Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Volunteer Support

Participants will need to complete the online form - lincolnshirescouts.org.uk/dofe/register. 

They will then have 20 days to make the payment via the details det to them by e-mail.

Once payment is received, participants will be registered within two weeks.

The designated DofE contact for your district and the participant will receive a confirmation e-mail once they are registered.

Welcome Packs are issued direct by the DofE and should arrive within a couple of weeks of the participant confirming their details on eDofE.

All adults involved in running checking/approving participants sections will need an eDofE Leader account. To get an account please completed this form - lincolnshirescouts.org.uk/dofe/adults.

If you need access to a new District, please also complete the form above.

Once submitted the form, your local Commissioner will be aske to approve the application. Once this is done it can take up to two weeks to register you on eDofE.

All DofE Expeditions need to be notified to the County DofE Team (inc. practice expeditions).

This is done through our online notification form - lincolnshirescouts.org.uk/dofe/notify.

Although not required, if you would like one of the team to review your routes or any other expedition paperwork please contact dofe@lincolnshirescouts.org.uk.

As participants progress through their award, the DofE Leader will be approving their programme planners, evidence and assessor reports. Upon approval of the final section, the award will be submitted for verification.

Award Verification:

Bronze and Silver Awards - These awards are normally verified by the County DofE Team. Regular meetings are scheduled where all pending awards are verified against the Award Verifiers Checklist.

Gold Awards - Upon approval of the final section these are submitted direct to UK Scouts and then to DofE Windsor. For Gold awards we recommend that you ask a member of the DofE Team to review the whole award before approving the final section. This should help speed the process up as potential issues can be identified earlier.

At all approval and verification stages, awards may be queried. This is a normal process and is likely just a request for additional information. Please remember that the people verifying awards may not know the individual and can only go from the information available in eDofE.

Certificate Issue:

Certificates for Bronze and Silver awards are issued by the County DofE team on a monthly basis.

Certificates for Gold awards are issued by DofE Windsor. Either at a national awards ceremony or through the post (as selected in eDofE)

Please contact the DofE Team: dofe@lincolnshirescouts.org.uk.