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Building Bridges

The Building Bridges project has made huge progress towards the successful integration of migrant angling communities in England, providing positive education and advice to help anglers understand our angling laws and customs.

The Building Bridges team assist and support angling clubs and fisheries by translating their rules into different languages and offering free multi-lingual signage and leaflets.

Working together with key partners and clubs, our staff host integrated angling events, bringing together anglers from different countries and cultures in addition to organising school visits and coaching days, giving many youngsters from diverse backgrounds an introduction to fishing in the UK.

Building Bridges staff also contribute to Voluntary Bailiff Service training and Fisheries Enforcement Workshops.

Building Bridges is part of the Fisheries Enforcement Support Service which works with the Environment Agency and is funded by fishing licence income.

Over 10 years of activity, our Building Bridges team have:

Produced and delivered over 3,000 multi-lingual signs

Produced and delivered 80,000 multi-lingual leaflets

Visited over 30 schools

Coached over 1,000 children

For more information visit: anglingtrust.net/building-bridges-project/

Get Involved: Anglers Against Pollution

The Angling Trust has been campaigning for clean waters since 1948 and our Anglers Against Pollution campaign seeks to give anglers a voice in the fight to protect fish, fishing and the environment.

Our waterways are suffocating from all forms of pollution – from agricultural runoff to plastics, chemical pesticides to raw sewage. We urge anglers, clubs and fisheries to get involved in our Anglers Against Pollution campaign and support our demands for healthy rivers, lakes, canals and seas, full of fish and abundant wildlife.

The Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN) was launched in May 2022 as part of our Anglers Against Pollution campaign to harness the power of angling clubs and anglers to understand the quality of water

How to get involved in water monitoring

across England and Wales and to establish a solid foundation of data. That data will be used to better understand the factors affecting water quality and provide the Angling Trust with evidence to support our campaigns for cleaner waters.

Volunteers test for – and record – a range of parameters that are of concern to anglers, especially those nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) that contribute to enrichment, eutrophication, and the formation of algal blooms which have a detrimental impact on invertebrates and fish.

The WQMN initiative is supported financially by Orvis UK and APTUS tackle and the “Big Yellow Boxes” are supplied by Flambeau Outdoors. If your club would like to get involved, please contact kristian.kent@anglingtrust.net

To find out more about the Anglers Against Pollution campaign visit: anglingtrust.net/get-involved/anglers-against-pollution/