Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
Run by Quest Adventures in association with Mountain Rescue on behalf of SWOAPG This workshop is a great opportunity for all current gorge leaders to learn more and share ideas about evacuation and rescues form the area. The Mountain Rescue team will also be there to add input and explain how evacuations work from their ... Read more
Run by Quest Adventures in association with Mountain Rescue on behalf of SWOAPG This workshop is a great opportunity for all current gorge leaders to learn more and share ideas about evacuation and rescues form the area. The Mountain Rescue team will also be there to add input and explain how evacuations work from their ... Read more
Swansea Valley venue £165 for the 2 day course Contact Gary Evans
Three Cliffs - a guide for instructors This workshop will look at making best use of coastal areas, like Three Cliffs Bay, for rock climbing sessions with groups. If plan A is your only plan then lots can get in the way; weather, tide, group ability and other people. Learn more about what's on offer ... Read more
SWOAPG Members are able to book places on a series of IOL workshops on using Coaching in Outdoor Learning - see IOL Outdoor Learning Coaching for full details - and book online at https://www.outdoor-learning.org/Good-Practice/Develop-as-a-Professional/Specialist-Competencies/Coaching
The ‘Fostering a Connection’ course was designed by Lun Roberts (ER Outdoors), Jim Langley (Nature's Work) and Joe Roberts (Natural Resources Wales) to meet the needs of outdoor providers wishing to engage their clients with the environment and to foster their connection to it. The full course takes a day, costs £50 (£30 concessions) and includes ... Read more
This course was designed for outdoor providers to help them find ways of fostering a feeling of connection between their clients and the world around them and is accepted as CPD for members of the Mountain Training Association and the Association of Mountain Instructors. Help your clients engage with their environment. Designed specifically for outdoor ... Read more
Inline-Raft: inflatable whitewater craft, with 1, 2 or 3 person seated inline. (croc, ducky, whitewater-canoe, outsider, inflatable kayak, inline miniraft, etc...). On commercial trips, inline-rafts not necessarily have Inline-Raft Guides on board; they can operate from different crafts covering multiple inline-rafts at the same time.
Suitable for aspirant mountain leaders/instructors + those looking for a skills boost Having the ability to “see” the landscape by relating the contour patterns to the shape of the ground (and vice versa) is an essential part of successful navigation in mountain and moorland environments. On this hill based one-day course, I explain the concept ... Read more
Suitable for aspirant mountain leaders/instructors + those looking for a skills boost. You do not need to know where you are all the time, especially if you can combine and adapt basic navigation skills. On this course I show you some classic combinations, and give you the confidence to roam across wild countryside. In effect, ... Read more
Suitable for aspirant mountain leaders/instructors + those looking for a skills boost Okay... so you think you're lost! Although knowing how to remedy the situation is largely judgemental (and I cannot teach judgement!), what I can do is illustrate how various combinations of techniques work, and show you some classic adaptations. Based on a particularly ... Read more
Suitable for aspirant mountain leaders/instructors + those looking for a skills boost Far more than simple map reading, map interpretation allows you to get an amazingly detailed picture of the ground using simple yet effective techniques. Once learned, you will never look at a map in the same way again! On this valley based one-day ... Read more