We’ll soon be introducing a new approach to accreditation for outdoor activity providers in 2015. Listings on www.visitwales.com will continue to be free of charge, but you’ll need to self-certify your accreditation details using an online form.
Why change?
Our new approach, developed in partnership with the Wales Activity Tourism Organisation (WATO) will provide visitors to Wales with a simple way to select activity providers based on their ability to deliver safe and effective industry practice. It will also allow us to recognise activity providers that meet our expectations in terms of
- sustainable activity tourism.
- good practice and standards of customer care
It will also give us all confidence that risk managed, high quality activity provision is available across Wales.
What’s involved?
As an activity provider you’ll need to self-certify your accreditation online by completing a short form. We’ll ask you to identify the activity(ies) and your current accredited status for each activity, for example:
- Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA)
- National Government Body (NGB) Accreditation
- Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge
- Adventuremark Accreditation
- British Activity Providers Association (BAPA)
If none of these are relevant, or you offer other activities not covered by one of the above accreditations, you’ll be able to submit a report provided by a third party technical advisor.
More details to follow
We’ll be sending out more details in early January. The closing date to submit your accreditation details will be end of February 2015. We’ll review all the submissions during March and as of 1 April 2015 all activity providers’ listings on visitwales.com will include this new self-certified information.
If you’d like to find out more at this stage, here are your WATO contacts below.
Chris Wright
Snowdonia Active
chris@snowdonia-active.com
Paul Renfro
Pembrokeshire Outdoor
Charter Group
paul.renfro@pembrokeshirecoastalforum.org.uk
Matt Woodfield
South Wales Outdoor Activity Provider Group
swoapg@gmail.com
To update your online entry to include
full details about your activity products such as opening times and prices etc,
please continue to update in your usual way.
We’ll be able to match your details with your completed self-certified
accreditation details. Find out more
about how you update your general product details here: www.visitwales.com/working-with-us.
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