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A reminder from Welsh Government: “As we look towards a phased re-opening, you need to be aware of the guidance for Tourism and Hospitality businesses.  “To help you decide which actions to take, Coronavirus Regulations require you to carry out a specific COVID-19 risk assessment, just as you would for other health and safety-related hazards. This risk … Read more

From the IOL: “The latest outdoor learning sector impact report has just been published today. It was designed to provide insight into the breadth of outdoor learning activity being used by schools and colleges during periods of Covid related constraints in the past year. “The data is presented for the UK as a whole with … Read more

Just in case you haven’t already seen it, the Welsh Government made the following announcement yesterday that may offer a glimmer of hope for residential centres (although we’re still waiting for news on when residential school visits will once again be allowed): “Today we are pleased to jointly announce that a fund will be established … Read more

A few of our Members have been having trouble logging-in to our new training system, so we thought it would be worth sending this brief advice note in case this affects you! The Learning Management System which hosts our training is different to our Membership System – so even though you may already have a … Read more

To all Full SWOAPG Members: Many thanks to those of you who’ve already paid your membership and/or started (or completed!) our new online gorge Code of Conduct training. This is just a reminder / clarification of all the steps you need to take before we can issue your gorge ID cards for this year: Pay … Read more

We have received the following update from IOL: “The dialogue with Department for Education remains constructive and supportive of a change to guidance for school visits, both day based and residential. It is now apparent that guidance will not be issued before Monday 22nd March. The Department for Education team are very aware of the … Read more

Following the publication of its new ‘arrangement’ for paddling from Glasbury-Hay, the Wye & Usk Foundation  (WUF) has offered some additional explanation (see below) and has asked SWOAPG to give the arrangement our “fullest support on the basis that we need to end the conflict and build a way forward across Wales’ rivers.” Deadline extended: … Read more

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