Become a licensed coach and help protect the future of the sport

Become a licensed coach and help develop anglers' skills and knowledge

Become a licensed coach and help improve mental health and wellbeing

Use Event Marketplace to promote and manage your coaching activity

Coaching

Become a licensed coach and help shape the future of our sport

Do you have a natural flair for helping others to learn?
Would you like to make fishing part of your future career?
Would you like to help others to discover this amazing sport and benefit from the positives that come from spending time next to water?
Do you want to introduce people from all walks of life to fishing through fun, engaging angling sessions?

The Angling Trust Coach Qualification is recognised by Sport England, insurance companies and local authorities as being the industry standard for the delivery of introductory, coached and guided fishing sessions in England.

The course provides you with appropriate training not on how to catch fish, but how to pass your knowledge on to others in a safe, secure and structured manner. It gives you access to our NGB development programmes such as the CAST Awards, Get Fishing Awards and Reel Education and you will be able to promote and manage your events using our dedicated Event Marketplace.

Used by angling clubs, coaching organisations and fisheries to underpin their activity delivery, the Angling Trust’s Coach Qualification and annual licence trains coaches so they can safely manage events and provide fun, engaging and informative sessions in sea, coarse and game fishing. Licensed coaches also have the benefit of a comprehensive coach insurance package and access to our dedicated Angling Trust Safeguarding Officer.

Angling Trust Training

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Angling Trust Coach Qualification

You can find information about all our Angling Trust training courses by visiting our dedicated Angling Trust Training page below:

Angling Trust Training Page

What programmes can you deliver as a licensed coach?

Once licensed, you can either deliver your own angling programme or adopt one of the Angling Trust projects and use that to enhance your coaching. Our coaching programmes are flexible and can suit many styles of angling including sea, game and coarse. Please use the grid below to find the perfect programme to aid your delivery.

CAST AWARDS

The Angling Trust's 3-stage certificated programme. Progress learners through their Level 1, 2 and 3 CAST Awards and provide them with the skills and confidence to make angling a part of their future.

GET FISHING

This project encourages entry into angling through free and low cost sessions. The Get Fishing Awards are the perfect ‘first steps’ into angling.

REEL EDUCATION

A project which employs coaches to go into primary schools and engage with the next generation of anglers through a bespoke in-school delivery model.

WELLBEING

Use your coaching skills to help improve mental health and wellbeing by encouraging people to get outside and experience the therapeutic atmosphere of the bankside. Get Fishing For Wellbeing is a national campaign to help promote the positive benefits of angling. Coaches often use the CAST Awards to evidence the technical learning.

DESIGN OWN DELIVERY

As a licensed coach you are free to go and design your own programmes and coaching sessions. Angling is such a diverse sport and there is so much opportunity available to licensed Angling Trust coaches.

What is the Coach Licence?

Our Coach Licence is an annual licence to practise and results in coaches being listed on our website as fully trained and compliant. This gives confidence to the public and organisations employing the services of a coach. Licensed coaches are fully endorsed by the Angling Trust, the National Governing Body for angling in England.

In order to become a licensed coach you must have:

Completed the Angling Coach Qualification
Appropriate Enhanced DBS
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
Paid an Annual Subscription of £50
Agreed to the Angling Trust Code of Conduct and Coaching Minimum Operating Standards

Once licensed, coaches will be covered by our Angling Trust insurance policy and can start delivering our NGB development programmes and advertising their services to the public on the Event Marketplace.

Angling Trust Event Marketplace

The Angling Trust has built a dedicated booking and event management system specifically designed to assist coaches, or organisations using licensed coaches, to manage their delivery. The Event Marketplace uses Swimbooker’s advanced technology to allow coaches to advertise their services, take bookings, manage participants and track their delivery. Please watch the video below to get a better understanding of the Angling Trusts Event Marketplace – powered by Swimbooker.

Event Marketplace Training

We have produced a series of step-by-step tutorials to help coaches understand the platform. Just click on the link below.

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Coaching Standards

The Angling Trust, as the National Governing Body for angling in England, outlines the following minimum operating standards for all introduction, coach and guiding sessions. Any participation event we endorse, or any event being delivered by one of our licensed coaches, must follow these standards:

These documents can also be accessed via the Coaching Standards tab on the Angling Trust’s Safeguarding page. The standards have been produced after consultation with insurance providers and Sport England to make sure that angling tuition and coaching are provided safely, appropriately and in line with current safeguarding practices by licensed DBS checked angling coaches.

Endorsed events can be found on our Event Marketplace

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Contact Us

For all coaching enquiries, please email [email protected]