Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
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
Further to our earlier post, the Welsh Government has now confirmed that “from Monday 21 June, Primary school children will be able to stay overnight in a residential outdoor education centre. Guidance will set out that groups should be limited to school contact groups or bubbles. We will work with the sector to consider options … Read more
The Welsh Government has this morning announced that “although there will be no substantive changes to the rules for a 4-week period – the regulations will be reviewed again on 15 July – some small technical amendments are being made to the coronavirus regulations to make them easier to understand and easier to apply for … Read more
Further to our earlier messages on this subject (26 March and 27 May), the owner of the land on river-left of the Upper Sychryd has now proposed an alternative to a £10-per-person payment for ‘commercial’ Providers: that Providers give 5 free places per year for guests staying in camping pods on his land; and that … Read more
We have received the following from Powys County Council, which may be of interest to some SWOAPG Members – no doubt other Local Authorities might also have similar schemes in place: “We have great news! “The Welsh Government have just confirmed that there is funding available throughout the summer to support children’s play and the … Read more
Thanks to those regular Glasbury-Hay users who have already completed our questionnaire about patterns of usage on the river – please keep these coming, since they’ll be helpful to Powys County Council as they progress with their Habitat Regulations Assessment. The questionnaire is available at the following link: In the meantime, SWOAPG is continuing to … Read more
Representatives of SWOAPG, AHOEC and Canoe Wales met with Powys County Council last week to discuss the Habitat Regulations Assessment which the Council is being required to undertake. Once again, the council confirmed that this is likely to take months and that they are open to ideas from Providers for measures that they would be … Read more
Further to our earlier posts – which suggested initially that everything looked set for residentials resuming on Mon 7th June – then questioned whether this was in fact the case following the Welsh Government’s announcement today… …we can now confirm our current understanding that the “phased move to alert level one” announced by the First … Read more