The Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme

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The Earl of Wessex and DoE participants discussed about the importance of extra-curricular activities on physical and mental health especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Today on @skynews, HRH The Earl of Wessex and #DofE participants discussed the importance of doing extra-curricular activities has on their mental and physical health.
3:41 AM · Feb 25, 2021·Twitter Web App

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During the interview, HRH The Earl of Wessex highlighted the importance of non-academic activities:
“They need to feel that they’ve really accomplished something and that’s really important for their own self-confidence and their own self-belief.”
3:41 AM · Feb 25, 2021·Twitter Web App​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1364616450753855490

Efforts to help children catch up at school could fail if extra-curricular learning activities are not prioritised
https://www.dofe.org/thelatest/risk-extracurricular-not-prioritised/

Prince's plea to remember vital non-academic schemes in rush to catch-up schooling
The earl also spoke about the challenges of home schooling his two teenagers, saying they reacted to it "like chalk and cheese"
https://news.sky.com/story/princes-...chemes-in-rush-to-catch-up-schooling-12227797

 

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The Earl of Wessex Chairman of the Board of Trustees and The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation chaired a meeting via video link on 26th April

26 April 2021
St. James's Palace
The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation, today chaired a Meeting via video link.

https://www.royal.uk/court-circular...te]=24/04/2020&date[max][date]=26/04/2021&id=

 

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One of several initiatives that was launched today.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman....o-it-4-youth-challenge-to-raise-funds-3268185

 

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Flashback. A freezing young cute Prince Edward talks about the DOEs in 1986.