Latest news
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Catching-up – New rules and how they affect you
Aim to Sustain strongly recommends that anyone catching-up gamebirds follows a minimum 21-day standstill or quarantine period before any birds caught-up are moved off the premises.

Aim to Sustain statement on RSPB Birdcrime report
Despite the positive news of a massive decline in raptor persecution this year, all involved in Aim to Sustain share the same total commitment to tackling this crime with a swift and zero tolerance approach.

Great British Game Week is here!
Great British Game week launches today, running from the 6th – 12th November.

Management of game assurance scheme transferring from BGA to Aim to Sustain
The infrastructure of the assurance scheme built by British Game Assurance (BGA) will be transferred to Aim to Sustain, it was announced today (Monday 16 October).

A Party Conference Season Shooting Summary
Party conference season is always a busy time of the year for organisations with lobbying interests, and 2023 has been no different for Aim to Sustain partner organisations with representation and activity across all of the main nationwide political parties.

The power of a united game shooting and rural community
After receiving a staggering 42,000 responses, estimated to be mostly from the game shooting community, National Resources Wales (NRW) has announced that it will not be continuing with proposals to license gamebird release in the next year for the 2024/25 season.

Aim to Sustain at the Game Fair
The Game Fair is a celebration of all things country life – that very much includes field sports and shooting.

Gamebird Releasing Licence GL43 – Letter to the Secretary of State
We write to you having attended a ‘Gamebird Release Licensing Briefing’ with DEFRA and Natural England on Tuesday 6 June.

And now for some good news
Everyone of the partners of Aim to Sustain was heartened by the news that golden eagles are thriving in Scotland’s managed uplands. In the 7 years since the last survey there has been a 57% increase in golden eagle nests on land in Scotland managed by gamekeepers.
