I'm just about to start my Silver Duke of Ed's award, after just completing the Bronze. For anyone who doesn't know what DofE is all about, have a look at this
I've been looking at the list of Skills, and I'm not too sure what to pick for this section. Last time I attended a 3 month photography course, but this time I need to do 6 months, and courses aren't arranged for that length of time.
However, I've seen the Horses - Handling and Care programme, and think it may be do-able, because I'm already sharing a horse. But I'm a bit confused about what the programme really requires, and how it should be successfully undertaken.
Does anyone have any experience or ideas? I'm pretty sure no-one runs classes or training specifically for this, and so I'd have to do it independently. But how would I go about this? I think maybe a qualified instructor in the family, or maybe even my share pony's owner, could do the assessing bit, but how/what would they assess? Should I do assignment type things, which can be reviewed, or go more for the practical approach?
Sorry, this is quite rambled, it's reflecting my current state of confusion
I've been looking at the list of Skills, and I'm not too sure what to pick for this section. Last time I attended a 3 month photography course, but this time I need to do 6 months, and courses aren't arranged for that length of time.
However, I've seen the Horses - Handling and Care programme, and think it may be do-able, because I'm already sharing a horse. But I'm a bit confused about what the programme really requires, and how it should be successfully undertaken.
Does anyone have any experience or ideas? I'm pretty sure no-one runs classes or training specifically for this, and so I'd have to do it independently. But how would I go about this? I think maybe a qualified instructor in the family, or maybe even my share pony's owner, could do the assessing bit, but how/what would they assess? Should I do assignment type things, which can be reviewed, or go more for the practical approach?
Sorry, this is quite rambled, it's reflecting my current state of confusion
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