The FIA has selected Active IQ, an Ofqual-approved awarding body, as the assessor for the FIA Code of Practice.

FIA members will have access to e-clinics that will offer interactive advice on how to bring leisure centres up to standard on health and safety, staff training and customer care.

Members interested in becoming compliant with the Code need to complete an evaluation application form. Active IQ's FIA account manager will then organise a visit date and give any additional support needed.

The partnership comes at a time when an increasing amount of operators are signing up to the Code of Practice and seeking counsel on how to meet the standards.

The latest member to sign up to the Code is Spirit Health Clubs, which has become the first hotel chain to comply with the Code of Practice. Spirit has 39 clubs across the country within selected Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza Hotels.

Ross Cowie, UK and Ireland training and development manager at Spirit, says: "Hopefully more and more clubs will sign up to the Code of Practice and, with the appointment of Active IQ, all FIA members will have more advice than ever before to help them meet the standard and receive the important stamp of approval."