Connecting People & The River
The Tweed Foundation wants to engage and enthuse people of all ages with the river Tweed. Our broad educational programme includes – our schools initiative “Go Wild For Fish”, our angling initiative “TweedStart”, visiting shows and events, getting you involved with our work through citizen science, and Tweed TV.
Go Wild For Fish
Tweed Start
Ian Gregg River Academy
Ian Gregg River Academy
The Ian Gregg River Academy is an education facility in which you can learn all about the River Tweed and the organisms living in it. Whether you are a school group, taking part in our citizen science programme, or just out for a wonder, come and work your way through interactive online material, observe the Tweed's different fish species in our fish tank and study freshwater invertebrates through our microscopes.
Go Wild For Fish
Go Wild For Fish started in 2019 and encompasses all the work we do with schools throughout the Tweed catchment. We offer short sessions and longer projects in which classes will learn about the River Tweed and the diverse animals and plants living in it. We offer sessions for different age groups and all of our lesson plans fit in with both the Scottish and English curriculums.
Sessions can be delivered in the classroom or the river and offer lessons that can cover a wide range of topics - from the water cycle and river morphology to sampling for invertebrates and fish - The Tweed Foundation work alongside teachers to create tailored lesson plans to suit each individual class.
For primary school age groups Living Tweed sessions give children the opportunity to experience first-hand some of the abundance of life in our rivers.
TweedStart & TweedStart Plus
TweedStart aims to get people throughout the Tweed catchment fishing. With particular emphasis on youngsters, it encourages children to take an interest in the ecology, nature and future of the river and alerts them to the importance of a healthy river system for angling.
By offering both school-based sessions and TweedStart days - in which youngsters get an introduction to fishing with the help of fully qualified angling instructors – TweedStart provides a great opportunity for people to get into fishing.
TweedStart Ambassadors
The Tweed Foundation was delighted to launch the TweedStart Ambassadors Program in February 2024 .
The program aims is to create and support a community of young anglers who would like to continue fishing and help promote the positive benefits of angling to the next generation.
The TweedStart Ambassador programme allocates donated funds towards acquiring logoed clothing and essential angling equipment, such as life vests, waders, rods, reels, and lines.