by SAA HQ | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will withdraw the guidance on boat diving in England on July 4th Thanks to lobbying from various National Governing Bodies the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today given...
by Steve Orange | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
We all know how important swimming pools are during the first few months of a novice divers’ training We are sure that many were surprised and disappointed when Prime Minister, Boris Johnson did not include swimming pools in the list of businesses that could...
by Steve Orange | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The BDSG have issued a release following an update to the DEFRA COVID-19 guidance on the use of boats. The British Diving Safety Group has noted the guidance issued earlier today (11th June 2020)by Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).DEFRA’s...
by Steve Orange | Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the coming weeks we will start to see the welcome reopening of some of our favourite inland dive sites. I know members will be keen to get back in the water, however, things have clearly changed since we were diving in March and there are a number of things that...
by SAA HQ | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Eyemouth Harbour Trust intend to lease an area at Gunsgreen Basin to construct an operations and maintenance facility for an offshore windfarm. This will bring new employers into the town and we have had generally positive feedback so far following local...
by Steve Orange | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
At the BDSG COVID-19 working group meeting on 28th May, the HSE informed the group that due to the lockdown, they were extending HSE medicals by 3 months for asymptomatic divers or those who have had similar symptoms but been tested negative for COVID-19. The BDSG...
