The guidance and resources on this page are for anyone who organises paddlesport activity in Wales. This includes clubs, outdoor centres, commercial providers, hire centres, self-employed coaches and volunteers.
We have designed this guidance to provide further detail to what is in our general guidance on a return to paddlesport in Wales. Please make sure you also stay up to date with our current general guidance on our
COVID-19 Guidance page.
Last Updated: 10 August 2021
All activity organisers must have safety protocols in place to protect staff, volunteers and participants from COVID-19. This guidance, along with the additional tools below, provides you with a framework for running safe sessions.
If you deliver other adventure activities in addition to paddlesport, we also recommend you read the guidelines from the Outdoor Alliance for adventure sports.
This guidance from AALA (Adventure Activities Licensing Authority) on returning to work when COVID restrictions are eased highlights certain risks that will help
your adventure business prepare to re-open safely.
If you run a paddlesport tourism business, you may want to apply for a Visit Britain Good to Go mark, which is a signal that your business is following COVID-19 guidelines. It involves an online self-assessment, and you will need to have your risk assessment and safety/cleaning protocols already in place.
Please note: your tourism business needs to be registered with your local tourism board to be eligible.
This guidance is for clubs, coaches, players and anyone else who organises or participates in canoe polo in Wales. It provides information about how to plan and deliver safe canoe polo activities while managing the risk from COVID-19 for you, your fellow players, volunteers and coaches.
We have developed the following resources to help you develop your plans and prepare your risk assessment and safety protocols.
You can download, print and display our bilingual COVID-19 posters to help you manage your COVID-19 safety protocols:
You can also download both English and Welsh versions of the Adventure Smart guidelines below. For high-res PDFs of these posters to print, visit the Adventure Smart COVID-19 toolkit:
If you would like some help developing yours plans or if there's anything missing from our guidance, please get in touch with our staff who are ready to support you:
For any other enquiries, contact admin@canoewales.com and we'll make sure the right member of our team gets in touch.
When contacting us, please include a daytime phone number as it is often quicker and easier for us to give you a call.
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