Institute of Children's Activity Providers
Professional support and advice for children's activity providers.
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A professional membership body for the children's activities sector.
The Institute of Children's Activity Providers (ICAP) is a professional membership body for the children's activities sector. We support providers through advice and thought leadership; best practice and compliance; education and networking; and we champion and promote collaboration in the industry.
"ICAP has proved invaluable support for running a children's activity business. It's providing the industry with consistent high standards to work towards and professional support to apply to our businesses. Would highly recommend joining."
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Our members achieve more together.
Our community stands out for its inclusivity and collaboration. Members receive the best sector specific advice available provided by industry professionals and specialists. We support providers with resources and toolkits; workshops and events and promote business development through our benchmark rating system giving members a quality assurance rating to display to customers.
Leadership is within us, and as a collective we can make a difference. Join us and be part of our drive for positive change.
Membership benefits
- Choose to include insurance for your business
- Access to over 40 guides, tools, resources, templates and more
- Live online think tanks and workshops
- On-demand business webinars to watch
- Peer to peer support through our online community
- Discounted tickets to our in-person events
- Apply for a quality assurance rating through our unique system to better understand how your business can be improved and celebrate your successes
- License to use your quality assurance rating digital badge to build trust and loyalty from customers
- Free perks and savings from carefully selected suppliers
- Invited to our Mentoring Programme
Just some of our members...
Build trust with customers using our unique rating system.
Develop your business and display your quality assurance rating to build trust with customers.
"ICAP have advised us of many ideas and ways to improve and also build our business. Have found they are always quick to communicate any up to date legislation for the children's activity industry. The company are extremely helpful and happy we decided to join the ICAP membership."
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Read more →"ICAP has been a great addition to the industry, being a voice of reason through challenging times and a platform for learning and collaboration. As an independent provider, having access to a group such as ICAP has been a support and sounding board as well as providing excellence and knowledge that can be trusted."
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