The inclusion accreditation for nights out
The Glitter Standard trains your team, checks your policies protect everyone and tests it without warning. Start with the six core competencies every good venue needs, then do the Ten. We will help you with both.
Trained.Tested.Earned.
A three-hour online course for one Inclusion Lead and a 45-minute module for every customer-facing person. Unlimited seats.
We check the evidence you upload. Then volunteer Ambassadors from the communities we serve visit as guests, without warning, to test what the team actually does.
Pass both and the badge is earned. It is reviewed every year and comes off if the standard slips, with sixty days, our support and a re-visit in every fee first.
The Glitter Standard is the accreditation. Glittered is what you are once you have earned it.
That means every strand of diversity, not one. We train staff to be aware and understanding and we make sure a venue's policies and procedures protect its guests and its team. It is equity, not only equality: treating people fairly is not always treating them identically and some guests need something a little different to have the same good night.
LGBTQIA+ inclusion and neurodiversity sit at the heart of how we train, because those are the guests most often failed on a night out.
Based on Best Bar None, our chosen partner and what every good venue needs. They line up with most other venue safety schemes around the country too. If you hold Best Bar None you already have all six. If you do not, it is very achievable and we will help: a free 15 minute call, a template for each and good practice guides.
Written down and known by staff.
Zero tolerance, written and trained.
Covering guests and staff.
Who was trained in what and when.
One person accountable and known to the team.
With a way for guests and staff to report.
This is where every Glittered venue needs to be. It is very achievable and you will not do it alone. A free 15 minute call, a template for every competency and good practice guides shared on your call. If you hold Best Bar None you already have all six.
No scoring, no weighting, no small print. Do all ten, pass the evidence check and the unannounced visit and you are Glittered.
Ten minutes online, then a free 15 minute call. We tell you where you stand and what to do next.
The six core competencies every good venue needs. Hold Best Bar None and you have them. If not, a template for each and our help.
One manager does a three-hour online course; the team does a 45-minute online module. Unlimited seats, included.
Sign the pledge, put the cards and posters up, write your courtesies list, publish a few lines online, put the QR cards out.
Upload the evidence for the Ten and we check every item at a desk.
Volunteer Ambassadors visit unannounced. Pass both and the badge, the window sticker and your place on the map are yours. Reviewed every year.
Ask for AngelaThe national scheme for a safe way out. Point nine of the Ten.
Glitterbomb EventsOur sister brand. Hundreds of LGBTQIA+ nights since 2012.
UNight UKThe national school safety scheme.Organisations whose values we share and whose work we think is glorious. We love them, we point people to them, and we want you to know their names. None of these has endorsed The Glitter Standard and none of them owes us a thing. This is our list, not theirs. Anything official is announced as an official partner above, and only once it has been agreed.
Best Bar None
NUS
Wheely Good Reviews
Six Till Six
Stonewall
Purple Flag
British Institute of Innkeeping
Hopsy
ParaPride
Pride Canterbury
Attitude is Everything
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower
National Autistic Society
Euan's Guide
Equal Measures
Be Inclusive Hospitality
League Managers Association
Poppleston Allen
UniteVerse
UN Women UK
Galop
Switchboard
Samaritans
Terrence Higgins Trust
Gaydio
Accessible Events Show
National Pubwatch
Institute of Licensing
Gems CanterburyThe Glitter Standard sits on top of Best Bar None, never alongside it as a rival. Its six core competencies are based on Best Bar None and Ask for Angela is point nine of the Ten. Nothing you already run has to change.
Our sister brand, Glitterbomb, has run hundreds of LGBTQIA+ events in more than 25 cities since 2012. Every lesson in the Ten was learned on those nights, including the ones that went wrong. That is where it started; it is not the whole story. The party proves the badge and the badge protects the party. Booking a Glitterbomb event never earns a badge; only passing does.
Whoever and wherever you are. These appear on every Glittered poster.
A free 15 minute call, no commitment. Tell us who you are and where you are and we will tell you what the route looks like. Or start with the readiness check.
Email hello@theglitterstandard.co.uk, or use the form and we will reply within two working days. One inbox for accreditation, partnerships, press and the Glitterbomb tour.
