DofE
Have you always wanted to do something meaningful but haven't found the motivation yet?
Join the DofE and let's finally achieve your goals!
What is DofE
The DofE is a challenge for anyone aged 14 to 24 to force you to work on yourself regularly. Get involved and choose a skill, movement and volunteering you want to do for an hour a week. There's an expedition with your friends at the end.

I was afraid I couldn't overcome my laziness and engage in activities on a regular basis. Eventually, I Thanks to the DofE, I organized my own photo opening and got the courage to go and volunteer in Nepal!
silver level graduate
What does DofE bring?
Skill

Motion

Volunteering

Expeditions


I'm 14-24 years old and I want to join the DofE
- Find out where you can get started with the DofE in your area or how to apply online.
- Move, improve, help.
- Get an international certificate for completing the programme.

We want to set up a DofE centre
- Every primary and secondary school, children's home, leisure centre and other organisations working with young people can take part.
- Opportunity to involve all pupils and students.
- We will provide you with training, methodology and long-term support from the DofE National Centre.

We want to involve our daughter / our son
- Participation brings young people improved emotional well-being, independence, creativity, improved physical fitness and the opportunity to learn the importance of helping others and the community.
- Each participant completes the program under a trained leader. The training is accredited by the Ministry of Education.

We want to support DofE
- You will enable children from orphanages, socially disadvantaged or handicapped to participate in the programme.
- Support the training of teachers and volunteers who mentor young people in their spare time.
News
Nearly thirty young people from the Karlovy Vary Region received the DofE award
12 March, Karlovy Vary - Twenty-eight young people received the Duke of Edinburgh International Award in Karlovy Vary,...Almost 20 people from the Pilsen region received DofE awards in Pilsen
11 March, Pilsen - Eighteen young people received the Duke of Edinburgh International Award, DofE for short, in Pilsen. The programme...Charity Bake Sale 2025 or Leave the snacks at home
Monday 10 March 2025 marks two years since the DofE's patron, Prince Edward, became Duke of...Fulfilling the DofE is harder than it first appears
Nela Večeřová joined the DofE at the Labská Primary School in Brno shortly after she met the minimum age for the programme,...Thanks to DofE I learned to work better with time
A higher level of German, improved basketball skills and sports training for volunteer firefighters - these are the goals of the DofE...I would never have believed that I would meet my goals, but I did!
The DofE ambassador Magdaléna Ryjáčková also came to the ceremony in Tábor to receive her bronze badge and certificate. On the programme, she mainly appreciates...I have discovered my inner strength and patience, which are pushing me further
High school student Adéla Sporyszová completed her second level in DofE. After the bronze, she also reached the silver level and at the Zlín...Nearly three hundred and fifty young people received DofE awards in Brno
27 February, Brno - Three hundred and forty-two young people from the entire South Moravian Region received the International...Almost seventy young people from the South Bohemian Region received the DofE award in Tábor
27 February, Tábor - Sixty-eight young people received the Duke's International Award in Tábor on Tuesday 25 February...Nearly fifty young people received the DofE award in Vysočina
19 February, Žďár nad Sázavou - Forty-eight young people received their awards on Wednesday 19 February in Žďár nad Sázavou...