This is an award for doing something amazing in your spare time - for yourself or for others. It's a programme of activities for you to do in your spare time. There are three Awards to try for: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Gold takes the longest to do and is the hardest one to try for - usually, people start off on the Bronze award.

You simply have to choose one activity under each of these headings, and do it for a set length of time:

Service: Help the community, the environment or even train to save a life...

Skills: Do you fancy yourself as a fine artist or a trapeze artist?  We've got something that will suit you.

Physical Recreation: Virtually any sport, dance or fitness activity can count...

Expedition: Go on an expedition and find yourself. Train, plan and complete an adventurous journey in the countryside on foot, horseback, boat or cycle...

Residential Project: Work as a team on a conservation, service or activity-based project for five days (this is for Gold Award Participants only).

It's fun, challenging and different... so go on, do it.

Run a search to find your local contact or visit the the DofE website: http://www.theaward.org/ for more information.