Find out more and contacts

We have two bases for Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Derbyshire - the County DofE Office at Lea Green Centre, near Matlock and the Development Workers Office at Peter Webster Centre, Chesterfield.  

We welcome phone calls and visits from participants, leaders and parents and will do our best to ensure your enquiries are answered.

County DofE Office:

For enquiries about:

  • General enquiries about DofE

  • Issue of eDofE participation places, support and completion enquiries

  • Support to participants, leaders and parents - including independent participants

  • Sections of the DofE

    • what can you do?

    • how long for?

  • Finance enquiries

Judith Hall (DofE Administration)
Tel:  01629 531273
email: dofeadmin@derbyshire.gov.uk

For enquiries about:

  • General enquiries about DofE policies and procedures

  • Management and support of DofE Centres

  • Expedition Leader support and approval procedures

  • Requests for Expedition Assessors and other support

  • Support to DofE Volunteers and development of projects

  • Outdoor education and volunteer training for DofE leaders

Susan Popham (DofE Manager) 
Tel: 01629 531274
email: dofeadmin@derbyshire.gov.uk

For support of DofE Groups across Derbyshire and support and development of new DofE Groups and projects contact:

Rod Webster, Development Worker
Tel: 07891 620292
email: rod.webster@derbyshire.gov.uk

Training:

For enquiries about:

  • DofE Training Courses for Leaders and Groups

  • Management and delivery of Assessor Accreditation Scheme

  • Requests for Supported Assessments

Heather Staple, Development and Training
Tel: 01629 534561
email: heather.staple@derbyshire.gov.uk

NGB Outdoor Education Training Courses for DofE Leaders
Clare Reading, Development and Technical Adviser
Tel: 01298 23260
email: clare.reading@derbyshire.gov.uk

Educational visits:

For enquiries about:

  • Approval of DofE training and expeditions

  • EVOLVE (online visits notification) information and training

Arron Cox, Educational Visits Coordinator
Tel: 07887 822786
email: arron.cox@derbyshire.gov.uk

Contact us by post

If you need to write to us our address is:

DofE County Office
Lea Green Centre
Main Road
Lea
Nr. Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 5GJ

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