A recipe: Take a bunch of the immediate next generation of movers and shakers in the The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award‘s worldwide family. Add kimchi. Stir vigorously. And this is what you get…
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Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. I’m proud to have been a teacher, joining the ranks of those people who put in long hours, preparing lessons that will gently coax the young people in their charge…
An all round education…
My five year old nephew, Jack Patrick, came to lunch today. He brought his mum and dad, his little brother and his grandma with him, but, as he helped me microwave the frozen peas and lay the table, it did feel as though it was him I was entertaining rather than anyone else. “I…
Nepal update
News overnight from friends suggest that the Scouts and other youth groups throughout Kathmandu are doing amazing work in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. The Award is run mainly through schools in Nepal. I have had contact from the Chair of the Board to let me know that most immediate friends and colleagues…
Thirty years on…
Never go back. That’s what they say; whoever ‘they’ may be. I’ve taken that advice for thirty years, but a few weeks ago I decided to go and visit the school where I spent my adolescence. I hadn’t visited since I left there a month before I turned eighteen and have never…
Turning a life around
As Secretary General of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation I’ve been very fortunate to have met hundreds of young award participants around the world and many of their stories are quite remarkable. It’s impossible to share all of their experiences within this blog but ‘Agnes’ is a great example of the kind of…
