Yes, our courses are approved for the skills section of bronze, silver and gold awards.

All courses are fully online. Once you sign up, you'll have access to all your course material in your account. Each week has a 10–15 minute video to watch, followed by a task to complete to practise your new skills. Together, the video and task should take an hour. You'll email me each task for feedback as you go. The cookery tasks have a recipe card to follow, with participants completing a short feedback form after they’ve cooked the recipe.

Each week of the course should take an hour to complete, including watching the video and completing the task, or cooking the recipe. This ensures that participants can manage their time effectively while gaining valuable skills.

No. The course is designed to be completely flexible to fit around other commitments. You can complete one task per week, take a break, and complete a few tasks in one go. This flexibility ensures that participants can balance their course with other activities.

At the end of the course, I will complete an individual assessor’s report and sign off the skills section of your DofE course as complete. You will also receive a certificate of achievement.

Once you've signed up for a course, you'll be sent a welcome email. This includes the assessor details you'll need for your eDofE account. If you haven't received this email, please let us know.

Primarily for young people aged between 13 and 18. The videos and tasks are designed to be accessible for all ages and I'm always on hand to provide support by email.

None at all. Our courses assume no financial background, just curiosity and a willingness to learn.

Yes, we have a number of students who sign up to build their skill base. We'll still provide individual feedback on each task and you'll receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

Yes. We've had students from Australia, Singapore and Thailand (amongst others). Just let us know once you've signed up and we may tweak a few of the tasks.

Absolutely! We can tailor any combination of courses to suit your needs.

We don’t offer a dedicated parent portal but if you’ve got any concerns, just drop us an email. We encourage students to contact us directly with questions or issues as it’s all part of building independence and confidence (and hopefully gives parents one less thing to manage!). That said, if anything needs your attention, we’ll be in touch...

The courses are designed to be a two-way process. By signing up for the course, participants commit to spending an hour watching each video (for finance and life skills courses) and completing the related task. This ensures that participants meet the DofE requirements. However, the tasks are not treated as homework and marked 'right' or 'wrong'. Participants should show that they've engaged with the task but aren't expected to get everything 'correct' or necessarily complete every task in the allotted time. Individual feedback is given on every task, aiming to be positive and encouraging in terms of reviewing the task!

In short, no. Our tasks are designed to be practical and based on real-life research but are theoretical and do not require any money to be spent or commitments signed up to. For example, money management participants will carry out research on bank accounts and mobile phone contracts but will not sign up for anything. For the investing course, participants create a virtual portfolio (using a website we will provide the details of) but will not make any real trades or invest their money.