18th July 2020
Activity award badges
A group of six special activity award badges, from customer-supplied artwork, that we have recently produced for a French-speaking Swiss Scout Group.
Woven and Embroidered Badges
We supply badges to Scout and Guide Groups, Football Teams, Schools and other organisations. Supply your own artwork, or, as part of our all-inclusive customer service, our studio can produce production-ready artwork from your ideas or rough sketches. We aim to make the ordering process simple and straightforward for you. Whatever badges you need, we are here to help you. With our forty-two years of experience of supplying badges to a wide range of customers, you can count on a first-class personal service from Nottingham Badges.
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Our prices include artwork, set‑up and UK delivery
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Woven badges
Woven badges are ideal for designs with small lettering and detailed artwork. The design is woven into the cloth, a backing is applied, and the badge is finished with an over-locked edge. For intricate shapes, the badge is hot-knife cut to shape. This prevents threads from fraying and results in a flatter border.
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Embroidered badges
Your artwork is embroidered onto a backing material, creating a raised look and tactile feel. The embroidered badge is then laser-cut to shape and finished with an over-locked edge. Alternatively, the badge can be hot-knife cut, leaving a border around the badge. A heat-applied backing is also available for embroidered badges.
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Badges for Scouting and Guiding
Some recent Home Activity badges that we have supplied
At Nottingham badges, our design studio specializes in producing badges from your own design ideas, but we are happy to work with your own camera-ready artwork. In addition, we are happy to adapt or customize badges to meet your requirements.
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23rd May 2020
Guides Lockdown Challenge
We supplied this badge - designed by a member of the 1st Oakham Guides - and received this response: "The badges arrived this morning. They’re amazing; thank you so much! We’ll definitely recommend your services and be back again in the future. Again, thank you so much."
30th April 2020
Supporting our NHS
We have supplied a large number of these badges to the 2nd Wandleside Guides and Rangers who are selling them to raise funds in support of our NHS. Well done the 2nd Wandleside Guides and Rangers. We can supply home activity badges to your own design, and other special badges, for your club or group. Contact us with your requirements.
Comments from customers
With being busy and the recent happenings I don’t think I let you know that the star wars badges were amazing. The cubs and leaders absolutely loved them. Thank you once again.
1st Weston - 10th Widnes - 1st Weston Scouts : 4th April 2020
The badges have arrived and they are fab. I’m really pleased with them. Thanks so very much for all your help.
Clogher District Scouts, Northern Ireland : 20th February 2020
Many thanks for an excellent job and for your patience and help in finally getting this long-drawn-out project achieved.
9th Worcester Scout Group : 4th May 2019
The badges are wonderful! We’ll be recommending your company to anyone who is thinking of making badges. You have been great and we’ll certainly be using your services again. Many thanks.
Girlguiding Hersham District : 22nd April 2019
We have received all the badges and are sure our Beavers and Cubs will love them. We are really pleased with the result. Many thanks.
20th Durham Scout Group : 20th March 2019
The badges have arrived safely and they look stunning—I'm really pleased with them. Many thanks for the support you gave me in finding the most appropriate colour combination; I certainly could not have achieved this without your help.
Woburn Trefoil Guild Handbell Ringers : 25th February 2019
The blanket badges are great and I'm sure the children will love them. Thanks again for your help and for updates on the progress of our order. I look forward to you making future badges for our group.
1st Northwood Scout Group : 4th September 2018
Everyone really loves the badges. We like the quality of the badges very much—and communication with you has been fantastic—so thank you again.
Muslim Scout Fellowship : 30th July 2018
Thank you so much for your help and patience while I got everything together—it is very much appreciated. I will be recommending you to anyone else I know who wants badges.
Grantham Division Brownies : 1st June 2018
About Nottingham Badges
Nottingham Badges began trading forty years ago in the historic Lace Market in Nottingham, supplying screen-printed tee-shirts and sweatshirts, and screen-printed badges and pennants. As the company grew, sales of garments and badges were formed into separate businesses; today, screen-printed tee-shirts, sweatshirts and other garments are provided by our sister company, Nottingham Screen Prints, while Nottingham Badges deals exclusively with badges, supplying thousands of bespoke woven and embroidered badges to a wide customer base.
As a small, family-run business, we provide a prompt and personal service to customers and aim to supply quality products at competitive prices. Initially, our badges were produced in-house or sourced locally. Our design studio still produces the final badge design for your approval but, as a result of the great advances in computer technology in recent years, we now out-source production from a long-established overseas supplier whose state-of-the-art computer-controlled looms and equipment allow us to continue to supply our customers at the very best prices.
Supply your own artwork, or, as part of our all-inclusive customer service, our studio can produce production-ready artwork from your ideas or rough sketches. Our ordering process is very simple and straightforward and, with our 40 years of experience of supplying badges to a wide range of customers, you can count on a first-rate personal service from Nottingham Badges.
We are confident that our prices are competitive when compared with quotes from other suppliers of top quality cloth badges, and we are proud to continue to offer our customers a friendly and personal service.
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The badges arrived this morning. They’re amazing; thank you so much! We'll definitely recommend your services and be back again in the future. Again, thank you so much.
1st Oakham Guides : 23rd May 2020