Fantastic fishing with day full of smiles for beginner anglers thanks to volunteers at Rochford Angling Club, with Environment Agency funding

Another fantastic days fishing for Peaceful Place with Rochford Angling Club. with a Get Fishing Event for beginners funded by the Environment Agency

Peaceful Place is a supportive and all- inclusive service for individuals with dementia to live their best lives. Their goal is to help participants maintain and develop living- skills and talents, while taking part in meaningful activities. The service helps people with young onset dementia and retired individuals in the early to moderate stages of dementia and they’ve been going fishing during events helped by our Regional Angling Development Officer Jack Culpin who covers the East of England in our national programme to Get More People Fishing, More Often.

Jack helps angling clubs, coaches and fisheries as well as organisations who might not have previously considered including going fishing in their offer – to run events for newcomers to start and then progress into becoming capable, experienced anglers. You can visit the Get Fishing events across the East of England and  hundreds more in the pipeline, or contact Jack or another of our Officers, depending on where you live in England.

Peaceful Place offer a variety of programmes tailored to meet the interests and abilities of everyone, including fishing

Peaceful Place members are part of a vibrant, welcoming community, where they can choose activities that match their personal interests and skill levels, ensuring a fulfilling and enriching experience in a safe, nurturing environment.

For more details of what’s on offer, visit the activities section of their website: www.peacefulplace.co.uk

All of these have-a-go at fishing events are on the Get Fishing pages of the Angling Trust website and if you can’t find what you are looking for, drop Jack a line by email at [email protected] and he’ll get back to you ASAP.

He can’t wait to hear from you and see you at one of the Get Fishing events in the East of England – just come and try fishing – what’s to lose!

Contact Jack Culpin: [email protected]

We’re helping to organise more Get Fishing Events like this in your area too, and in fact all over the country!

Events are added to our website and social media all the time and at the moment, during our popular Summer of Fishing programme, every single day! So please check our Get Fishing events diary for new events near to you.

The Get Fishing campaign is funded by

The Angling Trust’s Get Fishing campaign to get more people fishing more often is funded by the Environment Agency from fishing licence income as part of the National Angling Strategic Services contract with the Angling Trust, and Sport England. Children under-13 do not need a licence, and licences for children aged between 13 and 16 are free but you still need to register and receive a licence before you go fishing. You can get a licence for the full year, for 8 days (ideal for holidays!) or just a day’s fishing.

NOTE: Although young children who are under 13 year old do not need a licence to fish, the person supervising them needs to have the proper fishing licence before they take hold of the fishing rod or help the child fish with it.

Get Fishing is Proudly Supported by

The Angling Trust’s ‘Get Fishing’ campaign is proudly supported by
Shakespeare, Exclusive Tackle Partner and Angling Direct, Exclusive Retail Partner
as we all work towards getting more people fishing, more often.

If there’s something that you cannot find here to help you start fishing or return to angling, please contact your local Regional Angling Development Officer – you can find the nearest one to where you want to go fishing here.