Add your voice to the Value of Shooting

Press Release

Have your say by taking part in a vital piece of research which seeks to establish the economic, environmental and social impact of all shooting disciplines in the UK.

The Value of Shooting study is being supported by 24 shooting and countryside organisations. The findings will update and expand upon previous reports published in 2006 and, more recently, in 2014.

The research covers all forms of shooting, from live quarry to target shooting and requires responses from shoots, shooters, shooting businesses and those who take part in shooting in some way but don’t shoot (e.g. beaters, pickers up, coaches, volunteers).

The results of the study will be published in summer 2023 and will be used to lobby government and influence policymakers, quantifying the contribution made by the shooting sector in this country.

Chair of the Value of Shooting steering group, Caroline Bedell, said: “This piece of research will help us build a picture of the economic, environmental and social value of shooting in the UK. The aim of the survey is to obtain independent and robust facts and figures that underpin the importance of shooting.

“The previous two reports have proved indispensable in showcasing and defending shooting’s worth and it is now time to revisit and update this research.”

 

If you haven’t yet completed the Value of Shooting survey, please visit www.valueofshooting.co.uk to take part.

The survey closes on 16 September.

 

The organisations involved in the Value of Shooting are:

Association of Professional Shooting Instructors	Gun Trade Association
British Association for Shooting and Conservation	Historic Breechloading Smallarms Association
British Deer Society	Moorland Association
British Game Assurance	National Gamekeepers’ Organisation
British Shooting Sports Council	National Rifle Association
Countryside Alliance	National Smallbore Rifle Association
Country Land and Business Association	Preparatory Schools’ Rifle Association
Clay Pigeon Shooting Association	Scottish Association for Country Sports
Fifty Calibre Shooting Association	Scottish Land & Estates
Game Farmers’ Association	Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust	UK Practical Shooting Association
Guns on Pegs	Vintage Arms Association