Covid recovery Guidance for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses

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

Some Good News! Welsh Government Statement on Establishing a Fund for the Residential Outdoor Education (RoE) Sector

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

Gorge User Training

Many thanks to those instructors who’ve already started (or completed!) SWOAPG’s new online gorge Code of Conduct training. This is just a reminder / clarification of all the steps you need to take before we can consider you to have completed the training: Complete the course Introduction to the Codes of Conduct for Gorge-Walking in … Read more

Gorge User Training and ID Cards

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

School visits update

We have received the following update from IOL: “The dialogue with Department for Education remains constructive and supportive of a change to guidance for school visits, both day based and residential. It is now apparent that guidance will not be issued before Monday 22nd March. The Department for Education team are very aware of the … Read more

Connexions – an opportunity to network with activity and experience providers, Tue 30 Mar

Tuesday 30th March 11.00am-12.30pm, a virtual event on Zoom. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Brecon Beacons Tourism are inviting accommodation and hospitality providers to come along and make “connexions” between activity and experience providers. You may already have partnerships or networks in place, but there might be some businesses that you are unaware of. … Read more