Gold Award

Age limits

Start at 16
The upper age limit for all Awards is 25.

Time needed

It would usually take between 12-18 months to complete a Gold DofE Award. The table below gives a breakdown of the different sections of the award and their timescales.

	Volunteering	Skills	Physical	Exploration or Expedition	Residential Project
Time Requirement	12 Months	One section of 6 months and one of 12 months		Training and Practice Journeys followed by the qualifying venture, which must be 4 days (of 8 hours activity per day) and 3 nights camping	5 days and 4 nights in unfamiliar surroundings
	Time spent on these activities can be flexible, but should average at least an hour a week.

Participants who have not completed their Silver Award must undertake a further 6 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Skills or Physical Sections.

Last Updated: 03 September 08,
Review Date: 20 September 2005