Contacting Us
We have temporarily stopped applications for membership from non-FAC holders as we have reached a limit to the numbers of new members we can safely supervise and instruct. If you are interested in joining the club, you will first need to introduce yourself by emailing either the Club Chairman or the Club Secretary, giving some information about yourself and the reasons for your interest in the Club. You should also supply your address and telephone number so that we can get in touch with you directly and invite you to visit at an appropriate time. You will then be placed on our waiting list.
Email to:
Chairman: David Downhill
Email:
chairman@ivsc.co.uk
Secretary: Robert Pulling
Email:
secretary@ivsc.co.uk
Please be aware that we have to comply with Home Office guidance (see here) in order to maintain our club status. The guidance includes the following:
- the club will maintain a register of the attendance of all members together with details for each visit of the firearms which they used and the competitions, if any, in which they took part;
- the club will inform the police of any holder of a firearm certificate who has ceased to be a member for whatever reason;
- the club will inform the police if any member who holds a firearm certificate has not shot with the club for a period of 12 months;
- the club will inform the police of any application for membership, giving the applicant’s name and address, and of the outcome of any application;
- no application for full or probationary membership will be granted unless the applicant has informed the club of whether he or she has ever had an application for a firearm or shotgun certificate refused by the police, or had a certificate revoked;
- members, prospective members and guests must sign a declaration that they are not prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition by virtue of section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 (which applies to persons who have served a term of imprisonment);