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
MPs back ‘toolbox’ approach to upland management
Alex Farrell welcomes the EFRA Committee’s wildfire report backing a ‘toolbox’ approach to prevention, and sets out the problems with England’s burning licences.
Making the case for game shooting
Junior BASC member Felix Hodgkinson-Last wrote his A-level EPQ on whether game shooting can be justified today, then submitted it to Defra.
Five minutes with Schöffel Countryside Awards finalist Jim Allsop
Jim Allsop has spent a decade turning Monkwood, a 270-acre site near Chesterfield, into a haven for wildlife.
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The latest news from BASC
BASC helps Nottinghamshire Police fight poaching and rural crime
BASC advised Nottinghamshire Police officers on firearms law and legal deer stalking during anti-poaching training on the Thoresby Estate.
Gloucestershire wildfowlers celebrate 70 years
Gloucester Wildfowling and Conservation Association gathered to celebrate more than 70 years of conservation, volunteering and responsible wildfowling.
Hampshire ecology student wins BASC Wildlife Fund David Gray scholarship
Willow Bloomfield, a first-year ecology student and New Forest commoner, has been awarded the BASC Wildlife Fund Scholarship for 2026.