To claim your badge click on the accept button badge in the email which will have been sent to you.

By clicking on this button you will be taken to the Acclaim website and presented with the following page.

If you all ready have an Acclaim account through other certification please use the 'sign in' option. Alternatively if this is the first Acclaim badge you have received just create an account.

Once you are logged in you will be presented with the badge you have earned and are are given the option to Accept or Reject.

You are also given the option to automatically accept badges you earn in future and post them on your Acclaim profile.

By clicking on the Accept button you will be taken to your badge where you are then given the option to automatically post your badge and achievement on external sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

The following example demonstrates how to share your badge on LinkedIn.

You can confirm the information that will be shared and click 'Share'

This will automatically create a post on your LinkedIn profile so that friends and colleagues can see your achievement.

Within LinkedIn you may be asked to provide additional information.  The only two fields that are mandatory are:

• Name
• Issuing Organisation

These can be copied from the step shown above.

If you have not claimed your badge within a few days you will be sent an email reminder.