Fishing for Change is a collaborative project with Severnside Community Rail Partnership, Crimestoppers, Bristol Community Ferries and SeaCycler.

Families met their guide for the day at their local train station and travelled into Bristol Temple Meads, learning about rail safety and developing their travel confidence along the way.

Once in Bristol we headed to the harbour and climbed aboard one of the instantly recognisable yellow ferry boats. Onboard, families learned about water safety and some of Bristol’s juiciest historical facts. Unsurprisingly, for a day on the water, sea shanties accompanied the fun.

Finally, it was time to get hands on by fishing litter out of the water, aboard our very own SeaCycler, and conducting land based litter picks.

Indeed, all sorts of finds were had including a chair, a working (and still flashing) electronic toy and the ubiqutous left shoe!). A hearty lunch followed before our families sorted all the waste and created some very fishy art!

We have just launched our trips for 2025. Click here for more information and to reserve your place.

Check out our Summer 2024 summary film for this project.

A huge thank you to our funders GWR and Community Rail Network and DfT for making the summer 2024 trips possible.