About the Institute
The Institute is the regulatory body for professional tourist guides in England, Northern Ireland and Jersey. We develop, maintain and promote standards of excellence in tourist guiding.
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We are a non-profit-making organisation, generating income through examination and external course fees and subscription fees from our members.
The Institute's role includes the following:
- To accredit tourist guide training programmes
- To provide examinations and/or assessments for Blue Badge, Green Badge and White Badge tourist guide qualifications
- To award our Blue, Green and White Badge to successful candidates in our examinations
- To test language proficiency
- To train and accredit examiners, trainers and examination compilers
- To provide career development opportunities within the guiding profession
- To maintain the Register of Guides accessible to the public, of all qualified tourist guides in England, Northern Ireland and Jersey
- To issue the annual Photocard ID and to replace lost or stolen badges
- To seek, on behalf of the profession, to influence government, tourism bodies and the general public, promoting and protecting the qualification
- To provide a complaints process, investigate complaints and impose a range of sanctions for breaches of the Codes of Conduct of the tourist guiding profession
- To uphold and maintain the quality of the Blue, Green and White Badge qualifications
- To uphold the international reputation of the Blue, Green and White Badge qualifications.