Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
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Just a reminder… Further to our previous messages, please could all ‘regular’ Glasbury-Hay users provide to coordinator@swoapg.com by Fri 16 July, to assist Powys CC with their Habitat Regulation Assessment: Completed river-use questionnaires (thanks to those who’ve already submitted these) – available at this link: River Wye Glasbury Providers Survey. Any of the following that … Read more
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) is currently advertising for suitable persons to apply for membership of the Brecon Beacons National Park Local Access Forum (LAF), to cover the whole of the National Park area. They will appoint between 12 and 22 members to the LAF. The role of the Local Access Forum is … Read more
We have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP: “We (OEAP/AHOEC Cymru) met with the representatives from the WG education team this morning to follow up on the points raised as a result of the publication of the guidance on Monday, and to look forward to future weeks and the summer period. “There were some specific … Read more
We have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP Cymru: “Please find below the link to the WG guidance for schools, now updated to include the residential outdoor education visits for primary school children piece we wrote to you about on Friday. There is no maximum bubble size specified as the guidance puts the onus on … Read more
Further to today’s Welsh Government announcement, we have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP Cymru: “We (AHOEC/OEAP Cymru) met with the education team from WG this morning to cover some of the finer details and discuss what they are planning to publish as guidance. There are two headlines concerning educational visits, but they have a … Read more
Further to our earlier post, the Welsh Government has now confirmed that “from Monday 21 June, Primary school children will be able to stay overnight in a residential outdoor education centre. Guidance will set out that groups should be limited to school contact groups or bubbles. We will work with the sector to consider options … Read more
The Welsh Government has this morning announced that “although there will be no substantive changes to the rules for a 4-week period – the regulations will be reviewed again on 15 July – some small technical amendments are being made to the coronavirus regulations to make them easier to understand and easier to apply for … Read more
Thanks to those regular Glasbury-Hay users who have already completed our questionnaire about patterns of usage on the river – please keep these coming, since they’ll be helpful to Powys County Council as they progress with their Habitat Regulations Assessment. The questionnaire is available at the following link: In the meantime, SWOAPG is continuing to … Read more
Following our earlier positive message from OEAP and AHOEC, the Welsh Government’s announcement at lunchtime today had left us none the wiser about whether residentials can begin again in Wales next week. If anything it suggests that only 3 (not 6) could share rooms. We’re hoping for more info which we’ll bring you as soon … Read more
We have received the following update following the OEAP/AHOEC meeting with the education team from WG yesterday: (Apologies if the format isn’t great, there’s a limit to what I can do with a mobile phone on the top of a mountain!) The majority of the meeting was spent putting questions that colleagues had asked us … Read more