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Playing it Safe
Photo credit: Tom Hutton We recently published this blog with Countryside-jobs.com pondering the perennial and currently pertinent problem of how to encourage personal responsibility for safety in the outdoors. Playing it Safe
Welsh Government Guidance for Organised Outdoor Activity (following WG review 10th July)
Following Friday’s announcement that outdoor activity/sport was to be permitted in groups from this week, the Welsh Government has now published extensive guidance covering how this may take place. As with all these things, it’s not quite as simple as ‘outdoor...
Good news for the outdoor sector in the FM’s statement
Following the First Minister’s announcement today, Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) has released the following statement which confirms that group activity by outdoor providers will now be permitted from Monday: The Welsh Government has today announced that...
IOL Outdoor Sector Survey – recovery planning
The Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) has launched a new survey to capture the challenges that outdoor providers are facing in planning their way out of the crisis. Its findings will be published for all and they will inform a clear voice to UK and Home Nation...
Pathway to Recovery update from the Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) July 6th 2020
Wales Adventure Tourism Organisation (WATO) has released the attached statement summarising the latest guidance for outdoor providers, following the changes announced by the Welsh Government for the next 2 weeks. The statement includes a key clarification from the...
Covid-19 Pandemic Update (18th May 2020)
On May 18th 2020, the Outdoor Alliance Wales submitted a “Post Covid-19 Recovery Plan for the outdoor sector in Wales” to the Welsh Government, which the Government will be considering as it decides how to move forward with the easing of lockdown. This document...
Pop-up den building: Fresh air, ingenuity, creativity and exercise for kids!
This Easter (April 2019) we ran 2 pop-up den building days @CabanCyf with our friends @Wild_Elements. Our series of pop-up adventure events have been run over the past 3 years with funding from the Welsh Government via their Tourism Product Innovation Fund. Showcasing...