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
The most important thing you can do this month
The government’s review of game shooting closes on 1 November. One email is all it takes. If you haven’t sent yours yet, today is the day to act, says Conor O’Gorman.
Ponsonby Farms: a day beating for wild grey partridge
BASC’s Sam Walker joins the beaters at Ponsonby Farms in Gloucestershire to see a wild grey partridge recovery, built on shoot management, in action.
Who let the Labs out?
Patrick O’Reilly, BASC head of social science, draws on 40 years of rural work to explain why ministers should swap symbolism for real policy conversations.
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The latest news from BASC
Conservatives back shooting as Defra review deadline looms
The risk of shoot licensing and the threat it poses to rural life was high on the agenda at BASC’s and the Angling Trust’s Conservative rural reception earlier this week.
Let’s Learn Moor marks ten years with BASC Patron The Princess Royal
BASC’s Patron Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined 167 pupils from five Lancashire primary schools to mark the tenth anniversary of Let’s Learn Moor.
Hunting with Dogs Bill “unworkable”, BASC tells Stormont committee
BASC has told the AERA Committee that the Hunting with Dogs Bill is unworkable due to its implications for firearms holders, dog owners and landowners.