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The duke of edinburghs award, activities, expeditions and adventures. for millions of people, it has been part of growing up. it aims to give young people from all backgrounds a sense of achievement outside of the classroom, through field trips and volunteering. for these pupils at a secondary school in the heart of manchester, the experience has been life changing. when you go on duke of edinburgh, it is a whole different environment. it is green everywhere as far as you can see. even signing u...

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0mar, we made it! good job, tornado! what a truly amazing experience — well, unless you are afraid of crocodiles and water, i guess. right, well, stay with us because coming up, theres more from mike in argentina, where he got up close with some of the local jaguars. when you make eye contact with a beast this size, your heartjust goes... imitates heart thumping quickly. and carmen accepted our challenge to abseil down one of the largest waterfalls in the world in peru. the waterfall is so clo...

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Out of the dukes own experiences at gordonstoun. the awards ethos was rooted in the philosophy of the schools headmaster, kurt hahn, who felt that education should be about more thanjust academic achievement. it is based on hahns theory that you shouldnt be a specialist in any one thing. he felt that you shouldnt concentrate entirely on academic education. his philosophy was if you can get young people to succeed in any area of activity, that mere sensation of success would spread over into a lo...

Of prince philips greatest contributions to public life, some would say the greatest, was the scheme he established in 1956, the duke of edinburghs award. at the time, the scheme was seen a radical and pioneering, encouraging young people to explore new challenges, take risks and show initiative. as our correspondent elaine dunkley reports, the scheme has enriched the lives of millions of young people, even during this pandemic. the duke of edinburghs award, activities, expeditions and adventure...

What a view! oh, my god! its amazing! woo! ok, here we go! the waterfall is so close! this is amazing! so far, so good. but halfway down, im in for a shock. slightly unnerving that we are going to lose the rock now and we are going to go into freefall. ah! 0k. i can do this. yep, this is good! 0k. without the rock face, im literally hanging. tough work on my hand. basically this rope is holding my body weight and im having

To it i was quite shy and reserved and didnt talk to many people in my year. id been working in a charity shop for a year in my community- and i think definitely its been a very interesting... - you get to meet lots of interesting people, you get to talk— to lots of interesting people, to hear their story. _ had fun and made so many friends without. .. dont know how i would have got through my high school years, honestly, its been really, really good. it began in 1956 and grew out of the dukes...

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Official retirement in 2017 at the age of 96. with news of his passing on friday, mourners arrived at buckingham palace and windsor castle to pay their respects to the beloved royal consort. >> this morning i was in tears. >> reporter: while the pandemic will prevent a large scale public ceremony to remember prince philip in the days to come, the legacy he leaves is everlasting. >> her majesty said that our country owed her husband a greater debt than he would ever claim or we should ever know. ...