The Shoot Charitable Trust
About Us
Twenty four years on since the first event, The Shoot is now a key date in Scotland’s shooting and social calendars. Over £4.4 million has been raised and distributed to charities across the country since it first began. Our 22nd Shoot will take place on Sunday 1oth August 2025, when we will welcome 400 guests to Auchterhouse Country Sports to enjoy another great day of clay pigeon shooting, socialising and fundraising.
Trustees – left to right:
Willie Allan MBE, Fay Bancewicz, Grant Yorke and Gerard Eadie CBE.
The Competition
The Shoot always takes place on the Sunday closest to The Glorious Twelfth – perfect timing for some practice before the shooting season begins. But it doesn’t just attract shooters – the competition is split into Rookies, Half Shots and Game Shots with prizes and trophies for all levels plus a special prize for Top Lady.
The Day
The Shoot has a winning combination of a challenging shooting competition taking place in the morning with prizes to be won at every stand, whilst the non-shooters are entertained with celebrity cookery demonstrations, fashion shows, beauty treatments and hospitality, all in the comfort of our tented village. In the afternoon, everyone moves into the main marquee for a fabulous afternoon hosted by Willie Allan MBE. A three course lunch, entertainment, prizegiving and auction all take place, finishing off with the grand finale raffle for a brand new car.
Charities
Our charity partners for 2025 are:
Maggie’s
Built in the grounds of NHS hospitals, Maggie’s drop-in centres are warm and welcoming places, with qualified professionals on hand to offer support, information and practical advice. The charity’s aim is to make the biggest difference possible to people living with cancer and their family and friends. For people with cancer, this support is vital.
Maggie’s first opened in Edinburgh in 1996 and there are now 26 centres across the UK with a growing network of three abroad, with more planned to open. Last year the centres welcomed over 300,000 visits, with the numbers expected to rise substantially in years to come.
Breakthrough T1D
Scotland has the world’s third highest incidence of type 1 diabetes with around 35,000 people living with the autoimmune condition. Rates are rising rapidly, particularly in children aged between five and nine, with over a thousand Scots diagnosed with type 1 every year. Breakthrough T1D is the type 1 diabetes research charity, funding innovative global research from pioneering biology studies to exciting clinical trials.
Breakthrough T1D-funded researchers at universities across Scotland are tackling crucial challenges in type 1 research ranging from treating eye complications to replacing insulin-making beta cells. Funds raised at The Shoot will support their research, capitalising on Scotland’s world-leading scientists to improve the lives of people with type 1, and one day eradicate it for good.
MND Scotland
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a rapidly progressing terminal neurological illness, which stops signals from the brain reaching the muscles. MND can rob someone of the ability to walk, talk, swallow and breathe. The average life expectancy of someone with MND is just 18 months from diagnosis. There is currently no cure or meaningful treatments.
MND Scotland is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to directly supporting people with MND, their families and friends.
Since being founded over forty years ago, MND Scotland has provided practical, financial and emotional support to anyone affected by MND whilst also funding essential research into finding effective treatments and a cure.
Beatson Cancer Charity
Beatson Cancer Charity is delighted to be working with Brain Tumour Research in a unique collaboration aimed at changing the story for brain tumour patients in Scotland.
The two leading cancer charities are working to establish the Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence, which will be based in laboratories at the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow. This will enable world-leading brain cancer experts to get closer to finding a cure for glioblastoma (GBM), a highly aggressive brain tumour with a devastatingly short average survival time of 12-18 months.
With funding, researchers in Edinburgh and Glasgow would be able to increase the number of clinical trials for GBM patients in Scotland and improve outcomes. Home to the largest group of multidisciplinary GBM researchers in the UK, the Centre will bridge the gap between promising new discoveries and patient benefit, from laboratory to bedside.
Contact Us
The Shoot Charitable Trust,
c/o CR Smith,
Gardeners Street,
Dunfermline,
KY12 0RN