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Another week and another update to the new CPD page.   The following free PDF book is now available if you are interested.   Paediatrics for Paramedics – Dolphin   Please share any resources you find.  treasurer@swoapg.com.  Cheers.. Ieuan

Hi SWOAPG members, I’m excited to launch a new members page with CPD ideas to help us stay enthused over our extended Welsh Shut Down.  Access the page here. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, we (SWOAPG directors) have prioritised representing you at a national level (which we will continue to do), but are now pleased to … Read more

Here is another survey of Covid-19 impacts which SWOAPG Members might like to complete, to keep feeding-in the impact that the crisis is having on our sector and the support we will need to survive: “The Regional Learning and Skills Partnership South West and Mid Wales is currently working across the six Local Authority areas … Read more

It’s taken us a while to get our act together, but just like buses you wait ages then several turn up at once… Since we can’t run any face-to-face events for Members at the moment, SWOAPG will be launching some new online events and resources next week, which we hope our Members will find valuable: … Read more

The Outdoor Alliance Wales (which was set up two years ago to bring together a wide range of organisations with an interest in outdoor activity) has today submitted to the Welsh Government a “Post Covid-19 Recovery Plan for the outdoor sector in Wales”, which the Government will be considering as it decides how to move … Read more

You will now be able to follow SWOAPG posts on Twitter, for those of you who prefer tweeting to Facebook or e-mail: @SWOAPG_tweets

The Outdoor Alliance (in which SWOAPG and WATO are active members) is currently working on a range of advice for Welsh Government to facilitate as smooth a return as possible to adventurous outdoor activity as the Covid-19 lockdown eases – including a sub-group that is looking specifically at the safe return of ‘guided’ activity in … Read more

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has published the attached ‘recovery plan’ to recommend to public bodies a phased approach that should be taken to re-introduce climbing and hillwalking activity as quickly and safely as possible once the Covid-19 lockdown eases. Other National Governing Bodies are working on similar plans…

Bounce Back Loans The new ‘Bounce Back Loan‘ is a UK fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, for Small businesses (including sole traders); which should help to bolster the existing package of support available to the smallest businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses will be able to borrow … Read more

Just in case any of you are wondering why you receive the same message(s) several times from SWOAPG, here’s a brief explanation of how our e-mailing system works: We post messages on our website blog as they occur. If messages are important / urgent enough for wide circulation (to all our paid-up Members and ‘free’ … Read more