Welcome to the Angling Research Website! This site is the home of the Substance research project, The Social and Community Benefits of Angling, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. On this site you can:

• Get Information about the research project - what it is trying to find out and why
• Tell Us your views! - Contribute to the research by completing our questionnaire, sending us your comments, or telling us about your club or project.
• Find out more - use the project reports and resources to access information, research findings and contacts.

The research project runs for 3 years from 2009 and will investigate:

• The nature of participation and benefits for individuals and communities
• How angling can help young people in terms of education and social inclusion
• How rural areas can benefit from angling.
• How to engage different stakeholders in angling and influence policy and practice.

Read more about the research

Contribute
We would really like you to contribute to the research and you can do this by clicking on the ‘Contribute to the Research’ link at the top of this page.

Resources
Also, we will be compiling a range of resources (reports, links, blogs) as the project develops that you can access by clicking on the ‘Resources’ link above.

You can also access more information about the 3 main aspects of the research programme below.