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BASC pledges to work with all parties to enhance the value of shooting in Britain
BASC has pledged to continue to work proactively with all politicians across the UK to increase the value of shooting in Britain
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Check your candidates’ positions on shooting before polling day
With just one week until polling day in the General Election BASC is urging its members and everyone who shoots to check their election candidates’ views on shooting before casting a vote.
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Value of shooting for wellbeing highlighted in new research
The Value of Shooting for personal and social wellbeing – findings from new research have been published in a BASC infographic
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Bin tax can help boost biodiversity, says BASC
A proposed ‘landfill tax’ in Wales could help boost biodiversity projects run by people who shoot, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC has outlined the benefits of shooting and conservation in its response to the Welsh Assembly Government’s consultation on Read more…
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Sea trout spawning grounds in North Wales protected by local shoot
Work to improve and protect riverbanks and vegetation on sea trout spawning grounds has been carried out by a local shoot on the Llyn Peninsula in Wales through BASC’s Green Shoots conservation programme, supported by Natural Resources Wales.
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BASC welcomes new firearms fees
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has welcomed a firearms licensing fees order which has today been laid before Parliament. The order contains Government proposals to increase the fee for the grant of a shotgun certificate from £50 to £79.50 with proportionate increases in other fees. The order will bring the new fees into effect from April 6 2015.
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New certificate fees: What you need to know Q&A
1. Why are fees going up?
Certificates fees have not increased since 2001. BASC has worked successfully to ensure that the increases are fair and reasonable and strongly resisted proposals to introduce unjustified higher fees which would have been a tax on shooting.
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BASC statement in response to the release of “Labour: Protecting Animals” 18th February
BASC has noted the release of the Labour animal welfare policy document “Labour: Protecting Animals”.
