About us

Behind the scenes

The Award is the name of the program, AwardNL is the organization behind it. In full, we are part of the International Award for Young People, on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, also known as the DofE. AwardNL consists of a staff team with director, a board, an Advisory Board and a Voluntary board.

Within the Award Centers we work with some 200 Award Leaders. A group of Assessors is active in assessing the Adventurous Journeys. In addition, we can count on a group of Gold Award holders, our Ambassadors.

Award NL is a PBO

RSIN 8150.24.563

All annual reports are available on the Download page.

Other reports are freely available from info@award.nl .

Stafteam

Claudia de Leeuw (director)	claudia.de.leeuw@award.nl
Atché Bilyal (financial manager)	atche.bilyal@award.nl
Jeroen van de Wiel (account manager)	jeroen.van.de.wiel@award.nl
Patrick Hermans (office medewerker HR/ICT and assistent to director)	patrick.hermans@award.nl
Naomi Kieft (account employe schools)	naomi.kieft@award.nl
Faina Puriël (office employe administration)	faina.puriel@ward.nl
Jessie van Vught (Marketing and Communication)	jessie.van.vught@award.nl

Bestuur

Janieke van den Heuvel - chairwoman	janieke.van.den.heuvel@award.nl
Lisette Aarts - treasurer	lisette.aarts@award.nl
Tom Kuijpers - member	tom.kuijpers@award.nl
Sander Schapendonk - member	sander.schapendonk@award.nl
Philip Malmberg - member	philip.malmberg@award.nl

Advisory Board

Rob Davits (chairman)
Monique de Koster-Van Rijckevorsel
Barry Hoogendoorn
Stefan Diender
Leander van Dongen

Relevant for nearly 70 years

The International Award for Young People has its origins in the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, founded in 1956 by the British Duke of Edinburgh in collaboration with German educator Kurt Hahn. This organisation is also known as the DofE.

They wanted to support young people on their journey to self-development, regardless of their background, culture, physical abilities, skills or interests. Together they created a program that supports young people on their journey to self-development as they find their purpose, passion and place in the world.

Since then, more than 5.5 million Awards have been granted in 160 different countries. The Dutch organization has existed since 1993.

Facts & figures

130

Partcipating countries

1.300.000+

Partcipants

1.800

New partcipants every day

180.000

Volunteers helping us

91%	of the participants felt challenged
74%	is inspired
93%	has tried something new
57%	finds that they have changed as a person
86%	of Award holders recommend the Award to others

A total of more than 7 million hours of volunteer work has already been done

25%	of the participants had never volunteered anywhere before
87%	Will continue to volunteer
66%	Feels better at being part of society
78%	Regularly does volunteer work
94%	Continues to engage in regular sports
53%	does that once a week
66%	of people who exercise less than once a month now do so once a week

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