About Centres - DofE

Centres are key to delivering the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme in Moray. The centres are primarily based in secondary schools, with some smaller centres and an Open Award Centre. For more information on your local centre please contact a member of the DofE team.  Please use this link for more information on the Open Award Centre.

Support for the Centres

Moray Council hold a license to operate the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and has a small team who support centres in delivering the Award as part of our commitment to community learning and development. 

The team is:

• Fiona Herd – DofE Manager
• Chris Gransden – DofE Development Worker

We work together on a daily basis and our responsibilities include advising centres on DofE policy (both national and regional) and providing training for new and existing volunteers. We produce a quarterly newsletter to spread the word on new policy, opportunities for participants and volunteers and news stories about DofE in Moray.

We visit centres on a regular basis - normally three times each year - to monitor progress, answer questions and offer support and advice.

We manage our volunteers and provide the support they need to ensure that they are trained and able to support the participants and centres.

We also provide a link between our centre and the Moray DofE Awards Committee. The committee helps support our volunteers with advice and financial support for training.

The DofE website, the DofE Leaders’ Handbook and our useful links, which can be found at the bottom of this page, contain more resources. 

We have several pre-planned routes for Bronze expeditions. You may find these useful when planning your own expeditions.

Please contact the DofE team if you have any queries.