BASC media
BASC’s media team are responsible for representing shooting and the organisation to the press. We also work to inform, educate and entertain BASC members and non-members through a range of channels.
What we do
Our media team work alongside BASC regional representatives and subject-matter experts to provide informed commentary and interviews on key issues, for both national and local media outlets.
Find out more about what we do below and how we are constantly striving to support shooting, our members and the rural communities by giving them a voice.
If you have a story or potential feature, please email media@basc.org.uk – we would love to hear from you.
For journalist enquiries, contact our press office during office hours on 01244 573 052, or outside office hours on 07970 096 554.
Latest BASC features
An improved outlook for shooting in Wales and Scotland
The biggest winners in the Wales and Scotland elections were political parties with supportive manifestos for shooting and conservation.
FACE challenges quarry species restriction proposals
The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE) has responded to the government’s bird quarry species consultation, supporting BASC’s position.
Wild places, better headspace
To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, BASC’s Gareth Dockerty reflects on a day spent on a managed grouse moor in the North York Moors.
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BASC Scotland calls on re-appointed First Minister to ‘champion shooting and conservation’
John Swinney MSP was also invited to hear more about the important work of the organisation and its members.
New hare coursing guideline “important step” in strengthening response to rural crime
The new guideline, due to come into effect on 1 June 2026, covers four offences associated with hare coursing.
Further firearms fees increase ‘a tax on shooting’, says BASC
All statutory firearms licensing fees in Great Britain are set to increase by three per cent from 4 June 2026.