John Regan Associates - External funding for zoos, botanical gardens & aquaria

I was fascinated last night by the  ‘Interspecies’  contemporary art exhibition which opened at  the Cornerhouse, Manchester UK recently  See: http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/global/interspecies.html. It will tour to London, Edinburgh and Northumberland, and, I understand  new work thereafter will allow it to extend to other venues
This has been put together by a remarkably innovative organisation called Arts Catalysts [...]

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Many leading experts in different fields point to pickings to be found for the exotic worlds of zoos, botanic gardens and conservation in an economic downturn, and, in certain respects, this is the time to invest, rather than cutback:
High calibre staff are leaving the financial sector and other (previously!) well remunerated areas of business, deciding [...]

I hope all UK zoos, botanic gardens, aquariums etc. are tracking the Government’s “Community Infrastucture”. As I understand it, this threatens to seriously increase the capital costs of new building by UK charities – which of course will especially effect zoo and similar projects

In working across Europe to help sites achieve ‘transformational’ funding from one or other level of government, the same ideas often emerge. In which ways can you finesse your project in such a way that it ‘adds value’ to your society. These are some of the agenda that will help you get the attention of public [...]