Duke of Edinburgh - Skill

Duke of Edinburgh

Below is a list of activities that you can use for your DofE Skill. Please note that these are only a guide and if there is an activity that you would like to do and it is not on the list, you will need to speak to your leader. You are not allowed to use sporting activities, such as football in this section of the award.

  • Aeronautics
  • Agriculture
  • Aircraft Recognition
  • Amateur Radio
  • Aquarium Keeping
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Astronautics
  • Astronomy
  • Basket Making
  • Bee Keeping
  • Bell Ringing
  • Billiards etc.
  • Birdwatching
  • Boatwork
  • Bookbinding
  • Brass Rubbing
  • Bridge
  • Budgies etc
  • Buglers & Trumpeters
  • Bushcraft & Survival
  • Cacti Growing
  • Cake Decoration
  • Camping/Outdoor  Equip
  • Candlemaking
  • Canoe Building
  • Canvas Work
  • Carnival Floats
  • Casualty Simulation
  • Ceramics
  • Ceremonial Drill
  • Chess
  • Circus Skills
  • Clay Modelling
  • Clay Target Shooting
  • Coastal Navigation
  • Coin Collecting – see Numismatics
  • Collections etc
  • Committee Skills
  • Comms – Hearing
  • Comms – Sight
  • Conjuring & Magic
  • Conservation
  • Consumer Info.
  • Cookery
  • Corn Dollies
  • Costume Study
  • Creative Embroidery
  • Criminology
  • Crocheting
  • Cross Stitch
  • Cycle Maintenance
  • Dance Appreciation
  • Darts
  • Democracy in Action
  • Disc Jockey
  • DIY
  • Dogs
  • Dough Craft
  • Drama & Theatre
  • Drawing
  • Dressmaking
  • Driving – see Motors
  • Drugs & Peer Ed.
  • Enamelling
  • Event Planning
  • F1 Car Design
  • Fancy Ropework
  • Fantasy Games
  • Fashion
  • Film Studies
  • Film Making
  • Fishing
  • Floral Decoration
  • Fly Fishing
  • Flying
  • Forces Insignia
  • Forestry
  • French Polishing
  • Furniture Restoration
  • Gardening
  • Gemstones
  • Genealogy
  • Geology
  • Glass Painting
  • Glasswork
  • Gliding
  • Groundsmanship
  • Handbell Ringing
  • Health & Style
  • Heraldry
  • Historical Prd Re-En.
  • History of Art
  • Horses – Handling
  • Information Tech.
  • Insects
  • Interior Design
  • Jewellery
  • Journalism
  • Karting
  • Keeping of Pets
  • Kites
  • Knitting
  • Lace Making
  • Languages
  • Leatherwork
  • Lettering etc.
  • Library Skills
  • Life Skills
  • Majorettes
  • Marksmanship
  • Marquetry
  • Model Construction & Racing
  • Money Management
  • Mosaic
  • Motor Cars – Maint.
  • Motor Cars – Skills
  • Motor Cycles – Maint.
  • Motor Cycles - Skills
  • Motor Sports
  • Music Appreciation
  • Music Playing
  • Natural World
  • Navigation
  • Newsletters etc
  • Numismatics
  • Orchid Growing
  • Painting & Design
  • Paleontology
  • Papercraft
  • Patchwork
  • Period Furniture
  • Pewter Working
  • Photography
  • Pigeons
  • Pool/Snooker – see Billiards
  • Power Boating
  • Public Speaking
  • Puppetry
  • Quilting
  • Radio – see Amateur Radio
  • Reading
  • Religion
  • Reptiles
  • Rug Making
  • Ship Recognition
  • Signalling
  • Singing
  • Soft Furnishing
  • Soft Toy Making
  • Sports Appreciation
  • Sports Officiating
  • Stamp Collecting
  • Table Games