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Dreamstore is closing.
Despite the success we have achieved over the past 16 years, we have taken the decision to close Dreamstore. Since its launch in 2004, Dreamstore UK has shown what is possible with imagination and a positive outlook! With more than 260 Dreamstore Academy trained coaches, we have been able to support community […]
Danes ban new salmon farms. Meanwhile…
It is not often Dreamstore will cut and paste a press release. The communication (below) from Salmon & Trout Conservation needs little added. It is incredible that more Salmon Farms are being licensed while it is clear there is a fundamental issue with disease control. Not only has sea lice […]
Dreamstore Day 2019 focuses on Stroke Recovery.
Our summer project to encourage Stroke Survivors and their carers to experience fishing as a means of getting outdoors and being active has a few more weeks to run. The project is based at Albrighton Moat and is being run in association with Stroke & Heart Survivor’s & Carer’s Group based at […]
Sightlines for the visually impaired
Barry Morris recently retired from the Royal National College for the Blind, sadly bringing to an end ten years of the RNC Angling Club. Thankfully, the legacy of those years is a catalogue of advice and information that will assist anyone interested going fishing with someone visually impaired. The RNC […]
Getting started
Voluntary groups often remain as small informal sessions, meeting regularly, but with no set plan or objective other than as a place for like-minded people to get together from time to time. Many decide to take a next step and become more formal. In this day and age that means […]
Dreamstore Day to focus on Stroke Survival
Over the summer Dreamstore is supporting a project to encourage Stroke Survivors and their carers to use fishing as a means of getting outdoors and being active. Part of that programme will be an open day at Albrighton Moat on Wednesday 7th August, a Dreamstore Day special to focus on […]
Farming at sea
A Panorama investigation into the sustainability of Salmon Farming is available on the BBC iPlayer in the UK for the next 11 months at the date this is posted. The iPlayer introduction asks: What do you know about the salmon on your plate? Panorama explores the £1 billion industry producing […]
Supporting the community
Hartcliffe & Withywood Angling Club supports young people from estates South of Bristol. Last year at the end of the season Dreamstore visited a small private pond, provided by local business Arthur David, that the Club had refurbished and improved general access. Dreamstore has provided some safety equipment to get […]
Coaching Challenges
Another successful Dreamstore Academy has been delivered, this one at the excellent facilities of the Albrighton Trust near Wolverhampton. Over three weekends at Albrighton Moat, Academy participants worked through the twelve course modules, including the unique Disability Module and a final two days of assessments. Participants were referred from the […]
Academy focuses on disability support
Our latest Dreamstore Academy is underway at Albrighton Moat, near Wolverhampton. The first weekend is complete, and just two more weekends to go, one in April, and one in May. This Academy has a particular focus on disability, making the Albrighton Trust facility a perfect location for delivering the course. There […]