Doing Your Award

Encourages understanding of the value of giving service to others and your community.

In consultation with your Award Leader you should pick a Service activity that interests you, untertake any necessary training to allow you to contribute to and learn from the service in a meaningful way, then give regular practical service. For example, completing a First Aid course prior to working as a First Aid volunteer. Examples of service done by Dukers in Barbados are:

• Serving breakfast for the Mother's Union Breakfast Club
• Doing beach clean-ups along the East Coast
• Cleaning Welchman Hall Gully
• Fundraising for Educate Ethiopia 
• Fundraising with Key Club

Encourages the development of personal interests and practical skills

In consultation with your Award Leader you should pick a hobby or practical skill activity that interests you. This can be something completely new, or it may be an activity of which you already have some knowledge. Once you have chosen the skill, such as playing a musical instrument, you should discuss it with your Assessor who will help you to set yourself challenging, realistic targets to achieve. Examples of skills done by Dukers in Barbados are:

• Ballroom & Latin Dancing
• Archery
• Sailing
• Karate
• Learning a new lanuage
• Learning how to sew

Encourages participation in sport and other physical recreation for the improvement of health and fitness

In consultation with your Award Leader you should pick a physical activity that interests you. This can be something completely new or it may be an activity of which you already have some knowledge. Once you have chosen the activity, you should discuss it with your Assessor who will help you to set yourself challenging, realistic targets to achieve. Examples of physical recreations done by Dukers in Barbados are:

• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Football
• Netball
• Dancing
• Karate
• Tennis
• Surfing

Encourages a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst undertaking a journey in a group

As part of a small team (4-7 persons), you should plan, train for and undertake a journey with a clearly defined purpose in an unfamiliar environment. This will require determination, physical effort, perseverance and cooperation to complete. The journey can be an exploration or expedition or, if you are aged 18 and over, a more demanding Adenturous Journey (eg hiking Mt Everst). Your Award Leader will be able to explain the distinctions between these. Once the qualifying journey has been completed, you will have to present a report of the venture. Examples for locations Dukers in Barbabdos have been to on hikes are:

• Mount Hillably
• Turners Hall Woods
• Culpepper Island
• East Point Lighthouse
• Jack-in-the-Box Gully
• Bathsheba
• Conset Bay

Broadens your experience through involvement with others in a residential setting. (Gold Only)

The Residential Project gives participants a shared purposeful experience with people who are not their usual companions, working towards a common goal. It is an experience that broadens the participant's outlook and horizons. The activity should take place over a period of at least four nights and five consecutive days. Residential Projects are usually done during the two-week Caribbean Award Sub-regional Council (CASC) regional camp which takes place annually in July/August.