UK Accreditation Schemes acknowledged by the Visit Wales scheme
The Visit Wales Adventure Activity Assurance Scheme acknowledges the following UK accreditation/assurance schemes on the basis that the process involves an audit of a business, including safety management systems, an observation of an activity(s), and provides feedback following the visit that acknowledges that adventure activity sector ‘good practice’ has been demonstrated, in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the associated Regulations.
NB. Whilst memberships and affiliations of National Governing Bodies, Awarding Bodies, Professional Bodies and your respective competencies may be representative of part of any one of the UK accreditation schemes, they do not constitute being accredited for the purposes of this scheme, as stated above.
UK Accreditation Schemes
Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) scheme.
NB. This is a legal requirement for all adventure and outdoor recreation activity providers who provide activities to under 18’s.
Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC) Gold Standard members scheme (Adventuremark approved scheme)
British Activity Providers Association (BAPA) members scheme (Adventuremark approved scheme)
UK National Governing Body (NGB) / Awarding Body (AB) / Training Organisations (TO) Accreditation Schemes
Mountain Training UK scheme (Adventuremark approved scheme)
Royal Yachting Association (RYA) scheme
Wales Trekking & Riding Association scheme
NB. Only the activity(s) covered by the NGB/AB/TO accreditation scheme will be able to be acknowledged and listed by Visit Wales.