MEMORIES

Join us in celebrating the impact of The Duke’s legacy: explore the amazing memories, messages and stories of the DofE from people across the UK.

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Katherine Smyth

The award has truly shaped me into the person I ...

Roger Kent

I started my Silver Award in 1965 during a 2 week residential ...

Tim Hunting

I have been involved with DofE in the SE at ...

Luke Simmons

I am autistic and in 2019 at the age of 24 I ...

Melanie Wattenbach

Such happy memories, everything about working towards my awards & the ...

Sally Kelly

I have been a volunteer with Ballymore Open Award Centre ...

Byron Gerhardt

Participating in DofE was one of the best experiences of ...

Ben Price

Received my DofE Gold award in 2002. Had an awesome day ...

Stella Willmott

The Duke visited Grantham in 1973 to see people involved with ...

Kohila Vani Sigamoney

I first heard of the award when I was in ...

Richard James

Doing our expedition four of us used my two man ...

Ian Stubbs

The local Gold Award recipients acted as a guard of ...

Ketty Shun

It was a great privilege to take part in Bonze, ...

Susanna Johnston

Thank you for your service to your Queen and country. ...

Holly Allright

In 2015, at the age of 21, I had a brain haemorrhage ...

Jennifer Hodge

Friendships, laughter, resilience, adventures and life skills are just a ...

Luqman Janood

My Bronze DofE expeditions showed me how much I loved ...

Alan Crozier

Following the death of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh ...

Angela RHODES nee HOUNSELL Rhodes nee Hounsell

I met Prince Phillip at Buckingham Palace, in 1977, when I ...

Vicki Hamilton

When my daughter started Y9, her school didn't off the ...

Yarshini Uthamaputhiran

I started doing dofE award in 2015 and able to complete ...

Ricky Hallam

I wasn't able to take part in any awards at ...

Sarina Shah

DofE was and is and incredible way to get out ...

Justine Lee

I don't know why I signed up for my Bronze ...

Melissa Ives

Doing my Bronze DofE was an amazing experience, I learnt ...

James Chespy

It was 41 years ago virtually to the day that His ...

Tonya Pentland

I received my Gold Award in 1990 with the support of ...