Current Dorset Council DofE Centres
This lists where the Award can be joined
Where are they?
Links to each Centre and/or their coordinators are below. Most are term time only: –
Open Award Centres:
Dorset Open Award – participants who are mainly supported online and offered their expeditions with Dorset @DofEDorset
Corfe Mullen Monday 7 – 9pm, BH21 3HQ, Nigel Christopher
Five Alive, Lyme Regis Meetings arranged with the group, EX137RF, Adam Taylor
Gillingham Tuesday term time 3.30 – 5.50pm SP8 4QP, Tony Baverstock @dofegilloac
Wareham 1st and 3rd Sundays 5 – 8pm, BH20 4PH, Barry Ashdown @purbeckdofe
Schools, academies and colleges
All Saints CE Academy, Weymouth Kevin Butcher @AllSaints_Wyke
Beaminster School Rachael Randall @BeaminsterSch
Beaucroft Foundation School (SEN), Wimborne Diane Wilkinson
Blandford School Vicky Moore @BlandfordSchool
Budmouth Academy, Weymouth Sam Temple @BudmouthAcademy
Dorset Studio School, Dorchester Neal Burton @DorsetStudioSch
Ferndown Upper School Chris Martin @FerndownUpper
Gryphon School, Sherborne Geoff Cooke @GryphonSchool
Lytchett Minster School Lucie Popham @LytchettDofE
Mountjoy School, Beaminster Kat Thurtle @mountjoy_school
Purbeck School Ben Keen @PurbeckSchool
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Alex Priest @QESDorset
Shaftesbury School Michael Mottram @Shaftesbury_sch
Swanage School Julia Tratt @SwanageSchool
Sir John Colfox School, Bridport Rosalind Hull @SirJohnColfox
Sturminster Newton High School Hannah Laidler Facebook
Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester Paul Norman @thspe
Westfield Arts College (SEN), Weymouth Jim Dailey @westfield_wyke
Wey Valley Academy, Weymouth Mark Salmon @Wey_Valley
Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis Zoe Trunks @WoodroffeSchool
Yewstock College Benjamin Tun Pe @YewstockSchool
Independent schools
Leweston, Sherborne Elizabeth Haynes @LewestonSchool
Milton Abbey Katherine Grugeon @MiltonAbbey
Sherborne Girls Jayne Dart @SherborneGirls
Sherborne School James Hull @SherborneSchool
Dorset’s Virtual Awards
This is for the independent motivated young person who cannot find a DofE Centre near them but wants to complete their Award. There is no need to have completed previous levels if wanting to come in at Silver or Gold.
The Virtual Centre, Dorset Open Award Centre, could be for you. You don’t need to attend any meetings, unless undertaking your Expedition, and you can choose what you want to do and when you want to do it. This is a chance for you to gain new experiences, give yourself an edge over the competition and develop yourself in ways that employers and universities are hungry for.
The benefits of doing DofE: one young person’s view and the skills for work gained.