Category: Disability
Wheelchair accessible angling boats
Dreamstore
Besides DreamstoreUK there are a lot of other great charities working hard to improve accessibility and engagement for anglers whether new or more experienced. From time to time Update will focus on one to help raise the profile of the great work being undertaken around the UK. Putting wheelchair accessible […]
Small grants make a difference
Dreamstore
A reminder that small grants can make a big difference. Dreamstore‘s Small Grants programme was created to support voluntary organisations and groups to fund items that might help get a project started, pilot an idea or programme, or pay for kit that isn’t likely to be funded by some of the […]
Angling needs diverse approach to development
Dreamstore
Angling Unlimited in the West Midlands is one of the few substantial charities that uses angling as its core activity promoting social inclusion, community and individual development. The 2017 Annual Report from Angling Unlimited shows value angling in reaching individuals and communities. The range and scope of activities and participants […]
New vision
Dreamstore
Dreamstore is always keen to learn how new groups have discovered the value of angling to its members. For over ten years we’ve supported the work of the Royal National College for the Blind and the RNC Angling Club. Our SightLines project supported by Awards for All was a great […]
Angling’s unlimited scope
Dreamstore
Our friends at Angling Unlimited have had a busy summer and the range of groups with which it has engaged shows the adaptability of angling to engage young and old. Angling Unlimited received a small amount of funding from Sportivate, and started its summer programme of activities by providing some […]
The latest spec.
Dreamstore
Nidderdale Angling Club in North Yorkshire was looking to update its ageing disabled angling platforms. Early designs didn’t quite seem right, and the Club contacted dreamstore to ask it we could supply any guidelines before it started to build. […]
Be a buddy to the visually impaired
Dreamstore
Along with the Royal National College for the Blind‘s RNC Angling Club, Dreamstore has developed a guide to anyone wanting to take a visually impaired relative or friend out for a day’s fishing. This is the latest collaboration with the RNC Angling Club which has been working quietly at the […]
Sightlines
Dreamstore
We had a wonderful weekend along with the Royal National College Angling Club on a project supported by the National Lottery, Awards for All. The Royal National College for the Blind’s Angling Club was created as an extension of it’s pastoral care support, fishing proving to be an ideal […]
End of Summer reports
Dreamstore
Our final report on summer activities comes from Angling Unlimited in the West Midlands. Angling Unlimited has one of the largest and most successful angling engagement programmes in the UK, in fact a wide range of programmes for a variety of user groups. Manager, Andrew Walker outlines Angling Unlimited‘s work […]
Sight Lines
Dreamstore
Dreamstore has been working with the Royal National College for the Blind, specifically the RNC Angling Club, on a project which we hope to launch in 2015 – we’re calling the project ‘Sight Lines’. Hopefully, more of that later. Meantime, building up to that we have supported a complete makeover […]