Gold Award
The sections involved are:
- Volunteering (helping other people in the local community)
- Skills (covering almost any hobby, skill or interest)
- Physical (sport, dance and fitness)
- Residential (a purposeful enterprise with people not previously known to the participant)
- Expedition (training for, planning and completing a journey on foot)
TIMESCALES:
Gold Award (16+ Years)
Volunteering | Skills | Physical | Residential | Expedition |
12 months or 18 months # | One section for 12 months or 18 months # and the other section for 6 months | Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights | Plan, train for and complete a 4 day, 3 night expedition |
Broxbourne participants (who do not hold their Silver Award) must undertake 18 months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Skills / Physical Section