D of E Award

What qualifications do you have?

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a voluntary, non-competitive programme of practical, cultural and adventurous activities for young people aged 14-25.

The Award programme consists of three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each have differing criteria for entry and the level of achievement necessary to complete each award andd once earned allow you the right to wear the relevant badges below.

The Air Training Corps is the Commonwealth's largest and highest achieving operator of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. At any one time there are 15,000 cadets participating in the scheme, and 3000 Air Cadets per year gain gold, silver and bronze awards - in fact, the first ever recipient of the Gold Award was an Air Cadet. Incidentally, His Royal Highness Prince Philip is the ATC's Air Commodore-in-Chief. Air Cadets who meet the age criteria can join the award scheme, and gain the badges shown below, to wear on their uniform.

The Award is widely recognised by employers as it helps demonstrate that award holders are keen to take on new challenges, have a higher level of self confidence than their counterparts, have leadership qualities with the added experience of teamwork.

1340 Squadron really strive to get our cadets through the Duke of Edinburgh scheme and achieve the qualification, it goes a long way in civilian life and helps make sure our yound instructors and senior cadet NCO's are mature enough to do the job!