History

How Did It All Begin?

The idea was first mooted in 1987, during an activity holiday in the Kinloch Rannoch area, organised for a group of over-50s by Tayside Community Education Service, from its Outdoor Education Centre in Ancrum Road, Dundee. The group taking part sampled a range of activities including canoeing, climbing and abseiling and returned with enhanced enthusiasm. They wanted something more challenging, which would call for greater personal commitment.

In September 1987, a pilot group of six women and four men met with a Community Education Worker and the local Adviser for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award to take the idea a stage further. It was that group which then took the initial steps resulting in the creation of THE DISCOVERY AWARD.

It is a reflection of the commitment and enthusiasm of this small group of people that The Discovery Award now has groups throughout the United Kingdom.