Overview

Vome Achievements are a four-tier badge ladder: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

You climb it by completing challenges, which award Vome Points (VP). Every volunteer can earn them, on every plan, and they follow you across everything you do on Vome rather than belonging to one organization.

1. How do I earn Vome Points?

By completing challenges. Challenges are built around activity milestones, such as completing a certain number of shifts or logging a certain number of hours.

Different challenges are worth different amounts, and your Achievements page shows what each one is worth before you complete it.

2. Where do I see my progress?

On your Achievements page. It shows the badge you currently hold, the points you have earned, the challenges still available to you, and how many VP remain until the next badge.

3. Why are my hours not counting towards a challenge?

Almost always because the hours have not been logged with the organization yet.

Turning up is not what counts. The hours have to be recorded, either by checking in and out on the day or by claiming them afterwards. If neither happened, there is nothing for the challenge to count.

If you are not sure how to log hours you have already worked, see How do I claim hours for a past shift?

4. Are Vome achievements the same as my organization's awards?

No, and they are easy to confuse. They are two separate things:

• Vome Achievements. The Bronze to Platinum ladder in this article. Platform-wide, earned through challenges, and the same for everyone on Vome. Nobody at your organization decides these.
• Awards. Created and given by an individual organization, in their own words, for whatever they choose to recognise. One organization's awards mean nothing to another.

For the second kind, see Understanding your awards on Vome.

5. My organization asked which badge I have. How do I show them?

Open your Achievements page and send them a screenshot of it. There is no formal export, and a screenshot is what organizations asking this question normally want.

6. Can I share a badge once I earn one?

Yes. Plenty of people post them, and you are welcome to tag Vome when you do.

Summary

• Four badges: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum.
• You climb the ladder by earning Vome Points (VP) from completing challenges.
• Challenges are activity milestones, such as shifts completed or hours logged.
• Your Achievements page shows your badge, your points and what is left to the next tier.
• Hours only count once they are logged, by checking in and out or by claiming them.
• Achievements are platform-wide. Your organization's awards are a separate thing they control.

Where to go next

• How do I claim hours for a past shift?
• Understanding your awards on Vome