Certificate of appreciation template (free)

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What’s inside the Certificate of Appreciation.

1 designs with real content in place. Rewrite them, reorder them, or add your own.

1Design 1The certificate: a quilt-border frame, the pantry’s larch mark, “Thank you,” and the volunteer’s name, one sentence on their hours and what they did, an embroidered patch with the hours, a handwritten note from the coordinator, two signatures and the certificate number, date, how the hours were verified and the charity number

When to use it.

Certificate of Appreciation is a warm A4 landscape thank-you certificate for volunteers, staff and helpers, shown here for a community food pantry thanking a Saturday volunteer. It reads as a thank-you rather than an award: a big “Thank you,” with the person’s name, one sentence on what they gave and for how long, an embroidered-style patch with their hours, a handwritten note from their coordinator, two signatures, and a certificate number with the date, how the hours were checked and the charity number. A pieced quilt border in clay, mustard and pine gives it a handmade, community feel.

Made for

Training providers and course leaders
Companies running internal academies
Event organisers thanking speakers
Coaches and workshop hosts

Make it yours in five steps.

Open it in Designs and work through it, or let Docsiv AI do the first pass with your details.

Step 1
Put in your organisation’s name, place and mark at the top left.
Step 2
Type the person’s name and rewrite the sentence with their hours, start date and what they did.
Step 3
Change the hours on the patch to match, or swap them for years of service.
Step 4
Rewrite the handwritten note and change both signatories’ names and titles.
Step 5
Give each certificate its own number, then export it as a PDF to print or email.

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Is the Certificate of Appreciation template free?

Yes. Create a free account and it opens in Docsiv's Designs app, ready to edit and share. The Free plan includes every Docsiv app and 500 AI credits a month.

Can I change the colours, fonts and text?

Yes, all of it. The template uses Fraunces and Caveat and Homemade Apple with #fbf4e7, #b9553a, #dda23a, #3f5a48, #6f8f6e, #2e2a25, and you can change any of them, rewrite every word and add or remove designs.

What can I export it as?

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Can Docsiv AI write the certificate of appreciation for me?

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