Meanwhile in Wales, Sam Rowlands MS bill to make residentials an entitlement for all goes to the vote. See Martin Davidson 's open letter for evidence of power of residentials Liz Smith CBE MSP has a similar bill in Scottish Parliament Imagine the benefits for Scotland! tinyurl.com/ArdroyImpact23

In 1955 The Boys' Brigade was included in a successful pilot scheme for what would become 'The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award' 🏕️

Read Keith Vinerd's account on our Virtual Museum >> thebbmuseum.org/the-boys-briga…

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award #BoysBrigade #History #Archive #Museum #ThrowbackThursday

And they're off. The Auchterarder Bronze DofE group's have set off on their training walk to increase navigation & camp craft skills before their expedition! A big thanks to the amazing volunteers who are out with the groups today! The Community School of Auchterarder DofE Scotland PKC_DofE Scott Martin The Gannochy Trust

For everyone celebrating Ramadan this month, we wish you a peaceful period 💜

DofE Scotland held their
#LeadersWithoutLimits Conference, an opportunity to celebrate the great impact our leaders are making! The workshops were a resounding success providing a platform for meaningful dialogue & an opportunity to gain valuable insights✨

#celebrationofleaders

Fabulous night at the Youth, Family and Community Learning Service DofE Scotland and Youth Service awards night. The young people were so inspirational and it was great to see so many getting an award.

It is really uplifting to see young people taking pride in their achievements & development at the annual DofE Scotland Awards. Well done to all who got their certificates!
Good to meet presenters Arlen Pritchard & Ava Trushell from Garnock Community Campus. They did a great job. 👏👏🌟

Brilliant to be invited to South Lanarkshire's Celebration of Achievement evening. Wonderful to hear young people's stories and the chance to chat to the superb hosts of the event DofE Scotland

A fantastic end to the term watching 70 pupils from Uddingston Grammar School collect their The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Bronze & Silver awards. Thank you to South Lan DofE for organising the event and WELL DONE to all 380 recipients from across South Lanarkshire Council #resilience #YouthEmpowerment

A day well spent at the #leaderswithoutlimits DofE Scotland conference, with the aim of making the experience as inclusive as possible for our participants. Feeling excited for our first cohort of Winchburgh Academy learners to take part!

Fantastic day at the DofE Scotland leaders conference. Came home inspired and with a fab new bag too!

Many thanks to the organising team it was a brilliant event.

One of our DofE UK Youth Ambassadors, Karolina, shares her #CelebrationofLeaders campaign message below. If you were at our #LeadersWithoutLimits event yesterday, you may have heard more about Karolina's DofE experience, and how important her leaders were in that journey 🤩

Graeme Dey supports our #CelebrationofLeaders campaign, by sharing his message of recognition and thanks to our network of over 4000 leaders in Scotland.

#LeadersWithoutLimits #YouthWithoutLimits #DofE

Our final panel of the day is starting - this panel, made up of DofE Leaders, is discussing the positives and challenges of being a Leader and running the DofE in diverse settings. #LeadersWithoutLimits

The young people’s panel sharing what attracted them to DofE and what they enjoyed about the experience of achieving their award ⁦RenCouncil⁩ ⁦Daniela Onyewuenyi MSYP⁩ ⁦Kevin Fawcett⁩ ⁦Josiah DofE Renfrewshire⁩ #LeadersWithoutLimits ⭐️

Great to see two of our DofE leaders presenting to DOFE Scotlands leaders conference 👏⭐️ ⁦RenCouncil⁩ ⁦Trinity HS Renfrew⁩ ⁦Kevin Fawcett⁩ ⁦Pete Moir⁩ #LeadersWithoutLimits great to hear their experiences from Renfrewshire shared 👍

All ready to welcome DofE Leaders to DofE Scotland #leaderswithoutlimits conference. #excited

Thanks for all that you do to help young people have life-changing The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award experiences both in and outside work Kate, you are a true inspiration!

#CelebrationofLeaders

#YouthWithoutLimits

#LeaderswithoutLimits

Continuing our #CelebrationofLeaders week, we hear James experience of how his DofE leader positively impacted his experience;

#LeadersWithoutLimits