Duke of Edinburgh [Archive]

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:01 PM

So I just got back from my Award Leadership session with the Bronze & Silver groups (bigs myself up lol), and I started to wonder if anyone on HabboxForum has done any of the levels of Duke of Edinburgh?

Anyyyy at all? :P

Alkaz

02-03-2010, 10:04 PM

Nope I havn't but well done on your bronze and silver!

Rozi

02-03-2010, 10:05 PM

I did my bronze but was meant to give the booklet in in like september and I never did so i guess i wont get it :(

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:06 PM

I did my bronze but was meant to give the booklet in in like september and I never did so i guess i wont get it :(

If you give it in now it won't matter?! You just have to get it signed off, theres no time limit on it. D:

Rozi

02-03-2010, 10:10 PM

If you give it in now it won't matter?! You just have to get it signed off, theres no time limit on it. D:

i think they've already submitted them to my borough leader or sumthing like that so it is too late :( or they're spinning me a lot of crap.

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:13 PM

i think they've already submitted them to my borough leader or sumthing like that so it is too late :( or they're spinning me a lot of crap.

yeah they really are, you could send it yourself to your 'borough leader', damnnn id really get talking to them, i think its that they cant be arsed. Me and my mates in my group all given ours in at different times, we all got them back at different times. if you've done it, you can get it signed off.

Have you got everything signed off by the youth club (im assuming) where you did it?

Rozi

02-03-2010, 10:17 PM

yeah they really are, you could send it yourself to your 'borough leader', damnnn id really get talking to them, i think its that they cant be arsed. Me and my mates in my group all given ours in at different times, we all got them back at different times. if you've done it, you can get it signed off.

Have you got everything signed off by the youth club (im assuming) where you did it?

nah I did it at school but like I only did like half of my volunteering **** signed and now I don't do it anymore so like I can't really do anything about it. neway I don't really care, it was funnn and I can live without a certificate.

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:20 PM

nah I did it at school but like I only did like half of my volunteering **** signed and now I don't do it anymore so like I can't really do anything about it. neway I don't really care, it was funnn and I can live without a certificate.

Yeah you can, if you volunteer somewhere else you can just carry on what you did but under a different place, it really wont matter. Mind you, you'd need to get your school to sign off your service (volunteering) still.

Please sign it off I'm begging you or I'll cry.

Rozi

02-03-2010, 10:23 PM

Yeah you can, if you volunteer somewhere else you can just carry on what you did but under a different place, it really wont matter. Mind you, you'd need to get your school to sign off your service (volunteering) still.

Please sign it off I'm begging you or I'll cry.

but that's effffoooorrrt. can i not just fake it or something :( my brother's school did. plus I think it would be quite entertaining seeing you cry over D of E.

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:30 PM

but that's effffoooorrrt. can i not just fake it or something :( my brother's school did. plus I think it would be quite entertaining seeing you cry over D of E.

Trust me, I have cried over Duke of Edinburgh. You will too if you do your gold expedition lol. You can't go up to someone and say can you fake this, but I guess.. idk, its your choice you probably could forge it or say that you finished at this time with no updated signatures and just sign it yourself. Nobody would care, as long as you have something there and well you did do the volunteering part. Why didn't you finish it all?

jackass

02-03-2010, 10:31 PM

I started it ages ago (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=450026), but left for some reason, can't remember why.

Pyroka

02-03-2010, 10:32 PM

I started it ages ago (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=450026), but left for some reason, can't remember why.

I can't see that thread cuz its in spam :P you should carry onnn, its awesomeee, everyone should love Duke of edinburgh, spesh blisters YAY BLISTERS!!!

Nicola

03-03-2010, 03:27 PM

I did my Bronze, I really enjoyed it tbh. Enjoyed the camping more than the walking though :P

Seatherny

03-03-2010, 04:01 PM

Did Bronze and then the co-ordinator at school left.

leah

03-03-2010, 04:08 PM

I was gonna do it ages ago but then i just stopped going to the meetings lol :(

Pyroka

03-03-2010, 11:55 PM

I did my Bronze, I really enjoyed it tbh. Enjoyed the camping more than the walking though :P

Yeahh, spesh when its like 10 people in a 3 man tent, now THAT is fun. I think I'd do it again just for that lol. the walking i loved too, but im weird like that. Im doing a 15 day hike in canada so I get to do all of it again.. oh and a 4 day PRACTICE (which is insane, thats the gold real expedition tbh lol).

Did Bronze and then the co-ordinator at school left.

Bad times, one of the schools around here had that problem. I was told I could've replaced him but... not a good idea, I'm not that good x]

I was gonna do it ages ago but then i just stopped going to the meetings lol :(

LEAH you horror ;/

lol coincidentally I got a text from my sister saying I get my silver certificate on 30th march in newton abbot, yay :D I might be in the newspaper again pow pow.

JackBuddy

04-03-2010, 12:39 AM

Got gold lol :$ Went to St James' palace and got my award last year.

Pyroka

04-03-2010, 12:42 AM

Got gold lol :$ Went to St James' palace and got my award last year.

Dont you go Buckingham Palace anymore? and where the hell is St James' lol. Doing my gold now jack I'm followin in your footsteps... wont follow the fact you love tracy beaker tho.

JackBuddy

04-03-2010, 12:45 AM

Dont you go Buckingham Palace anymore? and where the hell is St James' lol. Doing my gold now jack I'm followin in your footsteps... wont follow the fact you love tracy beaker tho.
lol.... There are two award ceremonies each year. The winter one is at St James' palace and the summer one is at Buckingham Palace. I think there are seperate ceremonies for the north/south so you should be going to one in London.

We were seperated into four rooms inside the palace and there was a celebrity for each room (we had that charlie guy who rode the motorbike accross Africa with Ewan McGreggor) then basically you get the certificate from them and a member of the royal family (I had price Edward) talks to you and congratulates you in groups of like 10 people. Was actually more personal than I expected.

Pyroka

04-03-2010, 12:48 AM

lol.... There are two award ceremonies each year. The winter one is at St James' palace and the summer one is at Buckingham Palace. I think there are seperate ceremonies for the north/south so you should be going to one in London.

We were seperated into four rooms inside the palace and there was a celebrity for each room (we had that charlie guy who rode the motorbike accross Africa with Ewan McGreggor) then basically you get the certificate from them and a member of the royal family (I had price Edward) talks to you and congratulates you in groups of like 10 people. Was actually more personal than I expected.

By the time I finish my gold I'll probably be in Edinburgh so I might be having mine at Edinburgh castle? correct me if I'm wrong. :P But thats awesomeeee, I guess they must take it really seriously. Its a shame some councils dont support it as much as they should.

JackBuddy

04-03-2010, 12:49 AM

Edinburgh!? You don't live there do you?! :S

Grippz

04-03-2010, 01:04 AM

I have silver and bronze, it was a bit of a bonus really, I didn't even realise the stuff I was doing entitled me to them haha

Pyroka

04-03-2010, 01:07 AM

Edinburgh!? You don't live there do you?! :S

Not yet, but I should be this september :]

I have silver and bronze, it was a bit of a bonus really, I didn't even realise the stuff I was doing entitled me to them haha

LOL bonus!

Grig

04-03-2010, 09:25 AM

Got my Silver around 2 years ago ;D. Made us hike and camp on the coldest and wettest day here, was very homosexual.

Seatherny

04-03-2010, 12:49 PM

Got my Silver around 2 years ago ;D. Made us hike and camp on the coldest and wettest day here, was very homosexual.

We did ours in November. Not good!

triston220

07-03-2010, 12:08 AM

I thinking about applying for the bronze award. Only prob is, you have to pay :P

Pyroka

07-03-2010, 12:09 AM

Its not much, like a tenner? I mean youve gotta buy your boots and your food for the expedition but apart from that its basically all free :S

Jordy

07-03-2010, 12:22 AM

If I was to jump in at gold award, roughly what would I have to do to get it (I understand it'd take 2 years but i'm okay with that).

LoveToStack

07-03-2010, 01:10 AM

If I was to jump in at gold award, roughly what would I have to do to get it (I understand it'd take 2 years but i'm okay with that).

You need a service (helping the community in some way), a skill (learn an instrument or something), a sport (couple hours a week, need to make an effort) and then you do training weekends and like a week long expedition "on your own" (just you and whoever you're doing it with).

I was going to do gold but only really cause I wanted it for my uni application. Then I realised that having not done silver, I'd be doing 18 months of services, skills etc so by the time I actually got the award I'd have long since applied. Also when doing it through our school they charge you major $$$. It is an excellent thing to have on a CV though, allegedly the things employers value most in terms of extra curricular stuff.

JackBuddy

07-03-2010, 01:21 AM

Service is easy, if you have to go to some sort of training/meeting for your expeditions then just offer to help 'train' people doing bronze/ silver.

LoveToStack

07-03-2010, 04:10 PM

Service is easy, if you have to go to some sort of training/meeting for your expeditions then just offer to help 'train' people doing bronze/ silver.

A few of my mates did "paper recycling" for their service. They just collected paper bins from about the school and emptied them into a larger bin once a week lol. That was for silver but I doubt it's any stricter with gold.

Pyroka

07-03-2010, 04:25 PM

Service is easy, if you have to go to some sort of training/meeting for your expeditions then just offer to help 'train' people doing bronze/ silver.

thats what i do now :] crap just reminded me i have to get supplies for training craaaaaaaap

A few of my mates did "paper recycling" for their service. They just collected paper bins from about the school and emptied them into a larger bin once a week lol. That was for silver but I doubt it's any stricter with gold.

LOL thats genius i love it

triston220

12-03-2010, 08:03 PM

Its not much, like a tenner? I mean you've gotta buy your boots and your food for the expedition but apart from that its basically all free :S

Yes, but to me that makes me think it's not much of a an award. In my eyes an award is something completely free, that you get for something you've done, like my Diana award.