Awarding body Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) has announced that Aquababies, Ariel Yoga and YMCAfit are among the providers to have signed up to its endorsement service.

Launched earlier this year, the endorsement service aims to provide employers with a quality assurance kite-mark for the training they provide, even if no qualification is offered.

CYQ director Lori Randall said: "[Endorsement] is of particular benefit where training does not lead to a qualification, or go through the rigmarole of having a qualification attached.

"This independent quality assurance mark also adds value to in-house training and lessens the need for companies to send employees off-site to an external training provider."

CYQ, which is an awarding body for the health, fitness and wellbeing sector, is operated by Central YMCA and develops qualifications delivered through a range of institutions.

Details: www.cyq.org.uk