Thousands given to support fishing clubs

TWO angling clubs have received thousands of pounds of funding to help protect them from the financial fallout of the Covid-19 lockdown.

At the end of March the Government created the Community Emergency Fund using £20million of National Lottery money to help all kinds of sporting bodies survive the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. 

Dozens of cash-strapped clubs applied, and in May the first of these was awarded a much-needed cash injection. Now two more have benefitted – The Stoke on Trent Angling Society, which received £7,500, and Southwold & District Freshwater Angling Preservation Society was awarded £6,000. The latter will use the cash to cover rent costs on its waters as well as carry out essential maintenance work. 

Club chairman Barry Read said:

“We were delighted to have had our bid for support accepted at what was a very worrying period for the Society. The lockdown came at a time that traditionally sees the highest level of income, along with the highest level of expenditure, in the club’s year.”

The Sport England fund is National Lottery funded