AAIAC Recruitment
There are five vacancies coming up this year for Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee (AAIAC) members. The Application Pack is available through the AAIAC website. The closing date is 26 February 2021.
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“Insurers must pay small firms for Covid lockdown losses”
The BBC has just reported that “tens of thousands of small businesses will receive insurance payouts covering losses from the first national lockdown, following a court ruling.” SWOAPG Members who had previously been denied insurance claims might like to contact their insurers to check whether this has any relevance to them. For the full report … Read more
Welsh Government Support for Skills & Training
Personal Learning Accounts The Personal Learning Account programme, launched by the Welsh Government, is designed to help businesses to recruit new talent and overcome current and future skill shortages by supporting employers’ upskilling requirements. Your skills requirements may have changed as a result of COVID-19, for example: it could be that you now need to … Read more
Mountain Training Cymru Director Recruitment
Mountain Training Cymru (MTC) is recruiting for 3 Directors to replace Directors who have come to the end of their terms of office. Specifically MTC is seeking a finance director, an independent director and a director with expertise in the adventure activity sector. This is an opportunity for people with suitable skills and experience to join … Read more
Sychryd Gorge – reminder that there is NO access to river-left bank for gorge-walkers
SWOAPG has recently been contacted by the new owners of Pen Cae Drain Farm, which includes all the land on river-left of the Sychryd upstream of the stone bridge near the car park as far as (and beyond) the footbridge at the upper waterfalls. They have asked us to remind our Members that neither they … Read more
Sign-up to AALA Safety Management Alerts
AdventureRMS, as part of its AALA inspectorate service, publishes safety management alerts on its website and via e-mail. You can see all these alerts and sign-up to receive updates by e-mail using the form on this webpage: Safety Management Updates | Adventure RMS.
Airbnb Experiences Workshop
Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter Group hosted an Airbnb Experiences Workshop on 11 Jan, sharing information regarding the Airbnb Experiences platform and how outdoor providers may be able to use it to aid their businesses in reaching a wider audience. There was some really beneficial information discussed during the evening. For those that were unable to attend … Read more
Communications with British Caving Association award holders / Radon Underground training package (on-line)
British Caving Association award holders should have received an email recently regarding online Radon training. If you haven’t, it may be because you have not yet engaged with the BCA’s Qualification Management System (Go Membership)! All BCA award holders / trainees should have received an email from the BCA training admin email asking them to … Read more
Outdoor sector accreditation update for outdoor activity providers in Wales
Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) and its core members (Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter Group [POCG], Snowdonia-Active [S-A] & South Wales Outdoor Activity Provider Group [SWOAPG]) hosted a virtual meeting on Tuesday 12th January 2021, to explain the current status of the AALA scheme. Key points: AALA applications during lockdown: as of 6 Jan, and at the … Read more