{"id":30,"date":"2022-04-28T19:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2022-05-05T05:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T05:56:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorset Council holds the Licence to deliver DofE Programmes in Dorset as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/current-dorset-council-dofe-centres\/\">listed.<\/a><\/strong> It is responsible for the administration and authorisation of Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Awards in the DofE Dorset Council area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorset has held a DofE licence for many years. Jean Coulter and Mary Shaw were the first&nbsp;women in the Shire to receive the Gold Award in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/news\/9665992.Dorchester_youth_worker_meets_first_women_to_get_Duke_of_Edinburgh_award\/\"><strong>1965<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DofE programmes are delivered under licence by over 400 Licensed Organisations&nbsp;throughout the UK (e.g. local authorities, uniformed organisations, charities, YOIs,&nbsp;businesses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award (DofE) is recognition of a young person\u2019s successful journey&nbsp;of self-discovery and development, acknowledged by employers and universities alike for&nbsp;the qualities of young people have who have achieved a DofE Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its balanced programme develops the whole person \u2013 mind, body and soul, in an&nbsp;environment of social interaction and team working.&nbsp;In the United Kingdom the programme is run by The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofe.org\/\"><strong>Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s Award<\/strong><\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/archive\/news--royal-charter-for-duke-of-edinburghs-award\/zrdpwty\"><strong>royal&nbsp;charter corporation<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> A separate entity, the<a href=\"https:\/\/intaward.org\/\"><strong> Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s International Award&nbsp;Foundation<\/strong><\/a>, promotes the award abroad and acts as a coordinating body for award&nbsp;sponsors in other nations, which are organised into 62 National Award Authorities and a&nbsp;number of Independent Operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dofe.org\/about\/\"><strong>background information<\/strong><\/a>, from 1956 to today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorset Council DofE Award Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outdoor Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>County Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colliton Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DT1 1XJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01305 224517 or 07917212390<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dofe@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\"><strong>dofe@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset Council holds the Licence to deliver DofE Programmes in Dorset as listed. It is responsible for the administration and authorisation of Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dofedorset.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}