Published on 18th November 2008
The Conservation Award 2008 supported by the Dreamstore UK has been presented to the Wild Trout Trust. The Wild Trout Trust acts as a catalyst in stimulating hands-on, in-the-water, habitat-improvement projects at a grass-roots level - effectively helping others to help themselves.
Published on 20th October 2008
The Social Inclusion Award 2008 supported by Dreamstore UK was presented to John and Rozy Brooks, from Redruth, Cornwall, who have individually and together, provided support to a vast range of social inclusion projects and programmes in Cornwall.
Published on 20th October 2008
The Group Award 2008 supported by the Environment Agency was presented to the Royal National College for the Blind for its willingness to incorporate an Angling Club as part of the personal development and life enrichment offer at the College.
Published on 14th October 2008
The first ever Dreamstore Day at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium Saturday 11th October has been hailed as a huge success. Around forty participants attended, from all over the country, attending a series of seminars and demonstrations. The Day included presentation of the Dreamstore Active Awards 2008 and a demonstration of the highly innovative Dreamstore Education Action Zone.
Published on 9th September 2008
The Club has held a series of matches over the summer, now possible because of the store of equipment provided by Dreamstore UK.
Published on 9th September 2008
Dreamstore UK and the Royal National College for the Blind is delighted to be able to announce the launch of the RNC Angling Club at www.dreamstore.org/rncangling/
Published on 12th May 2008
Dreamstore has provided a wide range of Browning-ZEBCO equipment to Lymm High School for a new Angling Club. Eric Hazzard, a teacher at Lymm High School, has ten to fifteen Year 8 pupils meeting each Wednesday lunchtime for an Angling Club Hour – since Whit half term everyone has been taken angling in groups of 4/5 each Wednesday.
Published on 22nd April 2008
Desiree Elliot of Stoke Angling for Everyone thanks Dreamstore for its support in helping bridge a funding gap, allowing the youngest members of SAFE’s Youth Clubs to take part in all the activities.
Published on 31st March 2008
Dreamstore has been delighted to provide Halton Brook Children’s Centre some funding towards the Centre’s Fishing Club and a large range of Browning equipment. The first outing with the new equipment took place at Easter 2008.
Published on 8th December 2007
Orri Vigfússon was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Dreamstore Active Awards, supported by Bank of Scotland Corporate held at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire. Also presented Awards on the evening were Fishing4U, A Hastings Social Inclusion Award, Wessex Water, Best Business/Agency 2007, and South Staffs Angling For All for its work with disability groups in the region. Dreamstore Active Awards are unique in the angling world for focusing on the individuals and organisations generating making a difference for others.
Published on 16th July 2007
In mid-July the BDAA organised a day for around 20 John Groom clients, offering them a first chance to try fishing as a recreational pastime. John Grooms Charity www.johngrooms.org.uk works to provide residential care and housing for disabled people, so they achieve greater independence, choice and freedom.
Published on 12th June 2007
Dreamstore is pleased to be able to award a small grant to help The Nine Maidens Centre with the organisation of its angling activities. The money will go towards by purchasing the appropriate equipment and organising day trips sea fishing off the Cornish coast.
Published on 30th April 2007
The Essex Association of Boys Clubs organised its first ever deep sea fishing trips in March 2007. Six young people and Keith Cranmer, a Boys Club officer, left from Bradwell and headed out into the North Sea. A second trip took place in April.
Published on 19th April 2007
Young people at Castlepark Centre, Dundee, decided that going on a trout fishing trip and donating their catch to a local old people's group was an excellent way to promote citizenship within the community. The over-60's Tea Dance group at the Grey Lodge Settlement was delighted to accept the large rainbow trout from the budding young anglers.
Published on 1st April 2007
Fun2Fish works with children and young adults who have learning difficulties and have often been excluded from mainstream schools in the Bournemouth area. The project has recently purchase a selection of Pike Fishing Tackle, made possible with a generous donation from Dreamstore UK. The 6 sets of Pike Fishing Tackle have been thoroughly tried and tested over the past couple of months.
Published on 31st December 2006
Wilson Stuart School, Birmingham, has been an important partner in the development of the Dreamstore Education Action Zone. We asked the special needs school's art classes to design a Christmas Fish for Dreamstore for use on an e-card. Dreamstore chose a Christmas fish designed by Katharine, Year 11.2.
Published on 30th September 2006
Fish4U is a new web-based angling events finder which is open to coaches, Clubs, match organisers, angling groups, or anyone organising an angling event that is open to the public.
Published on 31st August 2006
The weekend's 2006 Dreamstore Active Awards, sponsored by Bank of Scotland Corporate held at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire, highlighted a range of groups, projects and individuals that have made a huge contribution to society through angling over the past year.
Published on 31st December 2005
A donation of new sea angling rods and reels and life-preservers to the Priory Hall Youth Centre, Halstead, Essex, is a timely boost to engaging young people in positive use of leisure time. Six rods, with reels, rod rests, hooks and line were generously donated by Fladen Fishing, a leading supplier of sea angling equipment. Life-preservers have been donated by the charitable Dreamstore UK.
Published on 31st October 2005
The British Disabled Angling Association is a poorly funded, but enormously important body which seeks to improve access to fishing for people with disabilities. It is involved in providing information and supporting facilities for people with disabilities throughout the UK. Dreamstore supported the BDAA with a small grant to keep open a stretch of the River Doon for the exclusive use of anglers who are disabled, providing an opportunity for a very special experience that would otherwise be out of reach to people with disabilities.
Published on 31st October 2005
Neil Scarratt from Staffordshire is the lucky winner of the CUBA Competition which featured in the Environment Agency 2005 REEL LIFE magazine earlier this year. 37 year old Neil who usually fishes carp and pike is leaving Gatwick on the 3rd November for a fishing trip of a lifetime, along with his twin brother Kevin.
Published on 30th September 2005
Fishing has proven to be a useful means to provide diversionary activity suitable for young people who are 'referred' by many official agencies. Dreamstore has provided a small grant to Get Hooked on Fishing to review its broader application as an aid to addressing social inclusion and to help develop its programmes for wider application. This review is principally sponsored by the Countryside Agency's Social Inclusion Unit and the Home Office's Positive Futures.
Published on 31st August 2005
The ATA's National Fishing Week encourages angling participation for everyone by providing a focus for events during the last week in August. The 2005 National Fishing Week is supported by Dreamstore, which has provided a web based search facility to enable anyone to check out where to find their nearest event.
Published on 31st August 2005
This Dreamstore Active Awards evening held at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire, highlighted a range of groups, projects and individuals that make a real difference to society and are a credit to the angling community. The Awards look to the huge efforts that bring enormous value to wider society through angling. The awards are not about the fish, equipment or celebrity.
Published on 31st August 2005
Portland/Weymouth based Fladen Fishing was awarded the Best Business/Agency of the year at the Dreamstore Active Awards evening held at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire. The Award is given for a Government, Non Governmental Agency or commercial business that has best supported fishing, whether as core or incidental to its main activity.