Schools urged to teach kids to fish

Schools in England and Wales are being urged to apply for free fishing courses in a bid to help their students get into the sport.

The Fishing for Schools initiative is run by The Countryside Alliance Foundation (TCAF) and has been providing free, short angling courses at schools across the country for the last 11 years.

The goal has been to aid the education of 12 to 16-year-olds who may not respond to traditional classroom-based learning.

Due to phenomenal interest in the courses, Fishing for Schools (F4S) is now operating an application process where schools can use an online form to apply for free sessions annually.

F4S director and founder Charles Jardine said: “There has been a huge growth in demand for our courses, which is brilliant. 

“We believe the new application process is a fair and consistent way of deciding how our resources are best used.”