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Fish On!

Fish On!

Bostin' Creative Arts & Theatre C.I.C By Bostin' Creative Arts & Theatre C.I.C

'To fish is to hope. Every cast a new beginning.' YouTubers Snagged Bro & community champions Bostin' Creative are creating an angling initiative for men in Walsall, with mental health at its heart.

Walsall Delivery stage

63
backers
£9,842
raised
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This project was funded on 21 Mar 2024!

YouTube channel Snagged Bro features anglers Tom and Sean. Brummies and best friends with a passion for lure fishing - they can often be found filming on urban canals/waterways, creating content for their channel. Bostin' Creative seek to empower and celebrate local communities in the Black Country and Birmingham. They have been collaborating with Tom independently since 2020. Creating films, including Down the Arbo, Birmingham 2022's Personal Best and Be Brave - championing charities and platforming unheard voices. Together we want to work with men facing unique challenges/barriers. The group will embark upon an angling journey; given the space to connect to nature and to reach out to one another. Focus, frustration, determination, disappointment, elation... It's all in a days fishing. Snagged Bro want to capture this journey on film, celebrate the story of each member, get men talking and mobilise a new angling initiative in the heart of Walsall.

What we'll deliver:

  • Create a new, tight knit collective of male anglers.
  • First Meet @ The Walsall Arboretum.
  • Filming Day 1: A Local Fishing Pool.
  • Filming Day 2: Lure Fishing on the Canal.
  • Participant Celebration Meal & YouTube Preview Release (Promoting the Premiere)
  • Full Video Premiere @ The Light Walsall - Tickets sold will raise money to further support the initiative.
  • Members will be empowered to continue the group going forward.
  • All members of the collective will have a 12 month license plus permits and equipment provided during the project.

Why it's a great idea:

- A new hobby/developed skill for members of the collective. - Tackling inactivity among men. - Utilising local green spaces and fishing spots. - Improved waterway awareness. - Learning best fishing practice/fish care. - Boost the confidence of the collective. - Get men talking. - Create a support network, where there is trust and clear communication. - Participants experience filming; understand basic camera work, go pro's, drone protocol, microphones, improvisation, comedy, interviews to camera and how a YouTube video/short film is created. - Appreciate and empathise with one another's culture/heritage/personal circumstances. - Collaborative working and team building. - The video will raise awareness for men's mental health. - Champion fishing as a possible outlet for those struggling to reach out. - A continuation of the collective will move forwards, beyond the project.

Steps to get it done:

  • Feb + March 2024 - Collective to be recruited and confirmed
  • April 2024 - First Meet @ Walsall Arboretum
  • May 2024 - Fishing + Filming @ Local Fishing Pond
  • June 2024 - Fishing + Filming - Urban Canal
  • July 2024 - Collective Celebration - Initial YouTube Preview
  • July 2024 - YouTube Release featuring Premiere Promo
  • August 2024 - Premiere + Fundraising
  • August 2024 - Full Film shared online

Snagged Bro are established content creators and often receive messages from individuals for whom fishing has become a life changing pastime. Bostin' Creative have links with local charities and community groups who will be contacted to recommend participants. The recruitment process for this project will be sensitively managed, and a diverse and inclusive collective will be put together with care. This collective will include young men (18+), men of retirement age, men struggling with their mental health, men with disabilities/facing barriers to access and men not currently in employment.

Location Walsall

About the space

Walsall and the Black Country

Council

Walsall Council

How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees)  £9,815

Snagged Bro - 2 Facilitators/Filmmakers - Meet 1, Fishing + Filming x 2 - 3 DAYS - £1,500
Snagged Bro Filming Equipment - Cameras, Go Pros, Drone, Microphones, Lights - £1,000
Snagged Bro - Premiere Hosting - Q & A - £800
Snagged Bro - Edit - 4 DAYS - £800
Project Management - Risk Assessments, Licenses + Permits, Logistics, Venue Hire, Ticketing - 3 DAYS - £750
Project Set Up - Comms, Recruitment, Confirmation, Evaluative Framework - 3 DAYS - £750
Project Evaluation + Project Next Steps - 2 DAYS - £500
Screening @ Light Cinema - Hire + Microphones - £500
Project Facilitator - In Person - Admin, Evaluative Maintenance + Safeguarding - 3 SESSIONS - £500
Fishing Licenses + Permits @ £33 per year + £6 per session per head x 2 - £450
Other - £1,800

Costs Breakdown

This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.

Snagged Bro - 2 Facilitators/Filmmakers - Meet 1, Fishing + Filming x 2 - 3 DAYS
£1,500
Snagged Bro Filming Equipment - Cameras, Go Pros, Drone, Microphones, Lights
£1,000
Snagged Bro - Premiere Hosting - Q & A
£800
Snagged Bro - Edit - 4 DAYS
£800
Project Management - Risk Assessments, Licenses + Permits, Logistics, Venue Hire, Ticketing - 3 DAYS
£750
Project Set Up - Comms, Recruitment, Confirmation, Evaluative Framework - 3 DAYS
£750
Project Evaluation + Project Next Steps - 2 DAYS
£500
Screening @ Light Cinema - Hire + Microphones
£500
Project Facilitator - In Person - Admin, Evaluative Maintenance + Safeguarding - 3 SESSIONS
£500
Fishing Licenses + Permits @ £33 per year + £6 per session per head x 2
£450
Other Read More
£1,800
  • Celebration Meeting - Initial Preview w/Participants
    £300
  • Angling Equipment Contribution
    £300
  • Participant Refreshments - £100 per day x 3 DAYS @ £10 per head
    £300
  • Participant Access Provision
    £300
  • Merchandise - Collective T-Shirts
    £200
  • Snagged Bro Fishing Lures/Hooks/Bait
    £200
  • Snagged Bro - Editing Discount
    £200

Overfunding

This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:

  • Contingency for the project for further access costs - unforeseen until recruitment is completed.
  • Contingency for project overspend due to the cost of living crisis and inflation.
  • To continue to promote the collective with follow up content and collective updates.

Target (inc. fees)  £9,815

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