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Here you can find a variety of valuable resources provided by DofE in Scotland and Nationwide. You can also find links to external resources that can benefit your overall wellbeing and development.

Scotland DofE Resources

National DofE Resources

DofE’s new podcast ‘Navigating Now’

“We’re young people, and we have questions. About everything. Navigating Now is the podcast to help you find the answers. Together with trusted guests, we discuss the issues affecting us today and put advice from them to the test. Listen and laugh along as we figure it out for ourselves, and help you do it too.”

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External DofE Resources

Lunaticrafts: Breathing Space

Action for Happiness: Monthly Calendar

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Please find below an assessor guide for reference. If you are looking for an assessor, please contact us directly.

Assessor Guide

Seasonal Resources & Special Days

International Friendship Day

by Pk DofE | July 30, 2024 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, News, Special Days, Success Bulletin | 0 Comments

The International Day of Friendship was first declared in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the belief that friendship whether this is between countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. As part of this...

March Newsletter

by PKDofE | March 10, 2024 | Email Newsletter, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Happy March! NewsletterAnd welcome to this month's newsletter. In the March edition we share with you the following: Special Days celebrated in March - Holi, Easter & Ramadan Appeal: Share with us what you celebrate! Release of 2nd part of Helping Save The World...

How to move forward after COP28

by PKDofE | December 12, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

What to do nextDay 12 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 #COP28. Over the past two weeks, we have shared with you information, ideas and ways to navigate through the climate crisis. If you are keen to learn more, you can sign up for our free, online module 'Helping...

Precious Peatlands #COP28

by PKDofE | December 10, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Precious peatland as a solution to climate changeDay 10 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞? "Peatlands are very important because they provide a habitat for many different plants, insects and birds. They...

Why are Wild Places so important? #COP28

by PKDofE | December 8, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Why are wild places so imoprtant?Day 9 "Since 1970, we’ve lost 69% of all wildlife populations. And climate change is making our most precious wildlife even more vulnerable. As our planet heats up, we’re living through more extreme weather, floods, fires and droughts....

Community & Climate Change #COP28

by PKDofE | December 7, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Community & Climate changeDay 8 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞? Today it's time for practical solutions towards climate change with the fourth saver in our new 'Helping Save the World' module! Helping in your local community can...

Healthy Diet – Healthy Planet #COP28

by PKDofE | December 4, 2023 | How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭? Day 3 Our second saver in the 'Helping Save our world' module gives you practical ideas and tips on a diet for the planet. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭....

A New DLH Module on Climate Change

by PKDofE | December 2, 2023 | How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Our new DLH moduleDay 2 This is a 24-week module. Some weeks you will learn about different areas of climate change, in other weeks (called Saver) you will get practical and take climate action yourself whilst yet in other weeks you will learn about possible solutions...

How to Combat Climate Change doing your DofE

by PKDofE | November 30, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, News, Skills Development, Special Days, The Starfish Way | 0 Comments

combat Climate Change doing your DofEDay 1 COP28 is taking place from Thursday 30th November to Tuesday 12th December this year and the location that has been chosen to host this important occasion is Dubai. Many government representatives, world leaders, climate...

Read a Book Day

by PKDofE | September 6, 2023 | News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Special daysRead a book day National Read A Book Day is the perfect opportunity for you to get lost in a good book.We all know how important being outside and being surrounded by nature can be, especially when the benefits that we receive from exploring green spaces...

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