The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award at Workpower

Workpower is a registered Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Centre in Perth. You can complete your Award with tailored support designed for people with disability. We provide a safe, inclusive, and goal-focused program that helps you build skills, confidence, and independence outside the classroom.

Who the Award is for

The Award is open to young people aged 14 to 24. It welcomes every background and level of ability. You choose activities that interest you, set personal goals, and work towards them over time. Your journey is individual, and your progress is measured against where you start.

How the Award works

There are three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. At each level, you complete four core sections:

  • Skills

  • Physical Recreation

  • Voluntary Service

  • Adventurous Journey

At Gold level, you also complete a Residential Project. Each section has simple time requirements that build consistent habits and real-world experience.

How Workpower supports you

As a Registered Award Centre, we provide the structure and coaching you need to participate with confidence.

  • Award Leader guidance: Your Award Leader coordinates your program, approves activities, and keeps everything on track.

  • Accessible planning: We adapt activities, timeframes, and supports so you can take part fully and progress at your pace.

  • Simple record-keeping: You log activities in the Online Record Book, with help from our team as needed.

  • Clear pathways: Your Award plan can align with your goals for independence, community participation, health, and work readiness. We connect your Award activities with Workpower’s School, Learn, Work, and Life services where this adds value.

What you can do with Workpower

Every Award journey is personal. We help you choose activities that match your interests, meet the Award requirements, and support your broader goals.

Skills

Build practical abilities that support daily life and work. With Workpower, you can strengthen goal-setting, teamwork, and communication through our Work Learning program, practise barista skills, learn safe equipment use, or grow your digital confidence. Creative options are available too, including performing arts, visual arts, and tabletop game design.

Voluntary Service

Give back to your community while building work habits and social connections. We partner with charitable organisations so you can volunteer in supported one-to-one or small-group settings. Typical activities include community events support, environmental projects, peer mentoring, and assisting local clubs.

Physical Recreation

Improve fitness and wellbeing through accessible sport and movement. We connect you with inclusive local sporting groups or support you to build a routine that suits your health goals. Options include yoga, walking groups, modified team sports, and gym-based programs with step-by-step coaching.

Adventurous Journey

Plan and complete a team journey that builds resilience, problem-solving, and leadership. We design accessible Adventurous Journeys with preparation, training, and risk management in place. Journeys may include urban hikes, conservation treks, camp-based challenges, or navigational activities designed around your needs and interests.

Why choose the Duke of Ed with Workpower

  • Proven personal outcomes: Participants commonly report higher confidence, greater determination, and improved resilience through the Award. Many continue healthy habits and community engagement, with most planning regular physical activity and ongoing volunteering.

  • Career readiness: Young people build teamwork, problem-solving, and goal-setting skills. These strengths support further education, training, and employment, and add a respected achievement to your resume.

  • A trusted framework: The Award is a world-recognised program delivered across Australia with strong governance and child-safe practices.

  • A pathway aligned to your goals: Workpower services span school transition, skills development, community access, and employment. Your Award activities can link directly to your broader life and work goals.

Getting started with Workpower

We make it easy to begin and stay on track.

  1. Enquire with our team and confirm your level: Bronze, Silver, or Gold.

  2. Enrol in the Award and set up your Online Record Book.

  3. Choose activities for each section and map them to your goals.

  4. Start your activities with support from your Award Leader and coaches.

  5. Check in regularly to review progress, adjust your plan, and celebrate milestones.

  6. Complete your sections, finish your journey, and receive your Award.

Support that fits you

One-to-one and small-group coaching:

Build confidence step by step with a Lead Coach and a clear plan.

Modern hubs across Perth:

Access up-to-date facilities and technology in convenient locations.

Community connections:

Join Workpower groups such as Performing Arts, Yoga, Art and Craft, or Dungeons & Dragons to support your Skills or Physical Recreation sections while growing friendships

Safety and quality:

All activities are planned with appropriate supervision, approvals, and duty of care.

Your next step

Take part in a globally recognised framework, gain real-world skills, and strengthen your independence with a team that understands your goals. Talk to us about the Duke of Ed pathway that suits you.

Phone: 1800 610 665
Email: info@workpower.asn.au

Workpower empowers people with disability to realise their potential every day. Completing your Duke of Ed with us opens new opportunities, builds habits that last, and showcases what you can do.