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SWOAPG Members met ‘online’ on Mon 23 August to consider the Group’s future role with Glasbury-Hay canoeing access. The meeting concluded that: the proposed new “Wye Alliance” might in future be well placed to take the lead in trying to secure sustainable canoeing access from Glasbury-Hay, with SWOAPG representing the broad views of our Members … Read more

We really hope that all Glasbury-Hay operators will be able to join us for next Monday evening’s online meeting (details below). We really need all your inputs to ensure that we’re truly representing the views of our Members who use the river. Please let us know if you plan to attend (if you haven’t already) … Read more

Further to Wednesday’s announcement that school residentials would be permitted in Wales from Sat 17 July, here are some further details c/o AHOEC and OEAP: “Please find below a quick summary of the AHOEC/OEAP meeting with the WG education team from yesterday. “The current situation (allowing primary school visits) has been positively received with the … Read more

Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, announced on 30 June. The emergency package of support will cover the operating costs for July and August 2021 of businesses required to remain closed and who remain … Read more

Further to our earlier messages on this subject (26 March and 27 May), the owner of the land on river-left of the Upper Sychryd has now proposed an alternative to a £10-per-person payment for ‘commercial’ Providers: that Providers give 5 free places per year for guests staying in camping pods on his land; and that … Read more

We have received the following from Powys County Council, which may be of interest to some SWOAPG Members – no doubt other Local Authorities might also have similar schemes in place: “We have great news! “The Welsh Government have just confirmed that there is funding available throughout the summer to support children’s play and the … Read more

Representatives of SWOAPG, AHOEC and Canoe Wales met with Powys County Council last week to discuss the Habitat Regulations Assessment which the Council is being required to undertake. Once again, the council confirmed that this is likely to take months and that they are open to ideas from Providers for measures that they would be … Read more

No specific news this week, but SWOAPG is trying to arrange meetings over the next week or two with both Powys County Council (regarding launching at Glasbury Bont) and Hay Town Council (regarding traffic congestion at the public launch site). We’ll let you know as soon as we have any further news on either of … Read more

Alongside the various guidance affecting tourism and residential visits, the Welsh Government issued on 10 May an update to the guidance for our sector, titled “Sport, recreation and leisure: guidance for a safe return”, available here.

The Welsh Government has established a fund to support the residential outdoor education sector in Wales with an initial allocation of £2 million. This fund will provide eligible centres across Wales with support to cover essential operating costs during the period June to September 2021. The fund will have a capped maximum grant of £45,000 … Read more