SWOAPG AGM postponed

Due to a bereavement in our Coordinator’s family, we will be postponing our AGM, originally scheduled for 5 Dec, until the New Year. We’ll publish a revised date in due course. Apologies for any inconvenience to those of you who’d planned to attend. 

Ask your MP to Attend: All Party Parliamentary Group for Outdoor Learning, Launch Day Tue 21 Nov

The Institute for Outdoor Learning, which provides the Secretariat to the UK Parliament based All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Outdoor Learning on behalf of the outdoor learning sector, has asked for as many outdoor practitioners as possible to invite their MPs to a ‘launch event’:  Robin Millar MP, who chairs the APPG, is hosting … Read more

Forthcoming SWOAPG workshops

We’re pleased to announce the following two workshops, with more to come in the New Year. Click on the links for more details & bookings: Mon 4 Dec Mountain Rescue in the Gorges – networking opportunity at Central Beacons MR base, 6.30-9pm, to explore how best we can all work together to manage effectively incidents … Read more

Save the Date! SWOAPG AGM Tue 5 Dec

The 2023 SWOAPG Annual General Meeting will be held on Tue 5 Dec, 6.30-8pm, online via Teams. All SWOAPG Members are invited to attend! The agenda will include the usual ‘formalities’ and discussion / decisions around Glasbury-Hay Concordat Arrangements and future Membership Fees, but please do let us know if you have any other suggestions … Read more

SWOAPG Membership Fees: Would you rather…

…pay a single fixed-price for your SWOAPG membership that provides access to venues ‘managed’ by SWOAPG (as you do now for the gorges); or …pay a smaller ‘core’ membership fee with optional ‘add-ons’ for access to individual venues? NB this question relates only to ‘Full Membership’, not ‘Associate Membership’, which carries a lower fee but … Read more

Notification of recent enforcement action against an activity provider

AdventureRMS has announced that an un-named UK Local Authority has served an enforcement notice under the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations against an activity provider offering licensable activities to children without a valid licence, which should serve as a warning to any providers offering licensable activities without a licence! See Notification of recent enforcement action against … Read more