Representing providers of Outdoor Adventurous Activities in South Wales and the Brecon Beacons
***This event has been postponed by the organisers – future date To Be Confirmed*** SWOAPG is joining BBNPA and others in providing another ‘Community Activity Day’ for residents of Waterfall Country on Sun 15 March at Pontneddfechan Village Hall – with free activities provided by some of our Members. Please come and join us from … Read more
SWOAPG annual Membership renewals are being sent out NOW from our online membership system, LoveAdmin. If you don’t receive your renewal request this week – or you want to upgrade or request offline payment, please contact us ASAP. Payments are due by 31 March (£78 for Full Members, £26 for Associate Members). If you’re only … Read more
AdventureSmartWales has published the attached document to help tourism business (including Outdoor Providers!) in Wales to “help your guests to be Adventure Smart!”. Please download and use widely!
SWOAPG is joining BBNPA and others in providing another ‘Community Activity Day’ for residents of Waterfall Country on Sun 15 March at Pontneddfechan Village Hall – with free activities provided by some of our Members. Please come and join us from 10am if you can help with some litter-picking and contribute to building positive relationships … Read more
Please find attached the spring edition of BBNPA’s Waterfall Country Update Newsletter:
This will be ‘preaching to the converted’ for Outdoor Instructors, but one of the Brecon Beacons Ambassadors, Tracy Purnell, has spent time producing the attached advice on dog walking and responsible dog owner behaviour. Tracy was inspired by the BBNPA’s Mountain & Moorland Ambassador course which has led to her to putting time and effort … Read more
Many of you will already have seen Facebook posts showing tress and other debris in the Sychryd gorge. Here’s the latest report from Katie Lloyd of Princes’ Trust: “We’ve been in the Sychryd today [Tue 3 Mar]. Pools are all clear with the exception of the top pool. The tree on river left is still … Read more
The group that is currently working to bring back into use (for hire by groups) the former Pen y Cae outdoor centre in the Grwyne Fawr valley would welcome views from potential users. Please see attached documents and return the survey by 20 March to ian.mabberley@btconnect.com. Pen Y Cae Information & Survey (pdf) Pen y … Read more
Apologies to anyone who has sent messages to mail@swoapg.com recently – there has been a problem with this e-mail address which we HOPE we have fixed! If you think we may have missed an important message from you, please try re-sending, copied to coordinator@swoapg.com. Thanks!
SWOAPG occasionally gets asked to recommend Technical Advisers. We avoid doing this, because we can’t be seen to favour any one of our Members over another. However, we would like to be able to point enquirers to a list of Technical Advisers for them to choose, so will be including the option in our 2020 … Read more