The Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat campaign has teamed up with TV Chef Mark Hix to produce a booklet containing seasonal game cooking recipe ideas. The booklet contains a step by step guide showing how to produce dishes such as roast partridge with mushrooms and autumn greens or braised venison with carrots, all taken from Mark Hix’s new book – the appropriately named “Seasonal Food”.
In a news report from Shootinguk.co.uk: Shooting in same category as 'prostitution and brothels' it has been reported that a "television and radio advertising ban places shooting sports in same category as prostitution and brothels. Legitimate shooting sports have been placed in the same category as brothels and prostitution in a controversial consultation on the broadcast ban on clay shooting grounds, gun shops and gun dealers from advertising on television and radio."
Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart updates you on the important work our political team is doing for shooting rights: The process of creating legislation is not sexy, but it is an area where the devil in the detail could not be more important. The Alliance is very lucky to have a political team who have been through the mill and have an intimate understanding of the workings of Westminster. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which is currently in the House of Lords, is a case in point. Most of us would be snoring gently after the first page, but thankfully others have more fortitude and the Alliance, with partner organisations, has been scrutinising every clause.
The Countryside Alliance has responded to the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising (BCAP) consultation on their respective codes of practice. The codes currently prohibits all broadcasting advertising of guns and gun clubs. The Alliance has pointed out a series of errors about legitimate gun use and made the case for removing the unjustified ban on broadcast advertising of firearms.
Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart celebrates National Shooting Week's success in taking shooting sports to new audiences: New research which we published at the start National Shooting Week (23rd-31st May 2009) has revealed the extent of misunderstanding amongst the general public about the legitimate use of guns. Nine out of 10 people surveyed did not think that training young people to use legal firearms would decrease the likelihood that they would misuse guns in the future.
As part of National Shooting Week 2009, which has a remit of attracting newcomers to shooting sports and not "preaching to the choir", Men's magazine FHM's "High Street Honeys" were filmed enjoying a day of clay shooting at the West London Shooting School.
New research* published by the Countryside Alliance at the start of National Shooting Week has revealed wide scale misunderstanding amongst the general public about the use of guns. Nine out of 10 people thought that training of young people in the use of legal firearms would not stop misuse despite research in the UK and worldwide showing the opposite to be true.