The Angling Trust announced today its intention to recruit staff to 6 new posts as part of its plans to merge with the Angling Development Board in April. The Trust is looking for committed, enthusiastic new team members to help recruit thousands of new anglers to the sport, and to membership of the Angling Trust. The new posts are: an Angling Coaching Manager (salary £ 30,000) and five Regional Officers (salary £ 22,000 to £ 25,000) located in the South West, South East and London, Eastern England, West Midlands and the North East regions respectively. Funding from Sport England, totalling £ 1.56million over 4 years, has created the opportunity for these new posts to be created, which will be a crucial part of the Angling Trust’s strategy for increasing the number and diversity of people taking up the sport and working with angling clubs, fisheries and county sports partnerships to encourage people to keep fishing. The regional officers will help bring in additional resources at a regional and local level to help Angling Trust member clubs recruit more junior members. The Regional Officers will also act as a point of contact in each region for Angling Trust member clubs, commercial fisheries, consultatives and individual anglers to raise their concerns about environmental and other issues affecting fishing. The Angling Trust will take action wherever possible to address these issues. More information about the new posts and the work of the Angling Trust and the Angling Development Board can be found on the web site at www.anglingtrust.net (click on Job Vacancies for a job description and details of how to apply). A job pack including a job description and application form can be obtained from the Angling Development Board by emailing: info@anglingdevelopmentboard.org.uk. FISHINGMAGIC NOTE Angling Development Board The Angling Development Board (ADB) is company limited by guarantee that was formed in April 2007 to protect and develop the interests of angling and recreational fisheries in the UK. The ADB encompasses the work undertaken hitherto by the Joint Angling Development Board (JADB) to increase participation in angling, encourage licensed coaching and volunteering and the development of angling clubs. The sport of angling is recognised by Sport England and the Government as offering key benefits to society through participation in a healthy outdoor activity. It predominately funds the work of the ADB with some additional financial input from the Environment Agency in support of its Strategy for Angling 2015 Angling caters for every cross-section of the community irrespective of age, gender, race, physical ability, mental ability or social standing. Through pro-active coaching and development programmes we are helping to educate youngsters about the skills required in everyday life, as well as the current issues that affect our sport and how they can participate and contribute to the development of angling. Angling Trust The Angling Trust is the new, single organisation to represent all game, coarse and sea anglers and angling in England. We lobby government, campaign on environmental and angling issues and run national and international angling competitions. We fight pollution, commercial over-fishing at sea, over-abstraction, poaching, unlawful navigation, local bans and a host of other threats to angling. As the governing body for all angling, the Angling Trust will seek government funding to develop the sport from grass roots participation through to elite performance. We will develop programmes with clubs to increase participation, particularly amongst groups who have yet to discover the joys of going fishing. We will protect the rights of all anglers to do what they love most. The Angling Trust has been formed from an historic merger of six angling and conservation organisations in January 2009. Other bodies, including the Angling Development Board, will merge with the Angling Trust in 2009. For more information about Angling Trust: www.anglingtrust.net |
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