Conor O'Gorman Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 BASC is committing financial assistance and expert advice to Humber wildfowling clubs suffering from Natural England’s failure to provide a satisfactory consenting process. Legal opinions are being gathered to ensure clubs that have been refused shooting consents have all the options and resources at their disposal to respond to Natural England. This will be supported by BASC’s Fighting Fund, which was launched earlier this year to promote and protect shooting. James Green, BASC’s head of wildfowling, said: “BASC is committing financial and staffing resources to areas that threaten the future of shooting. We are delighted to be able to support the Humber clubs at this level. “The consenting process being undertaken by Natural England will have no conservation or environmental benefit. It simply demonstrates the licensing agency’s priority to gold plate regulation rather than to effectively manage the habitat for the benefit of the wildlife that relies on it. “Wildfowlers have been the custodians of our protected sites for hundreds of years; Natural England continue to trample on history and conservation in favour of a precautionary approach. We must challenge it. “The Humber is iconic for wildfowling and a key part of the history of BASC, which came out of WAGBI. It’s important we help shooting face down this threat.” See: https://basc.org.uk/basc-commits-fighting-fund-support-to-humber-wildfowlers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Fighting fund launched this year? - It was around 6 million last year when it had it's praises sung at your AGM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Good to see this. Never mind which pot the money comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 11 hours ago, bruno22rf said: Fighting fund launched this year? - It was around 6 million last year when it had it's praises sung at your AGM? Does it matter which year? 14 minutes ago, Pushandpull said: Good to see this. Never mind which pot the money comes from. Agreed, good to see it being put to use, and James is hugely passionate about what he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Great news, i am pleased BASC are taking this on. its a shame the clubs didn't use BASC in the beginning for their consenting issues they may have been better off for it, either way BASC have stepped up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Terry2016 said: Great news, i am pleased BASC are taking this on. its a shame the clubs didn't use BASC in the beginning for their consenting issues they may have been better off for it, either way BASC have stepped up.. There’s a lot of history between the BASC and the Humber clubs not all very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 If it wasn't for local wildfowlers setting up clubs and subsequently taking on leases from the Crown Estate in England, Wales and NI some 900km of coastal wildfowling could have been lost. A huge amount of volunteer time goes into retaining those leases and consents by club officials behind the scenes. BASC staff have played a key role assisting clubs across the country with those lease and consent renewals for many decades and that work continues today. See below for an insight into the work of BASC's wildfowling team: https://basc.org.uk/behind-the-scenes-of-bascs-wildfowling-team/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry2016 Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 hours ago, muncher said: There’s a lot of history between the BASC and the Humber clubs not all very good. Oh I am sure there is... however i am sure they will also be pleased with this.. maybe its time to put the history behind us all and move on... United we stand.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) I think I can say the Humber clubs are extremely happy with this announcement. There are quite a few clubs sharing the shooting leases covered by the consent in question, most of which are affiliated to BASC. Yes they have chosen to use a third party consultant over the years to help with consents, land purchase etc, but they have, or at least the majority of the clubs have, remained members of BASC. The association (James Green + ) attended the last meeting with NE to discuss the upper Humber consent and saw at first hand what the wildfowlers have to contend with when attempting to deal with NE. Edited September 27, 2020 by scolopax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, scolopax said: I think I can say the Humber clubs are extremely happy with this announcement. There are quite a few clubs sharing the shooting leases covered by the consent in question, most of which are affiliated to BASC. Yes they have chosen to use a third party consultant over the years to help with consents, land purchase etc, but they have, or at least the majority of the clubs have, remained members of BASC. The association (James Green + ) attended the last meeting with NE to discuss the upper Humber consent and saw at first hand what the wildfowlers have to contend with when attempting to deal with NE. Yes I have beed told James gave a good account of himself, which is great to hear. Edited September 27, 2020 by muncher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 i remember about ten years ago a humber member came our agm and ask a top basc official to help them out and he told to f off were not spending that money we are not spending that money we will write you a letter but that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted September 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 For anyone interested in a more in-depth insight into our challenge to Natural England's approach to wildfowling consents listen to the September BASC Podcast which features an interview with James Green, BASC head of wildfowling. The podcast is also well worth a listen to hear more about how we are pushing back against negative press for shooting. And also hear about how we are fighting attempts to undermine the general licences for pest birds in Wales and attempts to restrict gamebird releasing in England. See https://basc.org.uk/podcast/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rst1990 Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 Good to see basc doing this, since they dropped their legal aid insurance from Their membership and didn’t drop the membership fee I can see were they are putting the extra money. Good pr for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHenry Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Rst1990 said: Good to see basc doing this, since they dropped their legal aid insurance from Their membership and didn’t drop the membership fee I can see were they are putting the extra money. Good pr for them. Agreed 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted October 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 Thank you for the positive feedback Pushandpull, ShootingEgg, Terry2016, scolopax, muncher, Rst1990 and PeterHenry. Very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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