Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
The inquest into the death of a client on a coasteering trip in Dorset in 2019 concluded recently. Following the inquest, the coroner sent a ‘Report to Prevent Future Deaths’ to various organisations expressing safety concerns – which also seem pertinent to other activities and where instructors may be working alone. For details see Coroner … Read more
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
Please can I ask for help searching for a lost FENIX cave light. It is likely between the last cottage and the Llangattock carpark. As of today 3pm. Please ring Trewern 01497 820512 if you find it – thanks so much. Dave Barber.
The Outward Bound Trust has launched a Let us Out campaign in support of the Outdoor Education bills across England, Wales and Scotland. SWOAPG Members might like to support the campaign by writing to their MS/MP/MSP and sharing across social media. More information at Let Us Out (outwardbound.org.uk) and resources (including draft letters to MS … Read more
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
Following the detection of a defect on the gated ventral attachment point of a harness, Petzl are requesting the inspection of ASTRO and CANYON GUIDE harnesses. “Due to the risk of unintentional opening of this attachment point, which could result in a life-threatening situation, we ask you to stop any use of these harnesses and … Read more
…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? Thanks to those of you that have already responded to our survey – we’ve had a good … Read more
Thanks to those of you that have already responded to our survey – we’ve had a good response so far, but there’s still time to get your responses in… It’s that time of year again when SWOAPG is thinking about putting on some CPD workshops for instructors. HOWEVER, we don’t want to put our efforts … Read more
It’s that time of year again when SWOAPG is thinking about putting on some CPD workshops for instructors. HOWEVER, we don’t want to put our efforts into organising workshops that nobody wants to attend, so we’d be grateful if you could complete this short online survey, by 31 October, to let us know what workshops … Read more
We recently mentioned having “received several troubling reports regarding the Sychryd gorge” and, regrettably, have received more since then – this time concerning gorge instructors jumping into the ‘waterfall pools’ from locations that are not permitted by the access concordat (above the top waterfall on river-right – landing dangerously close to the tree in the … Read more