St James's Palace Visit For Gold Award Wimbledon Students

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Duke of Edinburgh award winners meet Prince Edward

Nine Wimbledon students attended a presentation, shared their experiences and received their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) at St. James’s Palace from Prince Edward.

During the Gold Award Presentation, HRH Prince Edward took the opportunity to congratulate the group on their successes and heard about their DofE journeys, which took each young person 12-18 months of hard work and dedication.

Those who achieve a Gold DofE Award will volunteer, learn a skill, get fit, take part in a week long residential and plan and undertake an expedition in wild country.

Widely acknowledged as the world’s leading achievement award for young people, DofE programmes enable any young person, aged 14-24, to develop key skills for life and work, such as confidence, commitment and team working.

The students who received the prestigious Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards were:-

Samuel West from Wimbledon College; Roxanne El-Hady, Hannah Masraf, Jessica Cooke and from Ricards Rutlish 6th Form; Aoife Clark and from Wimbledon High School; Tobin Chapman, Benjamin Littlewood, and Marcus Walford and Benjamin Ziegler from Kings College School.

Other Wimbledon recipients who have earned their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award but will be collecting them at a later date were Amy Bliss, Poppy Bradshaw, Jessie Whichelow and Zeshan Rashid from Ricards Rutlish 6th Form; Eleanor Haynes from Wimbledon High School and Joshua Mayne and Edward Benz from Kings College School.

Merton Council’s Acting Director of Children, Schools and Families, Jane McSherry said: “The tremendous accomplishments Merton’s young people have achieved has been celebrated through their obtaining the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. To receive this award shows true commitment and resolve.

“The skills and achievements developed by all of the young people receiving this award will not only benefit them in the future but has also had a positive impact on society and their local community. We congratulate them for their perseverance and achievements which they have undertaken whilst also maintaining their academic studies.”

Almost 800 young people in Merton have enrolled at bronze, silver and gold over the last 12 months. There are currently over 300,000 young people taking part in a DofE programme across the UK through a variety of centres including both state and independent schools, special schools, businesses, prisons, young offender institutions and youth groups.

To find out more about the DofE, visit www.DofE.org.

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March 29, 2018