# Badges & Private Communities **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** badges\ **Created:** [July 9, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-private-communities/157300 "2020-07-09T21:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Mitchelsellers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mitchelsellers/32/140412_2.png) [@Mitchelsellers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mitchelsellers)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-private-communities/157300/1 "2020-07-09T21:47:44Z")
I understand from prior [discussions in early 201](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-dont-work-in-private-restricted-topics/67413/10)7 that badges do not work for groups that are restricted. We are looking to see if there is any way around this limitation, a bit of a backstory. Our group is 99.9% accessible only by those with a role of “Members.” We have a few groups that are open to all for public discussion or help/support. As a paying member group, it would be amazing to be able to recognize the activity within these private groups as of our 1.3+ million posts most of them are inside of those groupings. Is there a workaround, or configuration that could allow this? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-private-communities/157300)._