Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
This is just a brief reminder that: all instructors leading groups in the Sychryd and Mellte gorges under the SWOAPG Concordat arrangements must have completed our new online Concordat training courses before leading groups in the gorges this year; and the path on river-left from Loonies’ Leap to the metal footbridge may not be used … Read more
The Welsh Government announced on Wednesday that “from 17 July changes [to Covid regulations] include new rules for children’s residential activity centres so children in groups of up to 30 can visit.” We don’t have any details yet, but assume this means that Centres may now accommodate secondary as well as primary children (though sadly … Read more
We were in the Sychryd gorge at the weekend and were surprised to see several groups whose leaders were NOT displaying their ID cards visibly while in the gorge. Please remember that it is one of the requirements placed on us by NRW and BBNPA for providers operating under the SWOAPG Concordat that ID cards … Read more
Thanks to Want2Canoe for this warning: “A tree has been down (still attached by roots) and hanging in the river, in the flow of a rapid for a good few months now, from the left bank just below Hay Bridge. Now the water is low it is proving even more of a hazard because there’s … Read more
Just a reminder… Further to our previous messages, please could all ‘regular’ Glasbury-Hay users provide to coordinator@swoapg.com by Fri 16 July, to assist Powys CC with their Habitat Regulation Assessment: Completed river-use questionnaires (thanks to those who’ve already submitted these) – available at this link: River Wye Glasbury Providers Survey. Any of the following that … Read more
Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, announced on 30 June. The emergency package of support will cover the operating costs for July and August 2021 of businesses required to remain closed and who remain … Read more
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) is currently advertising for suitable persons to apply for membership of the Brecon Beacons National Park Local Access Forum (LAF), to cover the whole of the National Park area. They will appoint between 12 and 22 members to the LAF. The role of the Local Access Forum is … Read more
We have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP: “We (OEAP/AHOEC Cymru) met with the representatives from the WG education team this morning to follow up on the points raised as a result of the publication of the guidance on Monday, and to look forward to future weeks and the summer period. “There were some specific … Read more
We have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP Cymru: “Please find below the link to the WG guidance for schools, now updated to include the residential outdoor education visits for primary school children piece we wrote to you about on Friday. There is no maximum bubble size specified as the guidance puts the onus on … Read more
Further to today’s Welsh Government announcement, we have received the following update from AHOEC/OEAP Cymru: “We (AHOEC/OEAP Cymru) met with the education team from WG this morning to cover some of the finer details and discuss what they are planning to publish as guidance. There are two headlines concerning educational visits, but they have a … Read more