The Countryside Alliance works for everyone who loves the countryside and the rural way of life. Our vision is of a vital, working and thriving countryside for the benefit of the whole nation.

Firearms Inquiry - remaining united
Thursday, 09 September 2010
Members of the shooting community must remain united and make their caseYou may have read in this week's "Shooting Times" that the Home Affairs Select Committee on firearms control "experienced such a large volume of emails from members of the shooting community submitting evidence to the current inquiry that its computers crashed". The magazine reports that, as at the submission deadline of 27th August, the clerk of the committee had received over 300 submissions; a huge number.
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Game-to-Eat’s autumn mission
Thursday, 09 September 2010
The GTE recipe booklet for 2010The Countryside Alliance Foundation’s Game-to-Eat campaign has a packed autumn of initiatives, including publication of its tenth annual recipe booklet; step-by-step game preparation web films, trade newsletters and a series of game workshops for chefs at Leith’s in London. Order a recipe book or newsletter now from This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Countryside Alliance Awards - nominate now
Thursday, 09 September 2010

Countryside Alliance AwardsThe 2010 Countryside Alliance Awards are open to nomination - nominate here. The Awards are our annual celebration of rural business, produce, communities, skills and heritage through the people who work so hard to make country life tick. You can nominate in one or more of our 8 categories, and you can vote more than once. Voting closes in late October. Read more about the Awards, criteria, categories and past winners at www.countrysideallianceawards.co.uk. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 0207 840 9340 if you would like hard-copy nomination forms or publicity posters.

 
Blair and hunting – the truth
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
During the fight for hunting, Blair is in no doubt of rural feeling as he visits the West CountryTony Blair’s reputation for not being wholly wedded to the truth has been supported by more important evidence than his behaviour over the Hunting Act, but that issue and his re-writing of history in his memoir ‘A Journey’ typifies his delusion. In it he says that the hunting ban is “one of the domestic legislative measures I most regret”, but claims he ensured that the Hunting Act was “a masterly British compromise” that left enough loopholes to allow hunting to continue “provided certain steps were taken to avoid cruelty when the fox is killed.”
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Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into firearms control - our submission
Friday, 03 September 2010

Photo by Paul QuaglianaThe deadline has now passed for submissions to the inquiry into firearms control, set up by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the wake of the Cumbria shootings. Hundreds of submissions have been received by the inquiry and we await news of the Committee's views. Please read on for key points from the Countryside Alliance's own submission to the inquiry  or alternatively download our full submission here.

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Buy your new season shooting badge
Friday, 30 July 2010

The £100 season badgeThe £10 supporter badgeWith the new season in prospect, please support the Countryside Alliance's shooting campaign by buying your new 2010/11 shooting badge. The cartridge-shaped badges change colour each season, and this year have been produced in turquoise blue. Shooting supporters can buy a £100 season badge or a £10 supporter badge, safe in the knowledge that funds raised will be ploughed straight back into promoting and defending your sport. Click here to buy your badge. Visit www.shooting-alliance.org.uk to find out about our campaign and our excellent shooting insurance offers.

 

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