• 7 Jan 2021 Webinar: getting your adventure offerings to a wider audience via ‘Airbnb Experiences’

    Through their 'Curious Cymru' project, Snowdonia-Active (SWOAPG's counterpart in North Wales) is working with individuals and businesses to develop unique new tourism products which showcase the wonderful landscape, people and heritage of North Wales and to launch them on the Airbnb Experiences platform. This webinar, hosted by Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter Group (SWOAPG's counterpart in West ... Read more

  • 12 Jan 2021 Webinar: outdoor sector accreditation update for outdoor activity providers in Wales

    Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) and its core members (Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter Group , Snowdonia-Active & South Wales Outdoor Activity Provider Group ) wish to invite you to join a virtual meeting on Tuesday 12th January 2021 at 10:00. The meeting will provide an update on outdoor sector accreditation - current and future. There will ... Read more

  • Wed 16 Feb 2022 Waterfall Country Gorges: a Practical Workshop to consider how Activity Providers can help care for these special places

    Clyn Gwyn Car Park Ystradfellte, United Kingdom

    Those of you using the Waterfall Country gorges in the last year or so will be well aware of the immense pressure that the area is under from visitors - which is having a significant adverse impact on the gorge environment. We know that gorge-walking groups are not a significant part of the problem - in ... Read more

    Free
  • 22 Nov 2022 SWOAPG Annual General Meeting (online)

    This year's AGM will be via Teams video-conference. Please let us know in advance (RSVP using the button below, or by e-mail) if you are planning to attend, so we can prepare for the necessary voting processes. Relevant documents are available course via links in the agenda below. Teams Meeting Link here Agenda Welcome & ... Read more

    Free
  • Mon 30 Jan 2023 CPD Workshop: Learn about…the Blaen y Glyn area

    Lower Blaen y Glyn Car Park https://what3words.com/distract.watching.static, nr Talybont-on-Usk

    Come and join Brecon Beacons National Park Authority's Geopark Development Officer, Alan Bowring, for an exploration of the geology and history of Blaen y Glyn gorge and its surrounding mountain area. We'll take a circular walking tour up the Caerfanell gorge and up on to Waun Rydd (and its Wellington bomber memorial) and the summit ... Read more

    Free – £28.00
  • Fri 3 Mar 2023 CPD Workshop: Learn about…the Nedd Fechan Caves

    Pont Cwm Pwll-y-Rhyd https://what3words.com/dabbing.pound.framework, nr Ystradfellte

    NB this event is subject to weather conditions. If there is too much water in the Nedd Fechan, we'll either postpone or replace with an alternative activity. Come and join Brecon Beacons National Park Authority's Geopark Development Officer Alan Bowring and Cave Instructor Juliet Parker-Smith, for a geological exploration of the 'upper' Nedd Fechan gorge ... Read more

    Free – £28.00
  • Postponed Mon 27 Mar 2023 CPD Workshop: Learn about…Craig Cerrig Gleisiad & Fan Frynich

    Craig Cerrig Gleisiad A470 layby https://what3words.com/reactions.bunch.rank, nr Libanus

    Come and join Brecon Beacons National Park Authority's Geopark Development Officer, Alan Bowring, for an exploration of the geology and history of Craig Cerrig Gleisiad (CCG) and Fan Frynich. We'll aim to take a 'figure 8' walking tour up to the summit of Fan Frynich and down to Pont Blaen Cwm Du, returning up the ... Read more

    Free – £40.00
  • 17 May 2023 Invaders of the National Park: an evening workshop for SWOAPG Members to help tackle some of the invasive species found in places we visit (including the Sychryd Gorge)

    Craig-y-Nos Country Park Pen-y-Cae, Swansea, United Kingdom

    Please consider coming along to this workshop for SWOAPG Members - led by the Invasive Species Team for the Brecon Beacons National Park - to learn about how Outdoor Activity Providers and their clients can help to record and control some of the invasive species that occur in the places we visit in the National ... Read more

    Free
  • Mon 4 Dec Mountain Rescue in the Gorges – networking opportunity at Central Beacons MR base

    CBMRT base Blaen Dowlais, Rear of High St, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom

    Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team is keen to continue working with gorge users to explore how best we can all work together to manage effectively incidents that occur in the Waterfall Country gorges. This is an opportunity for SWOAPG members to meet up with MR volunteers and hear more about how they work in the ... Read more

    Free
  • Wed 6 Dec 2023 CPD Workshop: Learn about…Craig Cerrig Gleisiad & Fan Frynich

    Come and join Alan Bowring (Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority's Geopark Development Officer) and Mike James (Natural Resources Wales Nature Reserve Manager), for an exploration of the geology, history and ecology of Craig Cerrig Gleisiad (CCG) and Fan Frynich. We'll aim to take a 'figure 8' walking tour from the A470 layby up to the ... Read more

    Free – £50.00