Carmarthenshire Council’s Youth Service is celebrating yet another achievement in its delivery of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
Thanks to the hard work of schools, youth service staff and volunteers, Carmarthenshire has topped the charts in the Wales Annual Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Review.
Out of Wales’ 22 Local Authorities, Carmarthenshire has the highest number of young people achieving, with 503 young people in the County holding Duke of Edinburgh’s qualification.
In the past year, Carmarthenshire has also delivered 10.4% of all Welsh Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.
Councillor Gwynne Wooldridge, Executive Board Member for Children and Educations Services said:
“Yet again the County is being recognised for its outstanding contributions to young people. This is a great achievement for Carmarthenshire and the hard work by all involved is greatly appreciated.
“We are very fortunate as a County that our young people have access to such fantastic lifelong learning programmes.
“The Carmarthenshire Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is committed to offering an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding programme of personal development of the highest quality to meet the needs of a wide range of young people.”
The Award is well recognised within the community sector and is a valuable tool to supporting the youth work curriculum; in the past, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has helped young people across the County secure their place in University and various fields of work.
Anyone aged between 14-25 years can do a programme at one of three progressive levels which, when successfully completed leads to bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
This tremendous achievement will be celebrated at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze and Silver Awards evening in February.
To get involve in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, please contact Alison Owen-Yeates on: 01267 267801
