About John Regan Associates
JRA is a small company that ‘obsesses’ on the acquisition of external funding for zoos, aquariums, botanic gardens and similar organisations in the UK and across Europe.
John has some 16 years experience in funding issues. He formerly set up and led Chester’s Zoo development office, negotiating a $3 million sponsorship from Jaguar Cars, initiating the ‘Superzoo’ dialogue with NWDA, and was instrumental in lobbying for the recouping of VAT tax owed to UK zoos.
We often work on an intensive strategic basis to help organisations position themselves for major external capital investment.
We have also operated on a sector wide basis (in both the UK and Europe). This is in terms of ‘funding advocacy’ to improve the overall ‘fundability’ of zoos, botanic gardens and their like.
More recently we have become involved in compiling economic impact assessments for sites looking to position themselves for public funding
