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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Nick Kirby

Gold expedition in the Yorksire Dales timed to perfection as ...

Elizabeth Slade

I was never particularly academic and, like a lot of ...

Alan White

I was one of the first to achieve the Gold ...

Peta Cook

I carried out three expeditions one for my bronze, one ...

Patricia Simcock

Through Rangers, Girl Guides I undertook bronze and silver Duke ...

Christopher Hall

I did the award aged 15 and this was possibly the ...

Eléa Chennell

My bronze DofE expedition took place in the heart of ...

Christine Day

I was the first girl from Morley Grammar school to ...

Harry Pink

I completed my gold and bronze DoE. I also later ...

Louise Higgins

I remember walking through lavender fields with these newly found ...

Ruby James

DofE was something I would never have originally considered but ...

Jayne Wagstaffe

I completed my bronze, silver and gold back in the 1990’...

Keith Price

I Gained my Gold Award in 1964 and attended the Garden ...

Hollie Calderhead

The Duke of Edinburgh award has given me memories that ...

Amy Wilkie

One of the things I loved about doing my DofE ...

Thaneesha

I have enjoyed it because of the independence that i ...

Fiona Hewerdine

My experience with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award allowed me ...

Sophie Keeling

I started Bronze DofE a few months before the first ...

Katie Schollar

A brilliant Gold award trek round Wales in 2019 - rained ...

Freya Bowles

Through DofE I've learnt to connect with people who have ...

Barbara Beck

As a teenager we were asked if we’d like ...

Eleanor Gausden

I've done DofE through scouts and have nearly finished my ...

Patricia Perry

In the early 1960s I had the good fortune to ...

Elizabeth Sainsbury formerly Boyd

I was born in 1948 and grew up in a small ...

Isobelle Hey

I loved every second of my Bronze and Silver DoFE, ...

Charlotte Packham

The most amazing memories for me, were made during the ...

Anne Hooper

I heard about Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme at school ...