About us

freebadge.co.uk was initially set up to put something back into the community.

Having just invested in a state of the art laser engraving machine, and with over 18 years of successful business experiencein plastic manufacturing, David Thompson  wanted to create a system whereby deserving causes, and people involved in the community could benefit.

Initially he made a number of free badges for a local hockey club, and a youth hobbies scheme. Both organisations soon saw the benefit of having name badges and club titles for their volunteers.

Indeed Julie Giles of Bicester Hockey club said of it: "David offered us these badges, and it was an offer we could not refuse. As a result, it makes it much easier for the parents and children to know who to approach, if they need to talk to someone. “

She continued by saying, “It is a great help when we get a new player, as this gives them confidence in being able to go and talk to one of us, knowing our name, but of equal importance, it gives a professional feel to our club, which is again most necessary these days when dealing with children and their parents.” 

She finished by saying, “The badges have been so successful that every time we get a new helper, we are immediately on to David to produce more badges.”

Ben Jackson, involved in a Hobbies Fair for Bicester said: "By being able to provide our exhibitors with badges, this made the event that much more useful to exhibitors and public alike. I hope that we will be able to make use of this very generous offer next year".

With these sorts of feedback he sat down and looked into how he could make this available to all.

The answer became immediately apparent....Combine the internet with this technology. Then the costs of processing the order, (the major part of the costs involved), reduce to a point where an individual 'custom but standard' product can be delivered for just a small handling charge.

However, he did not stop there...

Realising that it would be uneconomical to check whether or not a request for this service was bona fide or not, he opened it up to all.

By spreading out the handling costs over a greater amount of people, it was a case of 'the more the merrier', rather than restricting it to a select group of community helpers.

Being a parent, he also knew that School Governors, PTA's and other local societies have constantly changing committee members. With this in mind, he launched even lower cost sets of badges.

For a very low fee a society can have its name and post engraved on to a badge. By committing to a minimum of 3 badges within this pack, (eg Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer), the handling costs reduce significantly again, so for a minimal fee, any club, society, or even company can have generic badges.

Word is growing about this great service. Pass it on, by email, word of mouth, or put up a poster in your school, college, hospital, factory, office, or anywhere you feel that people would benefit from it.

freebadge.co.uk 
Making a name for you!