Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
SWOAPG was very sad to hear that Tyr Abad Residential Education Centre will cease to exist as a charity on 19th March, when liquidators will be taking over its assets. We wish the Centre’s staff the best for whatever their individual futures might hold…
The BMC is advertising for a newly-created role of a part-time Policy and Campaigns Officer for Wales, ideally to be based at or around Cardiff. All the information is on this BMC web article:https://www.thebmc.co.uk/we-need-a-policy-and-campaigns-officer-walesClosing date is 10 March.
AHOEC is preparing a letter to send to Welsh Government next Tuesday with a plea for further support for outdoor education ‘centres’ in Wales – whether these are LEA centres or independent / commercial providers offering residential outdoor educational experiences. If you would like to add your signature to this letter, please send IMMEDIATELY an … Read more
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is inviting expressions of interest from individuals, clubs or existing watersports organisations to submit proposals to run non-motorised watersports activities at Lower Lliw reservoir, just outside Swansea. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Monday 1 March 2021. Full details will be found in the documents below:
Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum is hosting an all-Wales online training event for adventure activity providers, tour boat operators and tourism organisations to find out about the secret lives of seals, cetaceans and sharks living right here on our coast and what you can do to help protect them. This is a free event but booking is … Read more
The Sport Wales Sport Sector Private Provider Fund provides financial support to private and commercial providers. The fund aims to ensure that private businesses are able to emerge from the pandemic to continue providing opportunities which keep people active across Wales. The fund is for private and commercial providers who directly deliver physical activity opportunities … Read more
From Welsh Government: Businesses urged to register for financial support The Welsh Government is urging businesses to ensure they are registered for financial support to help them deal with the ongoing impacts of coronavirus. Last month, the Welsh Government announced an additional £200m package to help firms through to the end of March. This takes … Read more
From AHOEC Cymru and OEAP Cymru: “Annwyl bawb/Hi everyone, “AHOEC Cymru and OEAP Cymru met with Welsh Government education officials on Friday 29th January. We continued the conversation where we left off at the end of 2020 and unfortunately many of the issues that were prevalent at the start of the Autumn term are still … Read more
The well-established, profitable, small but busy family-run Gower-based company RipnRock Ltd is up for sale! Genuine interested parties should contact Sally on sally@ripnrock.co.uk for further details.
The Covid crisis hit us just as SWOAPG membership fees were due in March 2020 and, not surprisingly, many of our Members found themselves unable to commit to paying their subscriptions at that time. As restrictions began to ease last summer, several of those Members – particularly those who could use the gorges – were … Read more