An Award Adventurous Journey – Lego style.
Congratulations to the Cambuslang Universal Connections group from Scotland, who spent over 140 hours working on this video. I think it is truly brilliant!
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All aboard the Award
HRH The Earl of Wessex unveils a train named in honour of the DofE’s Diamond Anniversary and is interviewed by DofE participants about the success of the DofE, as part of the Royal Diamond Tour.
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One million voices
I recently had the opportunity to spend time with Johan Vilhelm Eltvik, the Secretary General of the World YMCA. Over the last few months, the organisation has undertaken one of the largest pieces of direct research with young people ever undertaken. The aim was to hear their views and to better understand their needs, with…
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One Award – wherever you may be.
James Baird (18) writes from Chegutu, Zimbabwe: As the first Zimbabwean to be awarded The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Gold Award at Peter House in Zimbabwe, I am hugely proud and wanted to share my journey with others in the hope that I may inspire them. My Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme started back…
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Zurich New Year Half Marathon
Why? That’s the question most people have asked me since finding out that I was going to run a half marathon on New Year’s Eve. In Zurich. Starting at midnight. In the dark. And my answer has been pretty simple. It’s New Year’s Eve. It’s in Zurich. It starts at midnight. It’s…
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Growing up in the 1970s
Some images that might mean something to others who, like me, were children in small-town UK in the 1970s… What pictures would you add?
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Leadership versus Management
Over the past few years I’ve been getting increasingly concerned about some of the language that folks in the voluntary sector are using. In particular, there has been a creeping reliance on the terminology of the workplace. In the organisation in which I volunteer, it’s commonplace now to talk about ‘line managers’, ‘targets’ and ‘key…
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Dealing with change
A presentation I made to voluntary youth leaders in Oxfordshire today… Click here to access the PowerPoint slides and associated notes.
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A reflection on last night’s events in Paris
Tonight, France is in mourning. Last night, between 21:20, local time, and 22:00, Paris suffered a series of deadly attacks, described by President Francois Hollande as “unprecedented”. They were, he said, an “act of war” organised by Islamic State (IS) militant groups. Shootings, bomb blasts and a hostage siege have left at least 128 people dead and hundreds…
