DofE with us, please complete and return the attached Registration Form, with payment, by day 28 November Our programme of events is enclosed. During the winter we will to talk to you to discuss your choices of Volunteering, Skills and Physical Activities. We will continue to monitor and support each of these activities until they are signed off. We can do this online with the edofe website. We will be running a training programme to make you ready for the Practice and Qualifying expeditions, which are organised and assessed by Kent County Scouts. The Practice is in the summer and the Qualifying is in the autumn. It is really important you come to every training session as otherwise you may miss vital information, and to bring everything with you that you are asked to. The training weekend and the route planning days are essential and if you do not attend, we cannot sign off those stages of your training for you to continue to the next event. Ashford District Explorer Scouts is a non-profit making organisation, and all the leaders give their time voluntarily. So cover the cost of equipment, use of halls, camp fees and other expenses we do have to charge for your DofE expeditions. Costs are shown on the programme. Additionally, nearer the time, you will have to buy your food for expeditions. If you have any questions, do feel free to contact Gill or Paul by phone, text or . For more information on the Award, see Gill Temple DofE Co-ordinator and QSA Mentor Capel House, Capel Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EH Tel: ; Mob: info@ashfordscoutsdofe.org Paul Fisher DofE Unit Leader Mob: info@ashfordscoutsdofe.org

3 Ashford District Scouts The Duke of Edinburgh s Award Unit Registration form for entering the Duke of Edinburgh s Award Please print clearly in CAPITALS or type your details in. You must complete all of the questions. Scout District: Ashford DofE group: Ashford DofE Unit DofE level: Bronze Silver Gold (payment is inclusive of P&P) Please pay by cheque made payable to Kent County Scout Council If you have registered for any previous levels of the DofE please tick which sections/levels you have completed: Bronze Completed award Volunteering Physical Skills Silver Completed award Volunteering Physical Skills Personal details: First name: Last name: Gender: Male Female Date of Birth: / / When you first sign in to edofe you will be asked to record some personal details such as your contact details, ethnicity and personal circumstances along with details of any medical needs you may have. This data is used to enable your Leaders to support you doing your DofE programme and for the DofE s statistical and reporting purposes. You will always have a prefer not to say option. Contact details: Address Town: Home Telephone: Postcode: address: Declaration: I agree to enrol as a participant on a DofE programme. I understand that I will be managing my programme using the online edofe system. I acknowledge that this system has a set of terms and conditions that I agree to. These terms and conditions are available at Participant Print Name Signature Date / / Consent to enrol from parent or guardian (if applicant is under 18 years old). I agree to my son /daughter/ward doing a DofE programme. I note that it is my responsibility to check that any activity my son /daughter/ ward undertakes for their DofE programme is appropriately managed and insured, unless the activity is directly managed or organised by their DofE group, centre or Licensed Organisation. Parent or Guardian Print Name Signature Date / / Note: Data supplied on this form and in edofe and information about DofE activities recorded in edofe will be used by the DofE Charity, the Licensed Organisation and DofE centre to monitor and manage DofE participation and progress by young people and manage and support Leaders. The DofE Charity will use personal data to communicate useful and relevant information to either help complete a DofE programme, Leaders/LOs to run DofE programmes more effectively or help the DofE Charity to improve the quality and breadth of its programmes. Occasionally the DofE Charity may send you information relating to commercial offers. If you do not wish to receive commercial information from the DofE Charity you can choose not to by amending your contact preferences in your edofe profile at any time. Completed form and payment to be delivered to Gill Temple, Capel House, Capel Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EH For Licensed Organisation/Centre administration only: Registered on edofe / / Username Participant Fee Received Yes No User ID number

4 Additional Information Please complete and return this form with the Registration Form Additional information required for Ashford District Scout DofE Unit, to help us communicate successfully, and to arrange teams where possible with friends from school or scouts. Parent/guardian Parent/guardian home phone: Parent/guardian mobile: Participant s Participant s mobile: Participant s Scout or Explorer Unit: Participant s School: Medical history: Is there any history, disability, medication, condition, or other factor we should be aware of? Anything else we should know?

5 DofE Award Timescales Bronze (13½ + years old) Volunteering Physical Skills 3 months 3 months 3 months Plan, train for and undertake a 2 day, 1 night expedition. All must undertake a further 3 months in one of the Volunteering, Physical or Skills sections. Silver (15+ years old) Volunteering Physical Skills 6 months One section for 6 months and the other section for 3 months Plan, train for and undertake a 3 day, 2 night expedition. Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections. Gold (16+ years old) Volunteering Physical Skills Residential 12 months One section for 12 Plan, train for and Undertake a shared activity in a residential months and the other section for 6 months undertake a 4 day, 3 night expedition. setting away from home For 5 days and 4 nights. Direct entrants must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

6 Chief Scout and Queens Scout Awards Chief Scout Platinum Award Be a member of Explorer Scouts for at least six months. Complete six nights away as an Explorer Scout of which four must be camping, excluding any nights away spent of DofE activities. Complete two activities from the International, Environment and Values list. The two activities should come from different areas. Hold the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award, or complete the same requirements within Scouting. The Chief Scout's Diamond Award Be a member of Explorer Scouts or the Scout Network or both for at least 12 months, excluding any nights away spent of DofE activities. This can include any time counted for the Chief Scout's Platinum Award. Complete 12 nights away as an Explorer Scout or member of the Scout Network, of which eight must be camping. This may include the nights counted for the Chief Scout's Platinum Award. Complete two activities from the list of International, Environment and Values activities. These should be different activities from the Chief Scout's Platinum Award and not from the same area. Hold the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award, or complete the same requirements within Scouting. Queens Scout Award Be aged between 16 and 24 years old Be a member of Explorer Scouts or the Scout Network or both for at least 18 months. Be a member of Explorer Scouts or Scout Network at the time you complete the award Complete 18 nights away as an Explorer Scout or member of the Scout Network, of which 12 must be camping, excluding any nights away spent of DofE activities. This can include any time counted for the Chief Scout's Platinum or Diamond Awards, but must all be over the age of 16. Complete a total of six activities from the list of International, Environment and Values activities. These can includes activities completed for either Platinum and/or Diamond Award as long as the total comprises two each from the three categories. Register your intention to complete the Award at

7 DofE Costs Bronze Registration with Kent County Scouts Training weekend in March 2017 (includes food) Practice in June Practice expedition food shopping approx Qualifying in September Qualifying food shopping approx NB Cost of purchasing personal kit will vary Transport to and from all events and expeditions is not included Approx total Silver Registration with Kent County Scouts Training weekend March 2017 (includes food) Practice in May Practice expedition food shopping approx Qualifying in October Qualifying food shopping approx NB Cost of purchasing personal kit will vary Transport to and from all events and expeditions is not included Approx total Gold Registration with Kent County Scouts Training and Practice s start from Qualifying s start from , costs can increase considerably, depending on location and provider Residential opportunities vary enormously, but can be free!

8 Programme for New Participants for Please note that it is essential that all attend as many training sessions as possible in order to be fully competent to continue with the expedition. Attendance at the Treasure Hunt, the Training Weekend, the Route Planning, the Practice, the Qualifying and the Project Presentation are compulsory stages of the DofE programme. Failure to attend will mean that are unable to continue to the next stage. Date Time Venue Attendees Event Bring with you Wed Sat & t.b.c Sat pm pm Ruckinge Scout Ruckinge Scout New New pm Ruckinge Scout New pm Ruckinge Scout New pm Ruckinge Scout New pm Ruckinge Scout New pm Ruckinge Scout New 7.30pm 7th Ashford All those doing HQ, Forge La YL for Ashford Volunteering TN23 1JW 10am - 4pm t.b.a. Young Leaders only Bronze 10.00am pm Silver 10.30am pm Stourside Place, Station Rd, Ashford TN23 1PP pm Ruckinge Scout 9.00am Sat - Start and finish 4.00pm at Tesco Park approx. Farm, camp at Woodchurch Scout 9.00am - finished Stourside Place, Station Rd, Ashford TN23 1PP pm Sainsbury's Bybrook New New All Bronze & Silver All Silver teams Introduction evening Induction and Team building Kit training - parents invited food, stoves & cooking Navigation 1 Navigation 2 Health & Safety/ country code or First Aid Young Leaders' Training Module A (if you have not already done it) First Response first aid certificate (if you have not already done it) Same course on both days so you can attend either day. You need to book through (You can also do YL training module A if you cannot attend on ) Treasure Hunt - Navigation Exercise Team mini hike to practice compass & map reading skills Health & Safety/ country code or First Aid Training Weekend Planning a route, walking it, camping overnight, walking back the next day, cooking one lunch, dinner and breakfast Route planning Bronze and Silver Practice Shopping & kit check Silver No uniform required at any DofE Unit event except where requested for a presentation. Old, warm clothes, waterproofs, boots. Wear uniform, book with Nick O'Callaghan NOCJOC19@aol.com 5 for food or take a packed lunch Come in warm clothes, boots, waterproofs etc as appropriate Bring a packed lunch, Signed consent form and 15 for training weekend (cheques payable to ADES) Old, warm clothes, waterproofs, boots. Pen & paper All your kit as on the list, packed lunch Lunch, laptops if you have them, edofe password and assessor's reports, permission to camp form and payment 30 cash to buy expedition food

9 Date Time Venue Attendees Event Bring with you Fri t.b.c Fri August t.b.a Fri Wed Fri Sat or Mid-Nov t.b.a. 6.30pm Fri pm 9.00am - finished pm 6.30pm Fri pm 6.30pm Fri pm or t.b.c Blackland Fm East Grinstead East Sussex Stourside Place, Station Rd, Ashford TN23 1PP Sainsbury's Bybrook Hopehill Scout Site Meopham Blackland Fm t.b.c. t.b.c. Yr Hafod Scout Centre finished Stourside Place, Station Road, Ashford TN23 1PP All Silver teams Bronze teams (only if we have more than4 teams in total) Bronze teams Bronze teams Any who have missed Practice expedition Gold Bronze & Silver Silver Practice ; 3 day, 2/3 night practice expedition, following your planned route, camping, cooking etc assessed by Kent County Scouts, Route planning Bronze Practice Shopping & kit check Bronze Bronze Practice 2 day, 2 night practice expedition, following your planned route, camping, cooking, assessed by Kent County Scouts Open for any who have missed previous event. Bronze 2 day, Silver 3 day. Training & Practice /Qualifying De-brief from summer expedition, Present Practice Project, Route planning autumn expedition, edofe update pm Sainsbury's Bybrook Bronze only Shopping & kit check Bronze 6.30pm Fri - Ross Wood Bronze only Bronze Qualifying, 3.00pm Scout Site, 2 day, 2 night qualifying Canterbury expedition, following your planned route, camping, cooking, assessed by Kent County Scouts pm Sainsbury's Silver teams Shopping & kit check Silver 7.30pm 7th Ashford HQ All those doing Young Leaders' Training Module Forge Lane, YL for A (if you have not already done Ashford TN23 Volunteering it) 1JW 6.30pm Fri pm Waylands Scout Site Biggin Hill All Silver teams pm Ruckinge Bronze, Silver & Gold 10am - 4pm t.b.a. Young Leaders only Spring 2018 t.b.a t.b.a All completed awards Silver Qualifying 3 day, 3 night Qualifying expedition, following your planned route, camping, cooking, assessed by Kent County Scouts Presentation of your expedition project First Response first aid certificate YL training Module K Same course on both days so you can attend either day. (You can also do Module A if you have not already done so, as well as other YL training modules) You need to book through Presentation of DofE & CS Awards All your kit as on the list All your food as planned in advance. Packed supper Lunch, laptops if you have them, edofe password and assessor's reports, permission to camp form and payment 20 cash to buy expedition food All your kit as on the list All your food as bought in advance. Packed supper All your kit as on the list All your food as bought in advance. Packed supper As advised by organisers; Scouts Wales Practice expedition project presentation Lunch, laptops if you have them, edofe password and assessor's reports, permission to camp form and payment 20 to buy expedition food All your kit as on the list All your food as planned in advance. Packed supper 30 to buy expedition food Wear uniform, book with Nick O'Callaghan NOCJOC19@aol.com All your kit as on the list All your food as planned in advance. Packed supper Uniform, project presentation 5 for food or take a packed lunch Full uniform

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