{"id":3441,"date":"2020-03-27T19:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2020-03-27T19:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:49:38","slug":"bc-recommend-all-paddling-should-cease-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/2020\/03\/27\/bc-recommend-all-paddling-should-cease-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"BC RECOMMEND ALL PADDLING SHOULD CEASE IMMEDIATELY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cHi all, <br>British Canoeing has  further updated there instructions to us all as club members and \/ or  paddlers  the advice  reads:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMembers will recognise that we are in a very fast changing situation, responding to the advice and guidance dealing with issues related to the Coronavirus COVID 19 situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> With regards to paddlesport activity, British Canoeing has today issued new guidance in the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the government\u2019s Stay at Home measures and following new guidance issued today by the Environment Agency and Canal &amp; River Trust, which impacts the usage of waterways, <strong>British Canoeing has further revised its position and now strongly recommends that all paddlesport activity should immediately cease on rivers, waterways and coastal areas until further notice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is in line with government advice requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes, avoiding social gatherings and all non-essential travel. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I don\u2019t think any of us have  managed to get on the water but I think these instructions are very clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe and Well<br>David Riley<br>H&amp;S Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay at Home<br>The new measures announced by government state that people in the country will only be allowed to leave their home for the following purposes:<br>\u2022 shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently as possible;<br>\u2022 one form of exercise a day \u2013 such as a walk, run or bike ride &#8211; alone or with members of your household;<br>\u2022 any medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person; and<br>\u2022 travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHi all, British Canoeing has further updated there instructions to us all as club members and \/ or paddlers the advice reads:- \u201cMembers will recognise that we are in a very fast changing situation, responding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}