Skills - Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Aim:
"To encourage the discovery and development of personal interests and social and practical skills".
The Award requires individual progress and sustained interest over a period of time, leading to a deeper knowledge of the subject and the attainment of a reasonable degree of skill. Each skills has its own guidelines, a copy of which is available from the unit leaders.
| Skills | Skills | Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics | Agriculture | Aircraft Recognition |
| Amateur Radio | Anthropology | Aquarium Keeping |
| Archaeology | Architectural Appreciation | Astronautics |
| Astronomy | Athletics Officiating | Ballet Appreciation |
| Ballooning | Basketry (canework) | Baton Twirling |
| Bee-keeping | Bible Study | Billiards, Snooker & Pool |
| Boat Building | Boatwork | Bookbinding |
| Brass Rubbing | Bridge | Budgerigars & Canaries |
| Cacti Growing | Cake Decoration | Campanology |
| Candlemaking | Canoe Building | Canvas Work (Tapestry) |
| Carriage Driving | Casualty Simulation | Cermonial Drill |
| Chemistry | Chess | Church Architecture |
| Cinematography | Circus Skills | Civics |
| Clay Modelling & Sculpture | Coastal Navigation | Committee Procedure |
| Computing | Conjuring & Magic | Conservation |
| Consumer Affairs | Cookery | Corn Dollies |
| Costume Studies | Criminology | Crocheting |
| Cycle Maintenance | Darts | Debating |
| Democracy & Politics |
Dogs - Training & Handling | Drama & Stagework |
| Drawing | Dressmaking | Electricity & Electronics |
| Embroidery | Enamelling | Entertaining |
| Entomology | Fabric Painting | Fancy Ropework |
| Fantasy Games | Film Production | Filmography |
| Fishing | Fly Fishing | Floral Art |
| Flying | Forces Insignia | Forestry |
| French Polishing | Furniture & Decorating | Furniture Restoration |
| Gardening | Genealogy | Gliding |
| Glove Making | Handbell Ringing | Handwriting |
| Heraldry | Herpetology | Historical Re-enactment |
| Home Studies | Horses | Independence |
| Jazz | Jewellery | Karting |
| Keeping of Pets | Knitting | Lampshade Making |
| Languages | Lapidary | Leatherwork |
| Lettering & Calligraphy | Librarianship | Local & Historical Survey |
| Macrame | Magazine Production | Map Making |
| Marquetry | Metalwork | Meteorology |
| Microscopy | Model Construction | Money Matters |
| Mosaics | Motor Cars | Motor Cycles |
| Motor Sport | Music | Natural History |
| Numismatics | Orchid Growing | Origami |
| Ornithology | Painting & Design | Palaeontology |
| Patchwork | Period Furniture | Personality & Appearance |
| Pewter Working | Philately | Phillumeny |
| Photography | Pillow Lace Making | Piping |
| Plant Study | Pottery | Power Boating |
| Practical Mathematics | Printing | Ship Recognition |
| Shoemaking | Shooting | Short Wave Radio |
| Signalling | Soft Furnishing | Soft Toy Making |
| Sound Appreciation | Speech | Table / Indoor Games |
| Taxidermy | Technical Drawing | Writing |
| Young Enterprise | Zoology |
This information is provided by the Leisure and Communities Department
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