Bring Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to your school.
Leave the staffing and admin headache to us.
Offer the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through Fireside, with personal onboarding, individual guidance and follow-up that keeps young people moving. Your school can offer the programme without assigning faculty to run an Award Centre.
Run a church group, youth group or community organisation? We’d love to work with you, too. The same Award partnership and rate apply to your group. Participants must be aged 14 and up.
Why partnering with Fireside is a perfect balance for your team
(And why doing it all yourself might not be the play.)
The Award is an amazing co-curricular boost for your students, adding more depth and value to what they do and strengthening their résumés and post-secondary applications.
But… at the end of the day, the Award is an individual achievement award. That means working with each student individually, and yes… with their parents.
Here are some of the things schools have shared with us, and how we can help.
It’s all good until things get busy, or students don’t follow through.
The challenge for schools
Schedules change, priorities shift, and following up with each student and family can become difficult alongside teaching. It can devolve into chasing kids around to finish their logs and reports.
How we make it easy
Our trained, certified Award Leaders handle individual goals, progress reviews, questions and follow-up. We’re “professionals at chasing kids around.”
Instead of your school adapting to each student’s Award goals, we help each student adapt their Award goals to your school.
One teacher can hold the Award together. But what happens when they leave?
The challenge for schools
A faculty member who has everything figured out may change jobs or go on leave. Families still expect the same support.
How we make it easy
We provide a named Fireside Adventures Award Leader (a case manager for the Award) as well as a backup. All our Award staff are certified Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Leaders.
We keep the show on the road no matter what’s happening at your school. Your teachers, school staff and curriculum can be as involved as you’d like.
When your staff change, our support stays consistent.
Guarantee support all the way to Gold.
The challenge for schools
Getting the Gold Award is a big deal. It’s why many students start with Bronze. Parents may hesitate if they aren’t sure their child will be able to keep pursuing the Award through Gold.
What happens if their child moves in Grade 11? What if your school’s programme ends before they turn 17? Gold can be a stretch beyond your programme, but that shouldn’t stop students from starting with you.
How we make it easy
Students can stay with Fireside through Bronze, Silver and Gold. We’ll still be here if they move schools or graduate.
Your students’ Award journey stays secure, even if they change schools later on.
Already organising school trips? Fantastic.
The challenge for schools
If you already have a trip, great. The Adventurous Journey report is one of the most time-consuming parts of the Award for students. It can take months, sometimes even a year, to get it done.
How we make it easy
We offer Bronze, Silver and Gold trips for schools. Whether it’s your school’s trip or a trip we run with you, we make sure the paperwork is in order and the preparations are in place. On trips we run, we can build in time for students to finish their report before they head home.
If needed, we can help students find options over summer or spring break with Fireside, Scouts, Cadets or another suitable provider.
Wondering how this would work at your school? Talk to Barnsy →
How onboarding works
Meet Barnsy. Tell us about your group. Agree how we’ll work together and who will be your contact.
Invite your students. Families register directly with Fireside at the $150 partner rate, or your organisation purchases the places.
Get started together. We provide personal onboarding, help participants build their plans and begin ongoing Award support.
Community and church groups are welcome, too.
The same partnership offer is available to community organisations, youth groups and church groups. Participants join through Fireside’s Open Award Centre, with a direct liaison to your organisation.
Talk to Barnsy
Liam Barnes, Director of Fireside Adventures.
A 20-minute, one-to-one conversation about bringing Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to your school.
Your partner rate
$150 + GST
per participant, per Award level
Families pay directly, or your organisation purchases the places.
Includes onboarding, individual Award plans, progress reviews and ongoing support.
Journeys and enhanced support are priced separately.
Help your school become a partner.
For students and families: want access to the $150 partner rate? Introduce Fireside to your principal or community programme leader. We’ll take the conversation from there.
Want to start now, and don’t want to wait for your school?
Don’t let the introduction delay you. Join the Fireside Award Centre as an individual participant, and if your organization becomes a partner, contact us to apply the difference between your membership fee and the partner rate as a credit. Starting now is risk-free.
A message you can forward
Hi, I’m interested in doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award through Fireside Adventures. They offer a $150-per-level rate for partner schools and handle all Award administration and student support. Would you be interested in speaking with Liam about a partnership?
Already an Award Centre, but looking for Adventurous Journeys?
Explore overnight Adventurous Journeys for school groups with our sister company, Vancouver Outdoor School.
