Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
SWOAPG_admin Here’s the latest information from Welsh Government – the key point for most Outdoor Providers is that “Organised activities (30 outdoors, 15 indoors) will be considered as part of the 22 April review” – which suggests that the end of April is the earliest we can expect any kind of ‘normal’ outdoor activity involving adult … Read more
We have received the following update from IOL: “The dialogue with Department for Education remains constructive and supportive of a change to guidance for school visits, both day based and residential. It is now apparent that guidance will not be issued before Monday 22nd March. The Department for Education team are very aware of the … Read more
Tuesday 30th March 11.00am-12.30pm, a virtual event on Zoom. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Brecon Beacons Tourism are inviting accommodation and hospitality providers to come along and make “connexions” between activity and experience providers. You may already have partnerships or networks in place, but there might be some businesses that you are unaware of. … Read more
We have received the following message from Way2Go Adventures, suggesting that VAT-registered Providers contact the Federation of Small Businesses to help them lobby for a reduction in VAT rate due to the impact of Covid on our sector: “This may be interest to SWOAPG members that are VAT registered and who fall into the Tourism … Read more
Many thanks to those of you who’ve responded to our request for contributions to cave Radon monitoring. We’ve already had around £800 pledged to support this work, but it’s not too late to join in – please contact coordinator@swoapg.com if you’d like to contribute to one or more dosimeters. NB contributions need to reach Richard … Read more
Many thanks to those of our Members who’ve renewed your SWOAPG membership already – if any others of you need a reminder of how to pay, please let us know! As we have already indicated, this year we are changing the gorge training requirements slightly, so that all Providers and Gorge-Leaders now need to review … Read more
This year SWOAPG is making a small change to our arrangements for gorge-walking access in Waterfall Country. Instead of asking Providers to confirm that they have completed SWOAPG Code of Conduct Training, no matter how long ago, we are asking that, from 1 April 2021, ALL gorge-walking PROVIDERS and LEADERS leaders must have reviewed our … Read more
We’re still awaiting clarification from the Welsh Government on when outdoor ‘group activity’ for adults (larger than 4 people from 2 households!) will be permitted – although we have been advised that “from 27 March (to be confirmed) the intention is to allow organised outdoor activities to support the development and wellbeing of children” – … Read more
Just in case you hadn’t seen this message (we hadn’t until we were told about it in a meeting this morning!), Brecon Beacons National Park Authority made the following announced on Friday. Hopefully this might now allow at least a few outdoor providers / staff to start getting back into the hills for re-familiarisation, personal … Read more
The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) has recently released some ‘return to work guidance’ (see attached document). Whilst AALA licensed providers are likely to have received this guidance directly from HSE, it also has relevance to both licensed and non-licensed adventure activity providers.