Eligibility

1. All current DofE participants or recent Award holders (those who have achieved an Award since 1 September 2023) who are resident in the UK can be nominated for the following categories:

• Creativity: Innovator of the Year
• Community Impact: Change Maker of the Year
• Resilience: Boundary Breaker of the Year
• Teamwork: All-stars of the Year
• Leadership: Trailblazer of the Year

Only individual young people can be nominated in the Creativity, Community Impact, Resilience and Leadership categories – nominations for more than one person in these categories will be disregarded. If more than one young person worked on a project, they should be nominated in the Teamwork category.

We are particularly keen to celebrate activity that has taken place as part of DofE programmes over the past 12 months.

2. Any adult over 18 years of age, who supports the delivery of DofE programmes for young people and is a resident of the UK can be nominated for the category “Inspirational Adult: Life Changer of the Year”. Only individuals can be nominated in the Inspirational Adult category, and nominations for more than one person will be disregarded.

3. Any adult over 18 years of age, who has supported the delivery of DofE programmes for young people for a minimum of 10 years and is a resident of the UK can be nominated for the category “Exceptional Service: Torchbearer of the Year”. Only individuals can be nominated in the Exceptional Service category, and nominations for more than one person will be disregarded.

Nomination Process

4. All nominations must be received through the online nomination form no later than 11:59pm on Sunday 21 July 2024. Any nominations received after this time will not be considered.

5. Nominations received in any manner other than via the online nomination form will not be considered.

6. A nominee can only be put forward once by a single nominator. If multiple nominations for the same nominee are received from the same nominator, the first submission will be reviewed and all subsequent submissions will be disregarded.

7. A nominee can be put forward by multiple people, either in the same category or in different categories. However, a nominee will only be selected to win in a maximum of one category.

8. DofE staff, Trustees and their partners/spouses can’t make nominations or provide supporting evidence. In exceptional circumstances, a DofE staff member may submit a nomination on behalf of an individual who would otherwise be unable to make a nomination for reasons of accessibility.

9. Nominators can put forward more than one nominee; a separate online nomination form must be submitted for each nominee unless they are nominating a team for the “Teamwork: All-stars of the Year” category.

Selection Process

10. Following the closing date (Sunday 21 July 2024) a panel made up of a minimum of three people will review the nominations. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award’s decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence shall be entered into.

11. All nominations will be anonymised when they are shared with the judging panel.

12. All nominees, and their nominators, will be notified of the outcome of This is Youth 2024 by 30 September 2024.

13. Selected nominees must confirm in writing within two weeks of being notified that they are happy and agree to be recognised as part of This is Youth 2024 and for their name and story to be used by the DofE unless for safeguarding reasons this is inadvisable. If the recipient cannot be contacted within 14 days of being notified or if they do not wish for their name and story to be shared, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award reserves the right to select a substitute recipient.

14. If The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award discovers that any information included in the nomination is untrue, or if anyone’s behaviour, including their online activity, is not considered to be in line with the values of the DofE, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award reserves the right to select a substitute recipient.

Personal Information

15. All nominators are required to have gained consent to share the personal details, contact information and stories of the nominees they put forward.

16. Where nominees are under the age of 18, nominators are also required to have gained consent to share the personal details, contact information and story of the nominee from the nominee’s parent/ carer.

17. The contact details and personal data of the nominees will be used by The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award for the purpose of assessing nominations and contacting nominees about This is Youth 2024, including informing them about the outcome of their nomination. It will not be used for any further purpose without separate consent being sought. This includes the names and submission details for all nominees.

18. The contact email address of the nominator will be used for the purposes of contacting the nominator with any queries regarding the nomination, and to let them know the outcome of This is Youth 2024.

19. The information submitted as part of the nomination process will be held in a password protected environment with restricted access. The personal data in this form will be retained for one year after the delivery of This is Youth 2024 to assist with responding to queries.

20. Either the nominator or the nominee can choose to opt out of email communications at any time. However, opting out will result in the withdrawal of the nomination for This is Youth 2024.

21. For more information, please see our privacy statement.

22. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions, including the number of recipients, and may choose to cancel This is Youth 2024 at any time.