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The Glitter Standard

An inclusion accreditation for the UK night time economy, with a fifteen page site that explains the standard, takes applications and maps the venues that have earned it.

Accreditation and inclusionUK wideLive since 2026Visit the site
The Glitter Standard website shown on a laptop and a phone

What was wrong

A new accreditation with ten published criteria, four routes to the badge and a governance structure behind it. It needed a site that a venue manager, a students' union officer and a nervous first time visitor could each read and trust.

What we built

  • Fifteen pages covering the criteria, the routes in, evidence, governance, campaigns and what to do if something happens on a night out
  • A venue map and an events calendar each driven from one data file, so new accreditations and campaigns go live without touching the pages
  • Five forms, from applying for the badge to reporting a problem, all with spam protection
  • A share card and full search markup so the badge is found by name
  • Security headers, a custom 404 and a sitemap from day one

What happened

Live and taking applications. The whole standard is on the page, so the conversation with a venue starts from what it is rather than what it might be.