{"id":40,"date":"2018-05-25T21:46:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westhilldoe.000webhostapp.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:30:56","slug":"levels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westhilldoe.co.uk\/wp2\/levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"type16btb01\" style=\"height: 270px;\" width=\"1379\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #636363;\">The following information is summarised from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofe.org\/levels-and-timescales\"><span style=\"color: #636363;\">www.DofE.org<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DofE_Student_Participation-2024-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke of Edinburgh Award Participants Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofe.org\/do\/timescales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Award Timescales<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b37b0c;\">BRONZE AWARD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 241px;\" border=\"4\" width=\"716\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">Volunteering\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">Skill\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">Physical\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">Expedition\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">3<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #b37b0c;\">m<\/span><span style=\"color: #b37b0c;\">onths\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">3 months\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">3 months\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #b37b0c;\">Plan, prepare\u00a0for and undertake both a Practice and Qualifying\u00a02 day, 1 night purposeful venture then p<\/span><span style=\"color: #b37b0c;\">resent a report on the expedition.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">plus a further 3 months in\u00a01 section<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">You need to be 14 to start\u00a0your\u00a0Bronze Award<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #b37b0c; font-family: Helvetica;\">which takes at least 6\u00a0months to complete<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"type16btb01\" style=\"height: 271px;\" width=\"748\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">SILVER AWARD<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<table border=\"4\" summary=\"\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">Volunteering\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">Skill\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">Physical\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5 align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">Expedition\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">6<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">months\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">one for\u00a06 months\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">and the other for\u00a03\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">months\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">Plan, prepare for and undertake both a Practice and Qualifying\u00a03 day,\u00a02 night purposeful venture then p<\/span><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">resent a report on the expedition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\">You need to be 15 to start your Silver Award which takes at least 6 months to complete<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"type16btb01\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #efa410;\">GOLD AWARD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<table border=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa; font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #df9f20;\">Volunteering<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">Skill<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">Physical<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">Residential\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<h5 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">Expedition<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">12\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">months<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">one for\u00a012 months and the other for\u00a06 months<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">5 days and 4 nights away from home for a shared activity with people you&#8217;ve not met before e.g. cookery or painting course, outdoor leadership, conservation project, Tall Ships<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">Plan, prepare for and undertake both a Practice and Qualifying 4 day, 3 night purposeful venture then present a report on the expedition<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #df9f20; font-family: Helvetica;\">You need to be 16 to start your Gold Award which takes at least\u00a012 months to complete<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westhilldoe.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GOPR0737-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" style=\"width:637px;height:478px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westhilldoe.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GOPR0737-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westhilldoe.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GOPR0737-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westhilldoe.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GOPR0737-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following information is summarised from\u00a0www.DofE.org \u00a0 Duke of Edinburgh Award Participants Guide \u00a0 Award Timescales \u00a0 BRONZE AWARD Volunteering\u00a0 Skill\u00a0 Physical\u00a0 Expedition\u00a0 3 months\u00a0 3 months\u00a0 3 months\u00a0 Plan, prepare\u00a0for and undertake both a Practice and Qualifying\u00a02 day, 1 night purposeful venture then present a report on the expedition. plus a further 3 months &hellip; 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