Example Award Activities

The table below give a small selection of the wide range of possible activities which you can get involved in as part of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. A larger list is available on the DofE website.

Physical Volunteering Skills
Archery
Badminton
Basketball
BMX Racing
Bowling
Canoeing
Caving and Potholing
Climbing
Cricket
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Hockey – Field, Ice, Roller, Street
Judo
Mountain Biking
Netball
Orienteering
Paragliding
Physical Achievement
Rowing and Sculling
Rugby League Football
Rugby Union Football
Sailing and Windsurfing
Sand and Land Yachting
Skating – Ice, Roller
Skiing
Snowboarding
Squash
Surfing/Body Boarding
Swimming
Table Cricket
Table Tennis
Tennis
Water Skiing
Wheelchair Mobility

Assisting at day centres, creches,
Award Leadership
Child Care
Dance Leadership
Learning Support
Mountain/Expedition Leadership
Religious Education Leadership
Sports Leadership
Uniformed Youth Organisation Leadership
Visiting Children in Care
Youth Work
First Aid
Helping at clubs, homes & day centres
Assisting with a conservation charity
Assisting with an animal charity
Care for Animals

Fundraising-
- for a charity or project
- for children’s charities
- for community based charities
- for emergency charities
- for rescue services
- for safety charities

Canoe Lifeguard
Cave Rescue
Mountain Rescue
Life Saving
Surf Lifesaving

Accident Prevention
Assisting with a safety charity
Cycle Proficiency Instruction

Archaeology
Art and Design
Astronomy
Audio Broadcast – radio, DJ-ing
Cars – engineering and construction
Cars – maintenance
Cars – roadskills
Chess
Circus Skills
Coastal Navigation
Conjuring and Magic
Cookery
Criminology
Cycle Maintenance
Darts
Fantasy Games
Film and Video Production
Fishing
Historical Period Re-enactment
Kite Construction and Flying
Magazine and Newsletter
Production
Meteorology/weather study
Model Construction
Music Appreciation
Music Playing
Natural History
Needlecrafts
Photography
Sport Officiating
Table and Indoor Games
Taxidermy
Wine Making
Woodwork

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