About Digi-Badge
Digi-Badge is a secure, next generation platform purpose built to transform the Blue Badge landscape. Designed to complement and enhance the existing physical scheme, Digi-Badge connects genuine badge holders, Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs), Local Authorities, and private parking operators within a single digital ecosystem.
Traditional paper badges are increasingly targeted for theft, counterfeit, and fraud often leading to traumatic vehicle break-ins, financial distress, and severe disruption for vulnerable users. Digi-Badge eliminates these vulnerabilities, restoring peace of mind to badge holders while modernising enforcement.
Our Mission
To safeguard the rights, safety, and independence of genuine Blue Badge holders by modernising enforcement, eliminating fraud, abuse and misuse by delivering efficient, data-led enforcement, fairer parking and protected revenue for Local Authorities, Car Park Operators, and the dignity, confidence and independence for Blue Badge holders
Who Built Digi-Badge?
Digi-Badge was designed, developed and built by National Blue Badge to provide Blue Badge holders, Local Authorities, and private parking operators with a comprehensive digital ecosystem that safeguards legitimate access rights, eradicates systemic fraud, increase enforcement and uphold compliance.
Integrating biometric face-matching, multi-layered identity validation, digi-badge and Department of Transport (DfT)* Blue Badge validation checks, and real-time nationwide monitoring, digi-badge platform allows participating authorities to transition away from physical dashboard badge display that badge holders are increasingly demanding especially in high-risk areas. Civil Enforcement Officers retain full visibility through our dedicated CEO enforcement app.
- Blue Badge Holders: Removes the threat of vehicle damage and theft while protecting access to designated bays.
- Enforcement Officers: Delivers real-time session verification, detailed audit logs, and instant digital validation tools in the field.
- Local Authorities & Private Operators: Streamlines administration, prevents duplicate badge exploitation, and ensures full operational compliance.
Principles:
At Digi-badge, our principles are simple: deliver trusted, secure and verifiable digital credentials, make recognition accessible and meaningful for everyone, innovate to keep things simple. and do it in a sustainable, customer focused way.
- Trust & Authenticity: Every badge Digi-Badge issues is verifiable, secure, and tamper-proof. We stand for credentials that mean something and can be trusted instantly.
- Security First: Protecting data, protecting learners, protecting issuers. Secure verification, GDPR-compliant handling, and blockchain-backed authenticity.
- Innovation Through Simplicity: Making complex credentialing simple. Easy to create, easy to issue, easy to share, easy to verify – no technical barriers.
- Empowerment & Recognition: We believe every skill, achievement and learning journey deserves recognition. We help organisations celebrate their people.
- Accessibility & Incivility: Digital recognition should be for everyone. Our platform is designed to be accessible, portable, and shareable across all platforms and communities.
- Sustainability: Replacing paper certificates with sustainable digital credentials that are better for organisations and better for the planet.
- Customer Partnership: We don’t just provide technology, we partner with our clients. From education to corporate, we listen, support and grow with you.
Our Philosophy
We believe accessible parking should be fair, enforceable, and easy to manage. That means reducing fraud, supporting genuine Blue Badge holders, and giving operators clear digital visibility without adding complexity.
Technology should remove friction, not create it. Everything we build is designed to be secure, scalable, and straightforward to use.
Accreditations and Memberships
Digi-Badge is built to the highest rigorous and standards organisations expect from a serious technology partner. We adhered and hold the following accreditations:
ISO Certifications
ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
ISO 27001 (Information Security)
Security Credentials
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials Plus
Industry Memberships
British Parking Association (BPA)
International Parking Community (IPC)
Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK)
What drives us
We believe accessible parking should be fair, enforceable and easy to manage. That means reducing fraud, supporting genuine Blue Badge holders, and giving operators clear digital visibility without adding complexity.
Technology should remove friction, not create it. Everything we build is designed to be secure, scalable and straightforward to use.
Our Principles
Supporting Blue Badge Holders
Making parking simpler, safer and more convenient for those who rely on the Blue Badge scheme every day.
Reducing Fraud
Helping ensure Blue Badges are used by the people they were issued to, protecting accessible parking spaces for genuine badge holders.
Working Together
Connecting Blue Badge holders, Local Authorities, Civil Enforcement Officers and parking operators through one secure platform.
Built on Trust
Protecting personal information, respecting user privacy and designing services that people can use with confidence.
Working with Digi-Badge
Whether you manage on-street parking, private car parks or multi-site operations, Digi-Badge gives you the digital tools to protect Blue Badge parking and improve day-to-day delivery.