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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)

Seb Coe visits North East - June 17th 2008

Volunteer's efforts recognised at celebration evening - June 14th 2008

Get Hooked on Fishing's first online fundraiser- June 9th 2008

'Get Hooked on Fishing' to host the educational zone at the TCF show - April 2008

GHOF Coordinators Conference - March 2008

National Fishing Week 2008 Project Coordinator Appointed

Fish find new home in Hemlington, 11th January 2008

GHOF to manage National Fishing Week 2008

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