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Assessor's Report
FAQs
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New Assessor Reports uploaded through
the DofE website will now appear in the communications tab of eDofE. Many Reports
have been uploaded for participants across London; please go through and
action any which you have outstanding. If they are historical, and the
Award has since been removed, this alert can be deleted to remove it from
your action list. These Reports are automatically marked as the Assessor
Report; however, to sign off the whole section you will need to visit the
participant's profile separately.
Lapsed/inactive accounts
You no longer have to change the status
of an account when they become inactive or lapse. To re-activate the
account, the person needs only to sign in using the correct username and
password. If they cannot remember their password, please direct them to
follow the 'Forgot your password?' link on the log in screen.
Cannot approve an Award
If you have an Award which you feel has
met all the criteria but the approval button is still greyed out, simply
hover your curser over the greyed out button and a message will appear
describing what is left to complete. This is most common at Gold level
when a young person has not completed their Gold notification form.
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Assessor requests
Southside Young Leaders Academy, a
South London charity that specialise in promoting opportunities and
achievements for African and Caribbean boys at risk of social &
academic exclusion, are looking for an additional Leader to support a
small Bronze expedition cohort. They have a great volunteer expedition
Leader on board already but due to recent staff changes are in need of a
new session leader - ideally for Wednesday evenings. There is also scope
for this engagement to develop to working with a fresh cohort in the New
Year.
If you are interested, please get in
touch via 020 7701 9055 or info@syla.org.uk.
Bronze and Gold open expeditions 2016
We are pleased to be able to share the
dates for upcoming open expeditions run by DofE
London. Follow the links for more
information on our Bronze and Gold ventures
here.
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Delivering Gold DofE programmes
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This half-day workshop will train
Leaders in how to deliver successful Gold DofE programmes and roll them
out in their school/centre.
It will cover the specifics of
delivering Gold DofE, such as planning, seeking funding, timetabling,
using eDofE
and the specifics of the Expedition and Residential sections.
You should attend
an Introduction to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award course OR have good
knowledge of DofE programmes prior to the course.
Course dates:
12th February 2016 (G3) –
1pm to 5pm.
Course fee:
FREE (£50 cancellation fee)
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Wales expedition networks
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From February 1st 2016 the
Brecon Beacons, Mid Wales and Snowdonia Expedition Networks will be
combined into one central service run from the DofE Wales Office in
Brecon. All Expedition Notification Forms (Green Forms) for any
expedition going into wild country in Wales should be directed to the
new centrally run service in Brecon.
The new contact details are as
follows:
The DofE Wales office phone number
(01874 623 086) will be the main Wales Network Expedition contact
number.
Wales Expedition Network Coordinator
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Market House
Market Approach
Brecon
LD3 7DA
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Opportunity Finder
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As part of our ongoing work into
addressing the barriers to completion that prevent participants from
completing their programme, we are running a trial around the
Expedition section.
The DofE will be contacting
participants who have completed every section of their Bronze or Silver
programme, apart from their Expedition section.
They will be signposting them to the Opportunity Finder where open
expeditions run by AAPs, Assessor Networks and LOs are currently
listed. If you know of any open expeditions that are not on the Finder
at this time, please contact Abigail Saunders with details in
the format below:
- Organisation
- Dates
- If qualifying or mixed practice and qualifying
- Award Level
- Location
- Cost
- Website
- Contact details
- Any additional info
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Residential resources
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Many of you have suggested that a
resource that can be used to help participants, parents and Leaders
identify residentials that could count for their DofE would be useful.
The aim is to encourage better
informed choices prior to the residential, rather than participants
needing to justify their choices afterwards.
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Alec Dickson Trust
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The Alec Dickson Trust provides
grants of up to £500 to individuals or groups of young people aged 30
or under to help them put ‘volunteering ideas into action and run
projects that benefit the lives of others – particularly the most
marginalised and disadvantaged.’
Participants can apply directly via
their website:
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London Training
Updates
We now have confirmed dates for training
courses in 2016 on our website. These dates and further information on
upcoming DofE London courses can be found in pdf form here.
Anything for next month?
Do you struggle to find Assessors for
expeditions? Want advice from the London network? Are you recruiting new
members of staff or seeking volunteers? If so, then let us know and we will
inform the network. Email Mark.Allen@DofE.org with your contribution.
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