Fishing with Tom
United Kingdom
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FWT is a project that aims to get young people from all backgrounds into Fly Fishing. It caters to a wide range of youth groups, not just those that are disadvantaged in some way. Currently activity is centred in the North East of England principally within County Durham and North Yorkshire but it is hoped that the initiative may be expanded in the future. Mr Kevin Dawson from Rothbury in Northumberland will be setting up a section of FWT to cover this area. FWT is the brain child of Tom Carroll who started work on the scheme in 2005 when he became aware that many young people in the area where he lives spent a large part of their leisure time hanging around on street corners with little to do with their out of school free time. As a result many of them got into trouble with the police for anti-social behaviour or were exposed to the use and abuse of drugs. However, despite the original driver that led to the creation of this project, the doors are now open to all comers.
