The DofE Award Bursary
The DofE Award Bursary
The Essex County Council (ECC) Duke of Edinburgh's Award bursary is available to support DofE participation in our Open Award Centres throughout Essex (Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester and Virtual), and in Essex schools operating under the ECC DofE licence.
In line with DofE’s strategy, Youth Without Limits, we are committed to ensuring that the DofE Award is open to all young people – and that our participants reflect the most diverse generation of young people ever within Essex.
Who does our bursary support?
The Essex County Council bursary supports marginalised young people to do their DofE for whom one or more of the below applies:
- Those who have additional needs
- Those who are deemed ‘at risk’*
- Those who receive Free School Meals (FSM)
- Those who are eligible for Pupil Premium (PP), Pupil Equity Funding or the 16- 19 Bursary
- Young people at risk of exclusion from education
- Those who are looked after or in care
- Young people who are responsible for caring for someone else
- Parents under the age of 18
- Asylum seekers
- Refugees
- Young people in custody
* By ‘At risk’ we mean any young person who may be vulnerable due to, for example, their age, mental health, disability, illness, gender, race, religion, or belief sexual orientation, economic status or who may be unable to take care of themselves against abuse.
What does our bursary support?
- Registration Cost: A saving of £28 at bronze and Silver, and £35 at Gold. These prices are deducted from our standard registration cost. Find out our standard registration prices
- For young people who register on our Open Award Centre DofE Award programme, a discount of up to 30% can be applied to the total cost of the practice and qualifying walking expedition.
Deadline and decision for applications
The decision is made by the ECC DofE Manager. You will be notified within 2 weeks of your application.
Successful bursary places are subject to availability.
The bursary must be applied for prior to registering a place on our Open Award Centre DofE Award Programme. The bursary can not be applied for retrospectively after payment of either the registration or expedition package.