About Us

UCSW 

Background: The UCSW was set up in 1997 as an independent organisation to fight robustly for our members rights and against any threat to their jobs and homes. It became an independent listed trade union on 17th September 1999.  

Objectives:
a) to watch over, promote and protect the interests of our members and to regulate relations between members and employers

b) act as a single unifying body for all those employed either directly or indirectly in Country Sports

c) represent the interests of members to the main political parties, Government Commissions, the TUC, official field sports bodies and the media

d) aim to protect members jobs, and members and employers joint interests from external and political threat

Number of Members: The UCSW has around 5,000 members based all over the UK and in Europe and America.

Structure: The UCSW is run almost entirely on a voluntary basis. The majority of committee members have full time jobs and yet find time to do a tremendous amount for the Union to try and safeguard their future.