Key Information for Bronze and Silver 2026/27
Application Deadline: 23 October 2026
DATES FOR BRONZE:
Introduction Day: 6 March 2027
Training Expedition: 10-11 April 2027
Assessment: 12-13 June 2027
DATES FOR SILVER:
Introduction Day: 6 March 2027
Training Expedition: 21-23 May 2027
Assessment: 2-4 July 2027
Funding
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award offers the Resilience Fund designed to offer young people support to access the award. Details of the Resilience Fund can be found here.
BXM Outdoors
We have a long-standing relationship with BXM Outdoors who have a team of qualified outdoors instructors who lead our expeditions.
Evidencing activity
While participating in their activity evidence is required to show participation. This can be done by keeping a diary of what you’ve been doing, taking photos and uploading them on the DofE app, and then the main way, is by keeping an activity log. The activity log is an essential way of demonstrating participation. These can be found here:
DofE Programme Ideas Volunteering
Submitting an assessor’s report
An assessor’s report is required for the volunteering, physical and skills components when a young person has completed their required length of activity. This can be done in a few different ways. A primary way is a written report, which a student can then photograph and upload on the app.
You can print these here:
Assessor Cards Bronze
Assessor Cards Silver
Online and other methods are available here:
Different ways to submit an Assessor’s Report – DofE (edofe.org)
Looking for inspiration for activity ideas?
If you are not sure what you can do for your volunteering, physical or skills sections, try here on the DofE website!
