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For over 45 years, children from across the UK have headed to the family-run Rhos-Y-Gwaliau Outdoor Education Centre in Snowdonia, north Wales on school trips. They’ve gone gorge walking and abseiling. They’ve explored mines.
Rhos-Y-Gwaliau has been seen as a haven of outdoor learning for children who otherwise might not have access to the countryside – not to mention the awe and wonder of the Welsh peaks. That is, until the pandemic hit.
For the first time in over a year, schools may once again (from May 17) organise overnight educational visits. But the damage is done. The Save Outdoor Education Campaign estimates that 2 million children nationwide have missed out on trips since residential centres were forced to close.
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image captionYoungsters visit Rhos y Gwaliau in Snowdonia to take part in activities such as kayaking, gorge-walking and caving
Welsh youngsters are being left behind because there is still no date for reopening residential activity centres, one boss said.
Children in England can now take part in day visits and stay overnight from potentially 17 May, with preliminary dates for a summer restart in Scotland.
Ed Jones, who runs the Rhos y Gwaliau Outdoor Education Centre near Bala, Gwynedd, wants clarity for Wales.
The Welsh government said it was reviewing guidance.
With changes to lockdown rules depending on which party is in power after the Senedd election on 6 May, the Welsh Conservatives accused the Welsh Labour government of keeping businesses in the dark , while Plaid Cymru said the sector had been neglected .
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