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In 2006,
2208 young people
went through a
Get Hooked on Fishing training session
with over 1200
lessons delivered
in schools.

“It feels good when you catch a fish. You think, I really did that, then you coach another kid to
catch a fish……they
catch a fish because you coached them and that feels even better.”

What do we do?

We work with local communities to help create opportunities for young people.

We deliver fun and interactive training around the sport of angling. Our programme is especially designed with the help of young people to give the participants more confidence and to demonstrate that there are alternative pathways and better opportunities available to them.

We help to train and develop peer mentors at the same time as encouraging young people to take an active part in how we run the local schemes.

We are happy to work with all young people aged 6 and over and have a proven track-record in delivering social inclusion, improvements in educational achievement and attendance.

Male aged 13, nominated by school, he was quiet had low self-esteem and lacked confidence ...

At Get Hooked he was supported by a mentor in person and by telephone. He successfully participated in our training modules and made friends with other students on the course. At school his attendance remained high and he became more popular. He often described his fishing sessions in class and even led a discussion for 50 minutes on the subject of the freshwater eel.

... now he coaches other young people on the scheme.

Our schemes act as a catalyst to bring local agencies together, drawing on the resources of public, private, community and voluntary sectors. We adopt this multi- agency approach to help build the sustainability of local schemes and to build a local bank of partners, volunteers, and supporters.

We are fortunate to have a number of strong commercial supporters sitting alongside our funding bodies who are able to see how we really help to change lives. We are currently working with our partners and trustees to build a stronger network in the UK at the same time as researching the wider social and health benefits of our work.

"we don't just go fishing on get hooked, we do many different things, we have fun
we learn and we talk about some very serious things"
(Quote from one of our participants)

Celebrating the Get Hooked On Fishing scheme

Inspiring Scotland and GHOF

GHOF November 2008 Newsletter

New Research to Investigate the Community Benefits of Angling - 22 Oct 2008

Hobby to Hook Youths From Crime - Oct 2008

Get Hooked on Fishing Travel to Norway - Sept 2008

Youngsters get top tips from angling hero - Aug 19th 2008

Get Hooked on Fishing comes to Wales - Aug 18th 2008



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