Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) is looking to facilitate the development of an additional ‘outdoor provider group’ to cover mid-Wales, being the area between those currently covered by SWOAPG, Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter Group and Snowdonia-Active (i.e. mainly Ceredigion and areas of Powys north of the Brecon Beacons National Park, including the Cambrian Mountains, as shown … Read more
Further to our earlier post about Easing of lockdown restrictions, the Welsh Government has now published some FAQs about Organised children’s outdoor activity. These appear to confirm that there is no restriction on the type of activity that may be undertaken with children (as long as it is outdoors and “held for their development and … Read more
The UK Government’s Educational Visits guidance in England has been updated by today, as summarised below: “In line with current coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, we continue to advise against undertaking all educational visits. DfE recognises the significant benefits of educational visits for children’s educational development as well as their mental health and wellbeing and is taking … Read more
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has confirmed to us that Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has agreed to continue the Brecon Beacons Reservoir Passport Scheme in the usual way this year (no cost reduction due to Covid this time, we’re sorry to say…). Passports run from 1 April so apply now to take full advantage of … Read more
From Welsh Government: “A new recovery plan for the tourism, hospitality and events sector has now been published. Developed in consultation with the Tourism Taskforce and informed by wide-ranging conversation with other important groups, stakeholders and businesses across the sector, the plan includes a shared partnership framework of essential themes around which interventions will be … Read more
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