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
BASC at The Stalking Show 2026
Find out what BASC has going on at The Stalking Show 2026, which takes place from 11-12 April at Staffordshire County Showground.
The wrong way to tackle knife crime
The Government needs to address the root causes of knives being used as weapons, not target lawfully run businesses selling knives for shooting, fishing and other countryside activities, argues Conor O’Gorman.
The BASC Wing Survey – vital wildlife data in the bag
Heather Warrender explains how your contributions to the BASC Wing Survey shape wildfowl research and our understanding of population dynamics.
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The latest news from BASC
Welsh catering students learn about game from field to fork
Catering students at a South Wales college learnt about working with game from field to fork at a recent BASC introductory day.
There’s a venison shortage, and you can help
A surge in demand for venison means stalkers need to shoot more deer, says BASC’s head of deer and woodland management Martin Edwards.
Government refuses to act on medical markers
BASC has criticised the Government for refusing to accept calls for mandatory GP medical markers while pressing ahead with a consultation on strengthening shotgun licensing rules.