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First Scottish Coaches Head South

Following the success of taster days held last August our first wee cohort of potential Peer Coaches are heading South to Witton Park. Five young people will begin their Module Two training from 16th - 18 th May, working with Chris and the team at Get Hooked North East.

The Dumfries & Galloway Get Hooked steering group would particularly like to thank all the staff at Annan Academy and also Get Hooked North East staff for their amazing support in helping to make this exciting phase of the first Scottish scheme happen.

Good luck everyone – have a great weekend!! And watch this space to find out how we get on!!

Funding Secured:

Second piece of really exciting news is our success in securing funding which will allow us to roll-out our first set of Module One training and hopefully a Module Two over the summer. This funding is coming to us via Annandale & Eskdale Area Committee which comprises our Annandale & Eskdale local Councillors.

During the presentation of the funding application Elected Members showed great enthusiasm and interest with regard to the development of the first Scottish scheme and, on behalf of both our local steering group and Get Hooked’s national Board of Trustees we’d like to say how delighted we are to receive this level of support. Many, many thanks and we look forward to inviting Councillors to some of our events over the summer.

Our local steering group is hoping to run four lots of Module One in conjunction with our new Peer Coaches and through that to identify our next pool of potential Peer Coaches for our first Module Two.

All modules will be delivered at Broom Fisheries, one of Scotland’s premier coarse and game fisheries, just outside the town of Annan in Dumfries & Galloway . Another huge thank you to John Wright and Carole Lloyd, owners of the Broom, for their support.

Pudsey comes to the Broom

Broom Fisheries are hosting an event to support Children In Need on Saturday 9th August where young people up to the age of 18 can have the opportunity to raise some money and have some fun fishing at the same time.

For further info please go to www.broomfisheries.co.uk/pudsey or contact Carole or John at the Broom on 01461 700209.

Volunteering

Get Hooked on Fishing Scotland is very open to people wishing to gain further Youth Work experience or angling knowledge by way of volunteering. Anyone wishing to do so can contact Sue directly for further information.

Useful Links

Scottish Pro Anglers
The first 8 Professional Anglers Association coaches in Scotland. We would like to give something back to angling. We are also the coaching providers to the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling.

Dumfries & Galloway Council
Dumfries and Galloway Council is Scotland's third largest local authority covering 2,380 square miles and serving a population of 148,030. The Council provides a diverse range of services and details of these can be found on the Council website www.dumgal.gov.uk