Duke Of Edinburgh Skills

Aim

- To encourage the discovery and development of practical and social skills and personal interests

You should choose and follow an activity and show progression and sustained interest over a period of time, leading to a deeper knowledge of the subject and the attainment of an increased degree of skill. Your skill may be something entirely new or an existing interest.

Below are some ideas to get you started:

- Aeronautics
- Agriculture / Farming
- Aircraft Recognition
- Amateur Radio
& Radio Construction
- Aquarium Keeping
- Archaeology
- Architectural
Appreciation
- Astronautics
- Astronomy
- Ballet Appreciation
- Basket Making
- Baton Twirling
- Bee Keeping
- Billiards, Snooker, Pool
- Bird Watching
- Boat work
- Bookbinding
- Brass Rubbing
- Bridge
- Budgerigars & Canaries
- Buglers & Trumpeters
- Bush craft & Survival
- Cacti Growing
- Cake Decoration
- Candle Making
- Canoe Building
- Canvas Work
(Needlepoint)
- Carnival / Festival
Float Construction
- Casualty Simulation
- Ceramics
- Ceremonial Drill
- Chess
- Choirs
- Church Bell Ringing
- Circus Skills
- Clay Modelling

- Clay Target Shooting
- Coastal Navigation
- Coin Collecting
- Collections, Studies
and Surveys
- Committee Skills
- Communication with
people who have
hearing impairment
- Communication with
people who are visually
impaired
- Conjuring & Magic
- Conservation
- Construction &
Maintenance of
Outdoor Equipment
- Consumer Information
- Cookery
- Corn Dollies &
Straw Work
- Costume Study
- Creative Embroidery
- Criminology
- Crocheting
- Cross Stitch
- Cycle Maintenance
- Darts
- Democracy in Action
- Disc Jockey
- DIY
- Dog Training &
Handling
- Dough Craft
- Drama and Theatre Skills
- Drawing
- Dressmaking
- Drugs & Peer Education
- Egg Decorating

Enamelling
- Event Planning &
Organisation
- Fancy Rope work
- Fantasy Games
- Fashion
- Film Production Studies
- Film & Video Making
- Fishing
- Floral Decoration
- Fly Fishing
- Flying
- Forces Insignia
- Forestry
- French Polishing
- Furniture Restoration
- Gardening
- Gemstones
- Genealogy
- Geology
- Glass Painting
- Glasswork
- Gliding
- Grounds man ship
- Hand bell Ringing
- Health & Style
- Heraldry
- Historical Period
Re-enactment
- History of Art & Design
- Horses - handling & care
- Information Technology
- Insects
- Interior Design
- Jewellery
- Journalism
- Carting
- Keeping of Pets
- Kite Construction
& Flying