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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

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