Please book your places NOW for any of the following (full details on our Events page at  https://swoapg.com/events) – £25 each for SWOAPG Members only (except for Volunteer Day which is free of charge!)  Volunteer Day, Cwm Porth, 30 May 10.30am-5pm: come and help the National Park Authority with some clearance and improvement in this important area Mellte … Read more

Current South Wales Outdoor Activity Providers Group Members who have not signed-up to one of our new membership categories will be removed from our mailing list after 31 May! We have now released our final new membership category, for Subscribers (free of charge for anyone who wishes to receive only e-mail alerts for ‘critical’, e.g. safety-related, … Read more

Two events on 30 May that Providers should be interested in: SWOAPG / BBNPA Volunteer Day, Porth yr Ogof ***Please come and help*** 10.30am-5pm, Cwm Porth Car Park: A great opportunity for Providers to help Brecon Beacons National Park Authority with work that needs doing around Porth yr Ogof. Most of the work is above ground, … Read more

The South Wales Outdoor Activity Providers Group has now released additional membership categories for Associate Members (£25 annual fee for corporate and individual Outdoor Activity Providers who wish to support our work and receive most of our membership benefits, but not sign-up to the NRW Concordat for the Sychryd & Mellte gorges). Other categories available now: Full … Read more

Update on AALA Review From the HSE / AALA website: “HSE would like to thank everyone who responded to the recent Discussion Document on the future of the Adventure Activities Licensing framework. We are delighted with the response and encouraged by the amount of engagement on this subject. We received hundreds of detailed comments, which … Read more

Angel at Pontneddfechan – please don’t use its car park as a gorge meeting point! From one of our providers: “Hi, I was approached by Lisa the owner of the Angel Inn for the last 5 years who asked if I and all providers could not meet their clients in her pub car park..  I … Read more

SWOAPG has 3 workshops planned in the next few weeks: 16 May 4.45-7pm Dinas/Sychryd Code of Conduct Training, for Providers who are signed-up to the NRW Waterfalls Country Concordat (one free space will be available to Providers who have paid for 2018 Full Membership) 3 June 9-5pm (TBC) Mellte Gorge Rescue Workshop 8 June 9-4.30pm Geology … Read more

SWOAPG Membership: “Full Membership” Fees now due At the SWOAPG Emergency General Meeting on 19 April, Members voted unanimously for the introduction of Membership Fees to ensure SWOAPG’s continued operation, following the withdrawal of Visit Wales funding.  All Providers who wish to continue using the Sychryd and Mellte gorges under the NRW Waterfalls Country Concordat (or … Read more

The “Valleys Landscape Park” is a Welsh Government initiative to invest in the South Wales Valleys (defined broadly as the area between the M4 and the Brecon Beacons, from Swansea in the West to Newport in the East). Among the aims of the project are making better use of the natural resources in the area … Read more

From Brecon Beacons National Park Authority: As part of our Lottery Funded Project to save the remains of the former Gunpowder Works at Pontneddfechan, join us for a FREE illustrated talk by Archaeologist Fred Hamond who will bring to life the history of the site from its humble beginnings through to it becoming part of … Read more