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.
The Nine Maidens Centre (closed in summer 2007) supported programmes for children, and their families, who have extreme emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. The Centre aimed to keep young people 11-14 close to their families rather than boarding schools, providing lessons in the morning and then constructive leisure in the afternoons.
Undertaking coarse and sea angling, the young people and families are now encouraged to join the local club which provides a positive environment which may not otherwise be available.
One of the young people who took part in sea fishing activity,
Lee, said of his day at sea:
“I loved fishing on the day I caught a pollock, which was 1 lb. My mates caught loads of fish too, and James caught a 4lb Pollock and Rozy the teacher caught a 5lb Pollock.
The wrecks weren’t bringing any fish up, so we done reef fishing instead we caught mackerel, pollock and launce. We were using jelly worms and feathers.”
Rosalind Brooks, who led the project at Nine Maidens comments:
“Thanks to Dreamstore the young people at Nine Maidens gained an excellent opportunity to do something that really engaged their imagination and gained experience that they will carry with them.”