I've been gifted a Badge Nation membership package, what happens now?

Find out about the next steps for your organisation.

Congratulations 🎉 you have been gifted a Badge Nation membership package!

Badge Nation membership includes:

• Access to your lead organisation’s badge issuing platform of choice.
• Access to the Badge Zone for unlimited individuals in your organisation. Write badges, receive quality assurance, access our library of resources, and request customer support.
• Unlimited access to events such as badge writing workshops.
• Customer support to answer queries and manage your badges.

How to activate your free membership:

1. Accept invitation
   Your lead organisation will invite you to join their community on the Badge Zone. You will receive an auto-email from our platform with next steps to create an account for your organisation, view how many badges you can write with your membership, and accept Badge Nation's membership terms. Click here to find out how to accept this invitation.
2. Write your first badge
   Using the Badge Zone, write your first badge and submit for Quality Assurance. If you need support to get started, our regular free Badge Writing Workshops will teach you everything you need to know about using the Badge Zone to write badges. Click here to find out more.
3. Your organisation has joined Badge Nation and is ready to get badging!

What happens next?

When your first badge is ready to publish, we will make this available on your community’s issuing platform of choice so you can begin issuing badges to earners.

For more information on the overall onboarding process through to issuing your badges, Please see our Complete Guide to Writing and Issuing Digital Badges.

If you have any questions about the process or would like to chat with a member of our team, don’t hesitate to complete a customer support request and we will be delighted to help.