Integrating Queen's Badge with Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Award

 

The current regulations for the Queen's Badge and Silver DofE Award are so similar that, with some fore-thought and a little extra work, both awards can be worked on simultaneously, and gained together.  This is an option often overlooked by Candidates.  It should also be noted that where time constraints apply, one award may be gained before the other and the remaining sections worked on afterwards.  The regulations may be summarised by the following tables.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award (Silver)

Service 

Skills

Physical Recreation

 

 

 

Expedition / Exploration

 

6 months

One for 6 months,
the other for 3 months

Plan, prepare for and undertake a
3-day, 2-night venture.

Direct entrants must undertake an additional 6 months in one of the 6-mth sections.

Queen's Badge

Service outwith Company & Church

Skills

Physical Recreation

 

 

Expedition / Exploration

 

 

 

Leadership Training

Company Leadership

 

 

 

Questions

 

 

 

Completion Course

Min 30 hrs / 6 mths

D of E Regulations Apply.  If only one activity - min 6 mths.

D of E Regulations Apply

Attend Approved Brigade Leadership Course or Equivalent

Various Options

Answer a number of questions and produce a report.

Attend and satisfactorily participate in a residential Completion Course

QB Regs are a subset of DoE Regs

Only 1 of these sections is required for Queen's Badge.  All 3 may be done, allowing DoE Silver to be awarded (1 or 2 may be deferred until after QB awarded).

May also count towards DoE Service Section

Notes

  1. All Queen's Badge Company Service or Service outwith the Company and Church are acceptable for the Silver DEA Service Section.  The converse is not true.  Candidates working for both awards should adhere to Queen's Badge Regulations for these sections.  Only one is required for DEA - both are required for QB.

  2. Skills / Physical / Expedition - All three are required for DEA.  Only one is required for QB - if this is Skills or Physical, it should be the longer section).  Candidates working towards both awards should adhere to DEA Regulations for these sections.

  3. Leadership Training is required for QB.  This should ideally be done as early as possible so that the knowledge / skills gained may be applied in the Company.  Company Service must entail Leadership.

  4. Company Service may be done in another Company.

  5. Candidates Questions (Queen's Badge) are not trivial, require some research, and should be undertaken as early as possible.

  6. Queen's Badge Completion Course is mandatory, and should be booked in Dec / Jan.  All QB work should be complete by the date of the course - but Record Books should be complete and submitted 6 weeks in advance (this is the date you should work to to have all reports / questions written up).