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

UK zoos have recouped a figure in the region of £30 million over the last two years and secured ongoing exemption. Although the result of a lengthy legal process, the funds were hastened and more certainly secured due to an extended lobby programme by John Regan Associates through Sir Digby Jones of the CBI direct [...]

Some 23 European zoos from 12 countries have chosen involvement in an advocacy programme to optimise the possibility of European zoos successfully bidding to the forthcoming LIFE+ funding instrument for the environment. This programme also embraces overtures to, and information gathering from other funding agenda in the EU, as well as work to generally instil [...]

In 2004 ‘The Manifesto for Zoos’ provided the first ever full articulation of the overall value of UK zoos and aquariums to UK society. Following encouraging comments from Gordon Brown to Sir Digby Jones, we are now leading a dialogue with the UK Government as to the potential for historic new funding to recognise the [...]

We were instrumental in assisting BIAZA recruit its first ever ‘President’ to allow a greater engagement with senior political and establishment figures,  and to pursue a new recognition for zoos and aquariums and the funding that can come with this. Professor Drummond Bone was formerly the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and President of [...]

Our work with Marwell Zoological Park has made satisfyingly rapid progress over the last 12 months, and has now coalesced around an exciting £5 million project build (notional budget only). With our assistance Marwell Zoological Park has now been actively invited to bid for two separate grants (one public and one private funder) each separately [...]

As a ‘tail end’ of our work for the UK zoo consortium, we worked with Professor Drummond Bone to secure the presence of Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport at this event. This is with a view to asking the UK Government to develop a deeper understanding of the many [...]

This is an unedited and unproofed excerpt from a forthcoming book: Transformational External funding for Zoos, Botanic Gardens, Aquariums and similar site based organisations By John Regan and J.J.W Edwards to be published in 2010.   Shortly before he died under a hail of FBI bullets emerging from the Biograph Cinema, Chicago, the USA’s public [...]

If you would like to receive a free regular newsletter on funding opportunites for zoos, botanic gardens, aquariums and similar organisations, please email John Edwards (Johnedwards@johnreganassociates.com) and let him know.  There are two versions, UK zoo funding and Eurozoo funding.  All subscribers to the former will automatically get the latter as well.  So let John [...]

Public capital investment for large audience nature venues Interview 1: Professor Chris West, Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Background: The RZSA or Zoos South Australia is a non profit operating two sites, Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Open Range Zoo, as well as the Conservation Ark programme. In 2006 Professor Chris West, formerly of the [...]