Standards and quality assurance organisation PD Approval has been awarded a contract to provide endorsement services for the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), Sports Coach UK has announced.

Sports Coach UK acquired REPs in January and vowed to work with an independent endorsement provider to ensure services met high-quality standards. The deal with PD Approval means recognised courses run by REPs will be endorsed by an independent organisation with a thorough verification process.

In other developments announced:

– a ‘Members Voice’ group has been created to give members an opportunity to feedback on developments– a ‘REPs Advisory Committee’ is being set up to give employers and sector stakeholders the ability to advise REPs on changes and developments to ensure it remains fit for purpose

– REPs will continue to register exercise professionals to current standards. As and when professional standards, recently developed by CIMSPA, become embedded REPs will align to these.

Sports Coach UK said: “With these developments just the beginning of the changes at REPs, it is clear the organisation is following up on its promise to return the register’s integrity and reputation as the leading independent public register of exercise professionals.”