Activities and Covid-19: Feedback from our Online Workshop for Providers and Instructors to Share Good Practice

Our online workshop last week, for Providers and Instructors to Share Good Practice around operating with Covid-19 precautions, was well-attended and generated some useful discussion and ideas, including:  Clients are often very relaxed about Covid, so we need to remind them that others (including the public & other groups) might not be so relaxed Younger … Read more

Using SWOAPG Workshops as CPD

Attending SWOAPG workshops can form a valuable part of instructors’ ongoing personal and professional development. We will now be issuing formal Certificates of Attendance for all our online and practical workshops, so you can use them as evidence in your CPD portfolios.

Contacting SWOAPG

SWOAPG wants you to contact us whenever you need to! However, our Coordinator only works part-time for around 4 hours a week (although he has been donating a lot of extra time during the Covid crisis!) – and every enquiry he deals with costs approx. 10% of one annual Membership fee. So if you do … Read more

Gorge-walking & Covid-19 workshop, Tue 15 Sep – Early Bird discount EXTENDED!

We have extended the ‘Early Bird’ discount for next Tuesday’s practical ‘Gorge-Walking and Covid-19‘ workshop (1-4pm at Dinas Rock) – one place per paid-up SWOAPG Member still available for ONLY £10. Book NOW! to take advantage of this offer (extra places @ £20 for Member businesses / organisations or £25 for non-Members). Click here for … Read more

Early Bird Tickets now available for our practical ‘Gorge-Walking and Covid-19’ workshop on Tue 15 Sep!

Paid-up SWOAPG Members (and their employed staff) can book now for: Gorge-Walking and Covid-19: A Practical Workshop for Providers and Instructors to Share Good Practice, Tue 15 Sep 1-4pm at Dinas Rock – £10 for one person per business / organisation if booked by midday Fri 11 Sep (£20 each for additional staff or for … Read more

Activities and Covid-19: NEW Workshops for Providers and Instructors to Share Good Practice

Firstly, this is a ‘final reminder’ of our free, online Zoom session, open to ALL Outdoor Activity Providers and Instructors in South Wales – Tuesday 8 Sep 3.30-5pm – to share experiences, lessons and ‘good practice’ for the whole range of outdoor activities operating in the new and unfamiliar environment of social distancing (RSVP using … Read more

Activities and Covid-19: An Online Workshop for Providers and Instructors to Share Good Practice – Tue 8 Sep 3.30-5pm

With some Providers and Instructors having re-commenced activities since lockdown – and others still planning how best to do so – SWOAPG is keen to provide opportunities for you to share your experiences and help to develop and promote ‘good practice’ for operating in the new and unfamiliar environment of social distancing etc. We are … Read more

Toilets in Dinas Rock Car Park

We have been informed by NRW that the temporary toilets in Dinas Rock Car Park are due to be removed on 7 September, so Providers will need to make alternative toileting arrangements for their clients after this date (NB the Village Hall remains closed for the time-being).