Education & Young People Sport & Physical Activity 2024
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Impact Report 2024

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) enables young people aged 14–24 to build skills, resilience and self-belief through physical, skills, volunteering and expedition activities at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. Their 2024 Impact Report analyses data from 40,880 participants between July 2022 and July 2024, using HM Treasury Green Book methodology to calculate a social value of £4,400 per person per year from wellbeing improvements alone.

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📋About

Bronze, Silver and Gold Award programmes; Physical activity, Skills, Volunteering, Expedition and Residential sections; open to young people aged 14–24 in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, prisons, sports clubs and more Custom geography from upload: UK / International

📊Key Metrics

40,880 young people's responses analysed; estimated social value of £4,400 per person per year from wellbeing improvements Key Metric 1
Significant improvements in 6 out of 7 skills measures including teamwork, resilience, confidence, emotional management, problem-solving and initiative Key Metric 2
78% of participants felt they belonged in their neighbourhood at completion vs 53% nationally; physical activity increased from 4.6 to 4.9 active days per week Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • DofE participation mitigates decline in life satisfaction seen nationally as young people age; life satisfaction improvements greater for girls, minority ethnic participants and those reporting poor health at start
  • Agency measure (feeling able to make a difference to the world) improved from 72% to 81% giving top four responses; local trust improved from 68% to 72%
  • Gold participants' confidence in teamwork increased from 32% to 42% answering 'very confident'; proportion doing 5–7 days of physical activity weekly rose from 54% to 59%

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