THE COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
Who said school is boring?Fishing For Schools is an exciting project from The Countryside Alliance Foundation. We teach young people the unique skills of fly fishing and offer them a gateway into the natural world. Run by world famous angler Charles Jardine and his dedicated team, the mission is simple – to educate and enhance young lives. Fishing For Schools aims to get fly-fishing on to the curriculum. The programme specifically offers a short-course for children, often with special educational needs, between the ages of 14 and 16, which can also be adapted for other groups. These children find academic work particularly difficult but respond well to alternative learning. The programme works with courses run by accredited ASDAN, COPE and NOCN schemes giving real qualifications and social value. The ASDAN Award Scheme operates in several thousand schools and other educational centres – it is listed as one of the few major routes for developing and accrediting wider key skills. The course contributes to the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness, which is a GCSE alternative for many children. The Countryside Alliance Foundation will source the fishery, provide equipment and pay for the cost of instructors and travel for the first course. If the school wishes to continue the relationship over the years then it will need to cover these costs, but it will have the advantage of knowing the programme and its benefits. “Congratulations to The Countryside Alliance Foundation because Fishing for Schools is a brilliant way to help disadvantaged children – it really can make a difference” Robson Green, actor and presenter of Channel Five’s Extreme Fishing. |
 Fishing for Schools brings magic to Co Durham schoolchildrenWednesday, 12 October 2011 The Countryside Alliance Foundation’s Fishing for Schools programme, held a successful fly fishing training day on 7th October with the Greenfield Community Arts College [Specialist Arts and Science School] from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Read more Fishing for Schools strikes gold (and silver and bronze)Thursday, 1 September 2011 Fishing for Schools Director Charles Jardine introduces the Champions of the programme: Fishing for Schools’ success is soaring. Youngsters, many with a variety of special educational are enabled to take part in fishing as part of an alternative outdoor learning course. An element of classroom work is included, but it’s fun and includes entomology to assist the fishing element. The course is working wonders across the country. Read moreClay & Sue Brendish join unique charity as PatronsFriday, 29 July 2011 Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique therapeutic flyfishing programme for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, is very proud to announce that Clay & Sue Brendish, owners of the Kimbridge Estate on the world famous River Test, have become its first ever Patrons. Read more Unique charity returns to the chalk streams of HampshireTuesday, 19 July 2011 Twelve brave ladies joined a fly fishing retreat at Kimbridge on the Test near Romsey, Hampshire at the weekend, as Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland returned to the idyllic resort to run its unique outdoor course for women who have, or have had, breast cancer. Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland provides fly fishing retreats around the UK and Ireland. Any woman who has experienced breast cancer is eligible to apply to attend (with medical clearance from their doctor). Read more Fishing for Schools - the movieFriday, 10 June 2011 The Countryside Alliance Foundation's Fishing for Schools initiative has a truly magical effect on those who take part. Working on the basis that those who have been through the programme can articulate its benefits far better than we could, we have commissioned a short film enabling pupils and teachers to explain it and its effects. Read more Fishing for Schools reels in Dorset childrenTuesday, 24 May 2011 The Countryside Alliance Foundation’s Fishing for Schools programme has held a successful short course at The Grange School at Christchurch to introduce pupils to the sport of fly fishing. Read moreThe Fishing for Schools effectFriday, 6 May 2011 The Countryside Alliance Foundation’s Chief Executive Alice Barnard writes: Now that it’s May many of us have fishing on our mind, and a long summer of the peace and tranquility found at the water’s edge. Read more |
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