Syndicates, Clubs and Groups
We always welcome new syndicate and club memberships at Scottish Association for Country Sports. There’s no better way to protect yourselves and your sport by joining as part of a group. The enrolment process is very simple; just send us an email or call 01350 724 228.
Alongside insurance, advocacy and support, some of the benefits of Syndicate, Club and Group Membership of SACS include:
Shooting lease advice: SACS helps clubs, shoots, clubs and syndicates with leases and paperwork; our in-house rural practice chartered surveyor and land agent can cut through the jargon to make sure your lease is correct and fair.
Wildfowling Club lease advice and negotiation: In addition to normal shooting lease advice, our Chartered Surveyor is a former Crown Estate employee with an understanding of how Crown Estates are managed. This is particularly important for wildfowling associations and clubs.
Shooting Rates advice: SACS leads the way in supporting and guiding shoots and syndicates with shooting rates queries. Our own rural practice chartered surveyor and land agent works closely with Ratings Assessors and is able to offer professional guidance for free as part of your membership - a huge saving on professional advice fees you may otherwise have had to pay.
All syndicate and club members become full SACS members, covering them for a wide range of shooting and country sports away from the syndicate or club activities. i.e. they are not restricted to the syndicate or club.
SACS also offers free insurance for guests and occasional beaters who do not have their own shooting or country sports insurance. You just need to notify us before or on the morning of the event – even at the last minute – by call, telephone message, text or email and they will be covered for the day as a courtesy member. For more than a couple of days, do please ask them to join SACS and support our work.
Firearms licensing support and guidance: if any of your syndicate or club members are struggling with a firearms licensing issue, then get them to contact us. SACS is a leading firearms advocacy body and works closely with police forces across the UK.
Our insurance includes full member-to-member liability to ensure that if one syndicate or club member wishes to claim against another syndicate or club member and both have the same insurance policy, the claim will still stand.
We know how time-consuming it can be to run a shooting syndicate, stalking syndicate, shooting club, wildfowling association or angling club. At SACS we go out of our way to support you and make your life easier.
For more detail about our Syndicate, Club and Group benefits, read our factsheet.
Syndicate and Club Renewals
For syndicate and club group renewals please contact the office on the above number or email - renewals are quick and easy. Renewals for individual members of affiliated syndicates, clubs and groups can be done online - just choose the appropriate category when you check out.
Office hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. If lines are busy, just leave a message with your name and phone number. We will call you back as quickly as possible. Missed calls are monitored as well - even during busy times, we’ll call you back as quickly as we can.