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Totally Hooked

Long-term unemployed and adult education

Get Hooked on Fishing Midlands has been one of the most successful projects of its type. While it started with a focus on young people ‘at risk’, it has developed a wide range of socially beneficial programmes and activities. GHOF Midlands has sponsored volunteers to attend the Academy to enhance the coaching team. In 2007 it introduced ‘Totally Hooked’ as an adult learning programme. The immediate outcome was to build confidence among long-term unemployed and re-engage them with a learning environment and hopefully some will provide added coaching support in the future.

Time to make a difference.

Although it has taken a number of years to reach, and it will take time to develop further, the completion of Dreamstore Academy Level 2 qualifications by members of the Stroke Association in the North West has marked a significant point in the development of angling as a recreational activity to benefit stroke survivors. Andy [...]

New learning resource centre at Lavender Hall

by editor Posted on August 1, 2011 in All Articles | Community | Disability | Dreamstore | Social Inclusion

A new Angling Unlimited learning resource centre has been opened at Lavender Hall Fisheries, Berkswell, Coventry. The centre was officially opened by TV presenter Hywel Morgan in July. The centre provides an office and a learning room with PC and presentation facilities to support teaching sessions. It is close to specially built training platforms, has [...]

Angling alternative

by editor Posted on June 23, 2011 in All Articles | Community | Dreamstore | Small Grants

Hartcliffe and Withywood Angling Club offers a scheme to divert young people, living in a deprived area of Bristol, away from anti-social behaviour, crime, drugs and alcohol misuse. Through strict conduct and behaviour rules, the club helps young people, within the environment of fishing, to gain new skills, build confidence levels and engage positively with [...]

Dreamstore Day gallery is now available.

For all those who attended the excellent Dreamstore Day at Haydock Racecourse at the end of March there is gallery available at www.dreamstore.org/gallery/view/dreamstore-day-2011 to remind you of the great day we shared. The pictures take us through the day, from coffee on arrival… To presentations by Terry Yarnall on the Equality Act 2010… to Linda Kerr’s [...]

Perth’s Angling for Youth Development roll out the Dreamstore EAZ

by editor Posted on May 19, 2011 in All Articles | Community | Dreamstore | EAZ | Uncatagorised

At the start of the year Perth AFYD accepted delivery of a new Dreamstore EAZ package, kindly sponsored by Crerar Hotels. End of April and AFYD in Perth held its first EAZ night with the Perth Boys Brigade & Girls Association. The young people learned about angling, how to fly fish and the different types of fish [...]