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from Angling Trust
Contact: Mark Lloyd, chief executive.
Telephone: 07973 468198. E-mail: mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net
January 9 2009
Immediate Release
A trust for all anglers
The merger of six angling and conservation bodies creating the Angling Trust, the new voice of angling, was completed to plan on Monday, January 5 2009.
“It is an organisation angling has needed for many years,” said Stephen Marsh-Smith, the first chairman of the Trust. “It represents more than a million regular coarse, game and sea anglers in England. Angling contributes £3.5 billion to the economy and supports 37,000 jobs.”
Embodying all the assets and staff of the legacy organisations, the trust will be publicly launched at 10 am next Wednesday, January 14 at the Fishmongers’ Hall, London Bridge.
Among the guests will be Martin Salter MP, the government’s spokesman for angling and shooting.
Dr. Marsh-Smith said nearly 2,500 individual anglers and clubs had already signed-up to the trust which would “run a forthright campaign to conserve marine and freshwater fisheries, promote and protect all recreational angling against commercial overfishing, habitat destruction, poaching and disease.
“We also plan to develop coaching and education for new and experienced anglers, increase participation in national and international competitions and tackle the growing problem of the predators which attack our fisheries.
“It is an ambitious programme but we believe anglers will support us and we are encouraged by the supportive messages we have already received,” Dr. Marsh-Smith added.
Individual membership is £20 a year which includes public liability insurance, newsletters and magazines. Members will be enrolled in Fish for Free (www.fishforfree.net) an innovative loyalty programme which generates credits for fishing equipment, permits and the freshwater rod licence. Clubs will be able to join Fish Legal which provides advice and takes action against polluters.
Mark Lloyd, chief executive of the Angling Trust said: “Now that we have a single body for all anglers with a comprehensive benefits, we look forward to their support and to working for and with them. We will only be able to do that if we have the mandate and the resources to do so.”
The Angling Trust’s web site Welcome to the Home of the Angling Trust is now live and will be developed further over the next few weeks. Anglers can sign up on-line, by telephone or by post.
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Angling Trust Ltd.,
Eastwood House, 6 Rainbow Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8DQ
0845 6010699.
Notes to Editors:
Please contact mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net with the names of those attending the launch for security reasons.
Martin Salter MP will be available for a photocall after the press conference with young anglers from a project called Catch21, which works with young people all over London, many of whom were at risk of involvement with drugs and crime prior to their participation in the programme. Catch 21 is a project of the charity Thames21.
Angling Trust is a company limited by guarantee and will be the governing body for coarse, game and sea angling in England when it has completed the Sport England assurance programme.
The six recreational angling bodies which have formed the Angling Trust are: Anglers’ Conservation Association (ACA); Fisheries & Conservation Trust (FACT); National Association of Fishing and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC); National Federation of Anglers (NFA); National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), and the Specialist Anglers’ Alliance (SAA).
Angling Trust has a legal arm, Fish Legal, which takes legal action throughout the UK on behalf of member angling clubs, fisheries and riparian owners whose waters have been polluted or damaged in any way and offers advice to members on angling and legal issues. In England, any clubs or riparian owners wishing to join Fish Legal must join Angling Trust. Membership of Fish Legal is available to clubs, fisheries and riparian owners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Membership of Angling Trust is £20 a year for adults and £5 for juniors. There are a range of categories of membership for clubs, fisheries, riparian owners, consultatives, river associations, charter boats and the angling trade. More information at Welcome to the Home of the Angling Trust
For further information contact: Mark Lloyd, chief executive, on 07973 468198 or at mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net
January 9 2009
from Angling Trust
Contact: Mark Lloyd, chief executive.
Telephone: 07973 468198. E-mail: mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net
January 9 2009
Immediate Release
A trust for all anglers
The merger of six angling and conservation bodies creating the Angling Trust, the new voice of angling, was completed to plan on Monday, January 5 2009.
“It is an organisation angling has needed for many years,” said Stephen Marsh-Smith, the first chairman of the Trust. “It represents more than a million regular coarse, game and sea anglers in England. Angling contributes £3.5 billion to the economy and supports 37,000 jobs.”
Embodying all the assets and staff of the legacy organisations, the trust will be publicly launched at 10 am next Wednesday, January 14 at the Fishmongers’ Hall, London Bridge.
Among the guests will be Martin Salter MP, the government’s spokesman for angling and shooting.
Dr. Marsh-Smith said nearly 2,500 individual anglers and clubs had already signed-up to the trust which would “run a forthright campaign to conserve marine and freshwater fisheries, promote and protect all recreational angling against commercial overfishing, habitat destruction, poaching and disease.
“We also plan to develop coaching and education for new and experienced anglers, increase participation in national and international competitions and tackle the growing problem of the predators which attack our fisheries.
“It is an ambitious programme but we believe anglers will support us and we are encouraged by the supportive messages we have already received,” Dr. Marsh-Smith added.
Individual membership is £20 a year which includes public liability insurance, newsletters and magazines. Members will be enrolled in Fish for Free (www.fishforfree.net) an innovative loyalty programme which generates credits for fishing equipment, permits and the freshwater rod licence. Clubs will be able to join Fish Legal which provides advice and takes action against polluters.
Mark Lloyd, chief executive of the Angling Trust said: “Now that we have a single body for all anglers with a comprehensive benefits, we look forward to their support and to working for and with them. We will only be able to do that if we have the mandate and the resources to do so.”
The Angling Trust’s web site Welcome to the Home of the Angling Trust is now live and will be developed further over the next few weeks. Anglers can sign up on-line, by telephone or by post.
END
Angling Trust Ltd.,
Eastwood House, 6 Rainbow Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8DQ
0845 6010699.
Notes to Editors:
Please contact mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net with the names of those attending the launch for security reasons.
Martin Salter MP will be available for a photocall after the press conference with young anglers from a project called Catch21, which works with young people all over London, many of whom were at risk of involvement with drugs and crime prior to their participation in the programme. Catch 21 is a project of the charity Thames21.
Angling Trust is a company limited by guarantee and will be the governing body for coarse, game and sea angling in England when it has completed the Sport England assurance programme.
The six recreational angling bodies which have formed the Angling Trust are: Anglers’ Conservation Association (ACA); Fisheries & Conservation Trust (FACT); National Association of Fishing and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC); National Federation of Anglers (NFA); National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), and the Specialist Anglers’ Alliance (SAA).
Angling Trust has a legal arm, Fish Legal, which takes legal action throughout the UK on behalf of member angling clubs, fisheries and riparian owners whose waters have been polluted or damaged in any way and offers advice to members on angling and legal issues. In England, any clubs or riparian owners wishing to join Fish Legal must join Angling Trust. Membership of Fish Legal is available to clubs, fisheries and riparian owners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Membership of Angling Trust is £20 a year for adults and £5 for juniors. There are a range of categories of membership for clubs, fisheries, riparian owners, consultatives, river associations, charter boats and the angling trade. More information at Welcome to the Home of the Angling Trust
For further information contact: Mark Lloyd, chief executive, on 07973 468198 or at mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net
January 9 2009