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
Grey partridge recovery in East Anglia: conservation in action
Among the fields and hedgerows of East Anglia there’s hope of a recovery for the red-listed grey partridge, with shooting playing a pivotal role, reports Ryan Darby.
Uniting for ducks: BASC joins international waterfowl symposium
The health of Europe’s ducks was centre stage at the Pan-European Duck Symposium in August, featuring presentations on BASC research projects.
New study confirms shooting is good for woodland and hedges
New research commissioned by BASC shows shooting has substantial benefits for our landscapes at the national scale.
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The latest news from BASC
Amnesty announced for Bruni top venting blank firing pistols
The Home Office has determined that certain makes of top venting blank firing pistols are readily converted to fire bulleted ammunition, and thus are prohibited weapons.
BASC delivers specialist training to Cumbria police firearms licensing team
More than 20 members of Cumbria constabulary’s firearms licensing team attended a recent awareness day run by BASC.
BASC files Judicial Review claim against Natural England
BASC has submitted a Judicial Review claim to the High Court over NE’s handling of the licensing regime for the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges.