Programme Ideas: Volunteering Section

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Programme ideas: Volunteering section

When completing each section of your DofE, you to people’s lives and use your skills and experience should develop a programme which is specific to help your local community. You can use this and relevant to you. This sheet gives you a list of opportunity to become involved in a project or programme ideas that you could do or you could use with an organisation that you care about. it as a starting point to create a Volunteering section programme of your own. Help with planning You can use the programme planner on the website to You can find more information atDofE.org/ work with your Leader to plan and agree your activity volunteering and there is a range of exciting before you start. opportunities to help you complete this section at DofE.org/finder. Before you begin, it is important to check that your volunteering meets the criteria for businesses and It’s your choice… family members (see DofE.org/volunteering for Volunteering gives you the chance to make a difference the requirements).

Helping people Working with the Coaching, teaching and Helping children environment or animals leadership Helping children to read in Animal welfare Dance leadership libraries Environment DofE Leadership Helping in medical services e.g. Rural conservation Group leadership Hospitals Preserving waterways Head student Helping older people Working at an animal rescue Leading a voluntary Helping people in need centre organisation group Helping people with special Litter picking - Girls’ Venture Corps needs Urban conservation - Sea Cadets Tutoring Beach and coastline - Air Cadets Young carer conservation - Jewish Lads’ and Youth work Zoo/farm/nature reserve work Girls’Brigade - St John Ambulance Community action & Helping a charity or - Scout Association raising awareness community organisation - Air Training Corps - Army Cadet Force Campaigning Administration - Boys’ Brigade Cyber safety Being a charity intern - CCF Council representation Being a volunteer lifeguard - Church Lads’ & Girls’ Drug & alcohol education Event management Brigade Home accident prevention Fundraising - Girlguiding UK Neighbourhood watch Mountain rescue - Girls’ Brigade Peer education Religious education Sports leadership Personal safety Serving a faith community Music tuition Promotion & PR Supporting a charity Road safety Working in a charity shop

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Programme ideas: Physical section

When completing each section of your DofE, you and there is a range of exciting opportunities to help should develop a programme which is specific and you complete this section at DofE.org/finder. relevant to you. Many of the DofE programme activities can be adapted to meet the needs of young people It’s your choice… with disabilities and some, referred to as adapted Doing physical activity is fun and improves your health sports, are unique to disabled people. and physical fitness. There’s an activity to suit everyone so choose something you are really interested in. This sheet gives you a list of programme ideas that you could do or you could use it as a starting point to Help with planning create a physical programme of your own. You can use the programme planner on the website to work with your Leader to plan and agree your activity You can find more information atDofE.org/physical before you start.

Individual sports Water sports Scottish/Welsh/Irish Extreme sports Camogie dancing Cricket Airsoft Canoeing Street dancing/ BMX Curling Archery Diving breakdancing/hip Caving & potholing Dodge disc Athletics (any field or Dragon Boat Racing hop Climbing Dodgeball track event) Free-diving Swing Free running Fives Biathlon/Triathlon/ Kite surfing Tap dancing (parkour) Football Pentathlon/ Kneeboarding Ice skating Frame football Aquathon Rowing & sculling Mountain biking Racquet sports Futsal Bowls Sailing Mountain unicycling Gaelic football Boxing Skurfing Badminton Parachuting Goalball Croquet Sub aqua (SCUBA Matkot Skateboarding Handball Cross country diving & Racketball Skydiving Hockey running snorkelling) RacketlonRackets Snow sports (skiing, Hurling Cycling Surfing/body Rapid ball snowboarding, Ice hockey Fencing boarding Real tennis snowkiting) Kabaddi Geocaching Swimming Squash Speed skating Korfball Golf Synchronised Table tennis Street luge Lacrosse Gymnastics swimming Tennis Netball Horse riding Underwater rugby Wheelchair tennis Martial arts Octopushing Modern pentathlon Wakeboarding Polo Aikido Motocross Windsurfing Fitness Quidditch Orienteering Capoeira Roller derby Paintballing Dance Aerobics Ju Jitsu Rogaining Pétanque Cheerleading Judo Rounders Roller blading Ballet Fitness classes Karate Rugby (union/League) Roller skating Ballroom dancing Gym work Kendo Sitting Volleyball Running Belly dancing Medau movement Mixed martial arts Sledge hockey Static trapeze Bhangra dancing Physical Self-defence Sledge ice hockey Supercross Ceroc achievement Sumo Softball Ten pin bowling Contra dance Pilates Tae Kwon Do Stoolball Trampolining Country & Western Running/jogging Tai Chi Tchoukball Wheelchair fencing Flamenco Walking Tug of war Wrestling Folk dancing Weightlifting Team sports Ultimate flying disc Jazz Wii-fit Volleyball Line dancing Yoga American football Wallyball Morris dancing Baseball Water polo Salsa (or other Latin Basketball Wheelchair styles) dancing Boccia basketball Wheelchair rugby

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Programme ideas: Skills section

When completing each section of your DofE, you It’s your choice… should develop a programme which is specific Developing a skill helps you get better at something you are and relevant to you. This sheet gives you a list of really interested in and gives you the confidence and ability to programme ideas that you could do or you could use this skill both now and later in life. use it as a starting point to create a Skills programme of your own. Help with planning You can use the programme planner on the website to You can find more information atDofE.org/skills and work with your Leader to plan and agree your activity there is a range of exciting opportunities to help you before you start. complete this section at DofE.org/finder.

Performance arts Physics Music appreciation Rocket making Playing a musical instrument Ballet appreciation Taxonomy Playing in a band Ceremonial drill Weather/meteorology Reading & notating music Circus skills Website design Understanding music in relation Conjuring & magic Zoology to history & culture Majorettes Puppetry Singing Care of animals Natural world Speech & drama Agriculture (keeping livestock) Agriculture Theatre appreciation Aquarium keeping Conservation Ventriliquism Beekeeping Forestry Yoyo extreme Caring for reptiles Gardening Dog training & handling Groundsmanship Science & technology Horse/donkey/llama/alpaca Growing carniverous plants handling & care Plant growing Aerodynamics Looking after birds (i.e. budgies & Snail farming Anatomy canaries) Vegetable growing App design Pet care – health/training/ Astronomy maintenance Biology Games & recreation Pigeon breeding & racing Botany Cards (i.e. bridge) Chemistry Chess Coding/ programming Music Clay target shooting Ecology Church bell ringing Coxing Electronics Composing Cycle maintenance Engineering DJing Darts Entomology Evaluating music & musical Dominoes IT performances Fishing/fly fishing Marine biology Improvising melodies Flying Oceanography Listening to, analysing & Gliding Paleontology describing music Go-karting continued over... Historical period re-enacting Criminology Fabric printing Kite construction & flying Dowsing & divining Feng Shui Mah Jongg Fashion Floral decoration Marksmanship Forces insignia French polishing Model construction & racing Gemstones Furniture restoration Motor sports Genealogy Glass blowing Power boating Heraldry Glass painting Snooker, pool & billiards History of art Interior design Sports appreciation Language skills Jewellery making Sports leadership Military history Knitting Sports officiating Movie posters Lace making Table games Postcards Leatherwork War games Reading Lettering & calligraphy Religious studies Macramé Life skills Ship recognition Marquetry Stamp collecting Model construction Alternative therapies Mosaic Cookery Painting & design Democracy in action Media & communication Patchwork Digital lifestyle Amateur radio Photography Driving: car maintenance/car Blogging Pottery road skills Communicating with people who Quilting Driving: motorcycle maintenance/ are visually impaired Rope work road skills Communicating with people who Rug making Event planning have a hearing impediment Snack pimping First aid – St John/St Andrew/ Film & video making Soft toy making BRCS Journalism Tatting Hair & beauty Newsletter & magazine Taxidermy Learning about the emergency production Textiles services Signalling Weaving and spinning Learning about the RNLI Vlogging Wine/beer making (Lifeboats) Writing Woodwork Library & information skills Life skills Creative arts Massage Basket making Money management Boat work Navigation Brass rubbing Public speaking and debating Building catapaults & trebuchets Skills for employment Cake decoration Young Enterprise Camping gear making Candle-making Learning & collecting Canoe building Aeronautics Canvas work Aircraft recognition Carnival/festival float construction Anthropology Ceramics Archaeology Clay modelling Astronautics Crocheting Astronomy Cross stitch Bird watching DIY Coastal navigation Dough craft Coins Drawing Collections, studies & surveys Dressmaking Comics Egg decorating Contemporary legends Embroidery Costume study Enamelling

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Programme ideas: Expedition section

When completing each section of your DofE, you It’s your choice… should develop a programme which is specific and Going on an expedition gives you the chance to have relevant to you. This sheet gives you a list of ideas that an adventure, work as a team, and act on your own you could do or you could use it as a starting point initiative. The expedition can be as far away or as close to create an Expedition of your own. Remember, it’s to home as you want it to be, and there are hundreds always your adventure. of ways you can go about it.

You can find more information atDofE.org/expedition Help with planning and there is a range of exciting opportunities to help You can use the handy programme planner on the you complete this section website to work with your Leader to plan your activity. If at DofE.org/finder. you have additional needs talk to your leader about the support and variations that could help you.

On foot Creating a video diary of the Making a study of the locks Planning a route in a forest expedition, recording each and lochs on the Caledonian to take a series of landscape Studying how insect life differs team member’s experiences. Canal. photographs to use in a from woodland to open fields. Following part of the Gerald of Investigating samples of calendar. Exploring teamwork by Wales route of 1188 through the river bed en route and Producing an illustrated nominating a different leader Pembrokeshire. comparing them with each guide to a stretch of canal. each day. other. Research the history and Searching for forms of fungi, By boat Carrying out a canoe trip and then travel along the towpath recording and sketching create a storyboard (photo/ using the expedition to gather Sailing the Norfolk Broads to them. painted/drawn) of your photographs and sketches to explore modern and ancient Planning a route and create a expedition. illustrate the guide. uses of the area. signpost selfie guide. Choosing several points along Exploring different team roles Considering the impact of a river and measure speed On horseback needed on a boat and giving tourism on the flora and fauna of flow, width and depth and everyone an opportunity to do Exploring bridle paths and of the area you are in. comparing the differences a new one. create an A-Z of the outdoors Drawing all the different star along their route, trying to Rowing along a large river from the trip. constellations you can see. explain why this may be. recording the types of boats Planning an expedition with Creating a photo guide to the Countryside Code. and their uses. By wheelchair sea views, taking photos Planning a significant sea along the way so that you By bicycle journey under sail to record Creating an expedition music can paint a picture of your the effects of coastal erosion. play list that reflects the favourite scene when you Using a cycle system to Using simple mapping team’s experiences. return. undertake a research project techniques to produce a Following a disused railway Creating a series of team on the provisions and quality map of an estuary on the track noting the current use of games to play whilst on of cycle paths. expedition, comparing it with previous railway buildings. expedition. Producing a nature guide of a real map when you return. Planning and doing a Going on an expedition your route for future visitors. challenging route in the Peak through woodland, noting the Investigating features of the By canoe or kayak District, making a video diary. different types and ages of Thames using the Thames Preparing a users’ guide of trees you see. Recording the wildlife found cycle path. a country park or National Going on a horseriding on a large inlet or loch. Plan a cycle of remembrance Trust estate, explaining how expedition and writing a poem Taking a series of photos to which visits war memorials to it can be used, e.g. fishing, on your return to describe come up with a guide to a understand the scale of the picnicking, conservation. your experiences. losses. section of canal systems.

EDINBURGH’S AWARD ® Programme ideas: Residential section

When completing each section of your DofE, you how to work with people from different backgrounds should develop a programme which is specific and and build confidence living in new environments. relevant to you. There are loads of exciting possibilities and opportunities, so choose something which you will find This sheet gives you some ideas of things you could do really fulfilling. or could use as a starting point to create a Residential of your own. Help with planning You can use the programme planner on the website to You can find more information atDofE.org/residential plan your activity with the support of your DofE Leader. and there is a range of exciting opportunities to help you complete this section at DofE.org/finder. Before you commit to a residential it is important to have approval from your DofE Manager to ensure that It’s your choice… it meets all the criteria (see DofE.org/residential for Going on a residential gives you the chance to learn the requirements).

Please note: The programme ideas listed below are thinking prompts, we cannot guarantee that these programmes are actively run by providers.)

Service to others Environment and Learning Activity based conservation Being a leader at a UK- Undertaking a cookery Taking part in a sport based holiday camp Joining a tree planting course. based residential for disadvantaged project with your local Doing a photography developing your young people. environment trust. course and exhibiting basketball skills. Undertaking a voluntary Attending a conference your work. Taking part in multi-faith teaching placement on climate change as Taking part in a residential, studying overseas. a youth representative bushcraft residential. different religions. Being part of a service Helping the Spending time on Joining an ACF activity crew at a large preservation team of a a narrowboat and week with members of summer camp for railway or canal training towards different detachments Brownies. Studying coral becoming a skipper. you don’t know. Volunteering on a YHA bleaching in Australia. Taking part in a field Learning to snowboard residential summer Joining a National studies course. on an intensive course camp. Trust working holiday Learning to write and in Scotland. Volunteering at a and join different produce music and Joining an historical re- residential summer conservation projects putting on a show. enactment society school. in various locations Taking part in an Being an assistant across the UK. astronomy course, to support an eco- Taking part in a Field learning about friendly waste Studies course constellations, black project at an outdoor learning about holes and solar education centre biodiversity and systems. Helping out on a conservation. Taking part in a week- pilgrimage. long Gaelic or Welsh language and culture course.