Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
SWOAPG_admin We are pleased to announce the next two in our series of members-only Zoom webinars – click on the links for more details and booking: Thu 18 Jun, 10am Stargazing / Dark Skies: Join the Usk Astrological Society as they use a full-screen planetarium to help us understand the wonders of our night sky Thu … Read more
Brecon Beacons National Park has re-opened the following areas in the Black Mountains and eastern National Park. Other areas of the Black Mountains, Central Beacons, Fforest Fawr and Black Mountain remain closed – see https://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/list-of-brecon-beacons-national-park-closures/ for details (including a map showing the closed areas). Now open: BB-5 Black Mountains – WestAll areas of access land … Read more
Businesses can now find out if they are eligible to apply for financial support from the next phase of the Welsh Government’s Economic Resilience Fund (ERF). The online eligibility checker has reopened today and businesses will be able to make applications for support from this phase of the fund by the end of the month. … Read more
The Summer edition of Brecon Beacons National Park’s Waterfall Country Update is available here:
The Welsh Government has confirmed to us that the guidelines for exercise and meeting other households under the current ‘Red’ Covid-19 recovery phase do permit a single instructor “to work with one family group from one household at a local venue that is open” – provided that all necessary social distancing and hygiene guidelines are … Read more
Following its earlier “Post Covid-19 Recovery Plan for the Outdoor Sector in Wales“, the Outdoor Alliance Wales (led largely by WATO Members with contributions from SWOAPG) has now produced: The aim of this new document, which has been designed specifically for use by Outdoor Activity Providers, is to provide an ‘at a glance’ guide to … Read more
SWOAPG Members Tom Partridge and Gary Evans, working with WATO Chair Paul Donovan and colleagues from North Wales, have produced the attached guidance for activity providers delivering Gorge Walking and Canyoning during and after the Coronavirus pandemic. The aim of this document is to enable organisations and their leaders to support the safeenjoyment of Gorge … Read more
Here is the latest statement from the National Park Authority: “Following the Welsh Government’s announcement on Friday May 29th of specific minor relaxations to movement restrictions in Wales and taking recent sector specific guidance from Natural Resources Wales into account, the Authority has been reviewing its approach to closures. We are using the NRW guidance, … Read more
Natural Resources Wales has just published the attached guidance for site managers considering reopening natural and outdoor cultural sites for recreation in Wales. While it doesn’t provide any answers on when and how individual sites might re-open, it does explain the thought-processes that will be involved, so might be useful for outdoor providers to understand … Read more
SWOAPG has received the following advice from HSE, following questions raised by Members about AALA licensing during lockdown. The key point is that licence applicants (both new and renewing) may delay licence issue during lockdown but may in the meantime continue to claim that they have the licence and use the logo. You asked whether … Read more