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SWOAPG occasionally gets asked to recommend Technical Advisers. We avoid doing this, because we can’t be seen to favour any one of our Members over another. However, we would like to be able to point enquirers to a list of Technical Advisers for them to choose, so will be including the option in our 2020 … Read more

SWOAPG will be sending out membership renewal requests next week. If you wish to maintain continuity in your Membership (and avoid receiving lots of reminders!), please respond to these and arrange payment by 31 March. If you are a gorge user, we will only send this season’s ID cards (which will be pale blue) once … Read more

The AALA licence application process and providers will be changing from 1 Apr 2020 – see attached details:

See the message below from the IOL: Dear Outdoor Sector Colleagues, Following the successful design and approval of the Outdoor Activity Instructor Apprenticeship Standard, IOL and employers have been working together to develop a proposal for a new apprenticeship – Outdoor Learning Specialist. We would like to up-date you about both and seek input/involvement from you as … Read more

We are intending to run a Code of Conduct Training Session for both Sychryd and Mellte gorges on Sun 23 Feb, starting at 1pm, for any providers who need this. For details and to book places, please visit the SWOAPG website https://swoapg.com/event/23-feb-2020-dinas-sychryd-mellte-code-of-conduct-training.

Education OfficerGrade 6  – £23,836 – £26,317 per annum pro rata0.6 Full Time EquivalentCore working days are: Tue, Wed, Thu but additional flexibility required at busy times for Monday and Friday (Fixed term contract until 31st July 2020) Welsh Language Requirements:The Officer can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes interaction with … Read more

SWOAPG has recently updated its ‘new’ website https://swoapg.com (which has had restricted content for the last year) to include all the information from its ‘old’ site (swoapg.org, which has now been closed). The site now contains all of SWOAPG’s online resources as well as news items, events and membership information.

Mountain Training has published this useful resource on ‘Surviving a Career in Adventure Activities’:

The minutes of SWOAPG’s 2019 AGM are now available here. One of the important topics of discussion was the Welsh Government’s new programme for access reform, which will see a number of changes to Open Access Land, Public Rights of Way and the way recreational access is managed in Wales. Members at the AGM agreed … Read more

Building on the success of our last two ‘Residents Activity Days’, SWOAPG will be working with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority this year to provide a free ‘community day’ for residents of Waterfall Country, with activities to suit people of all abilities. This will take place on Sat 15 March, before the start of the … Read more