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The 2023 SWOAPG Annual General Meeting will be held on Tue 22 Nov, 6.30-8pm, online via Teams. All SWOAPG Members are invited to attend! The agenda will include the usual ‘formalities’ but please let us know if you have any suggestions for other agenda items. Please RSVP via the button on the event listing or … Read more

The following message has been sent to providers with a known interest in paddlesport on the Wye, but if other SWOAPG Members are also interested, please let us know. To representatives of : AHOEC, Canoe Wales, Celtic Canoes / Wye Valley Canoes, Glasbury Paddlers, Local Military Units, ScoutsCymru, Ultimate Adventure, Want to Canoe, SWOAPG Wye Working Group, SWOAPG Steering Group Dear all, Please … Read more

Please below a message from the AdventureUK Board regarding the work they have been doing to create an alternative accreditation scheme to AALA and a request to complete an online survey: We realise that many of us are currently very focussed on recovery from the pandemic and for many these are still difficult times. However, … Read more

The Welsh Government has launched a public consultation today on proposals to give local authorities the powers to introduce a visitor levy. The levy would be a small charge paid by people staying overnight in accommodation in Wales. Each local authority in Wales will have the power to decide if they want to introduce a … Read more

This message from AHOEC is relevant to any Providers who handle school residential trips: it’s asking for your support in lobbying Senedd members to support a bill to “make an outdoor education residential visit of one week mandatory for every child and young person at school in Wales at some point in their school journey” … Read more

We have received the following information that just might be of interest to a few SWOAPG Members (or someone you know!): “We are instructed to market the 6.6 acre site of the former HMS Cambria, Hayes Lane, Barry CF64 5XU incorporating a variety of buildings constructed by the Royal Naval Reserves as a training facility. … Read more

We have received the following update from the Outdoor Learning Association (OLA) Interim Management Team: “Hi folks, please find attached the latest update from OLA. This covers our work to date on how the organisation may look as well as a number of FAQs that we have been fielding over the last few months. As you … Read more

SWOAPG has now received confirmation of funding to enable us to start working with Powys County Council to put in place a Concordat for paddlesport operations at Glas-y-Bont Common in Glasbury -based on the model of our Waterfall Country gorge-walking Concordat with NRW. There’s a lot of work still to be done and plenty of … Read more

BBNPA has just published their latest Waterfall Country newsletter, attached below:

The three Welsh National Parks are promoting a “Diolch” campaign encouraging visitors to behave responsibly. There are posters covering a wide variety of themes including mountain and water safety, parking and littering, etc. Providers are welcome to use any of their visual resources available here.