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title: Earning and showing off badges | TimeBank Ireland
description: Collect badges for what you do, and choose up to five to show in the members directory.
canonical: https://hour-timebank.ie/help/members/recognition/recognition_badges
generated: 2026-11-12T16:56:25.877Z
---Badges, levels and recognition

# Earning and showing off badges

Collect badges for what you do, and choose up to five to show in the members directory.

Badges mark the things you have done, such as your first exchange or a number of volunteer hours.

## See your badges

1. Open Achievements.
2. Choose the Badges tab.

Badges you have earned show the date you earned them. Badges you have not earned yet show **Locked** . Press any badge to see what it is for and how rare it is.

Use the filter to show one type of badge, such as **Streaks** .

## Choose badges for the members directory

1. On the Badges tab, press Manage Showcase.
2. Choose up to 5 badges.
3. Press Save Showcase.

Your chosen badges show a **Showcased** label. Other members see them next to your name in the members directory, if your community has one. Your choice does not change the badges shown on your profile page.

## Journeys

The **Journeys** tab groups badges into sets. It shows how many badges in each set you have collected. Finishing a set earns you extra XP.

## Engagement

The **Engagement** tab shows a year at a glance. Each month you did something useful, such as an exchange, a listing, a review or volunteer hours, is marked as active.

An achievement records progress or an activity. A badge is a named award for meeting its conditions. XP means experience points: it measures participation, not spendable time credits. Completing an exchange means finishing its confirmation process; sending a message or agreeing to help does not by itself complete the exchange.

[Go to this page](/achievements)

## More guides in this topic

[What are XP and levels?](/help/members/recognition/recognition_xp_levels) [Challenges and the XP Shop](/help/members/recognition/recognition_challenges_shop) [The leaderboard and community views](/help/members/recognition/recognition_leaderboard) [What is my NexusScore?](/help/members/recognition/recognition_nexus_score)

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