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Long term strategic involvement from principal consultant and founder John Regan. Read more…

March 12th, 2012

Form of assistance On a part time but intensive basis John will bring his 25 years of experience to bear on your need to secure funding for capital development. Beneficial results Target: £5,000,000 to 10,000,000 to radically develop a site’s offer. Finance required Upon enquiry We worked with JRA for some years.  John helped us [...]

The rule of 2 for zoos..?

February 25th, 2012

Always like Oliver Burkeman’s column in the Sat Guardian mag. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/thiscolumnwillchangeyourlife This week he floated the “rule of 2″.  The idea or  the game that there are just 2 basic things u need to know about any area of life.  So what are the 2 basic things that u need to know about operating a [...]

New funding for botanic field conservation

February 23rd, 2012

Fund opened for fieldwork in botanical conservation around the world http://goo.gl/I7dhu The fund aims to enable organisations to undertake fieldwork in their own country resulting in high quality seed collections for conservation.

European Commission LIFE+ funding programme for biodiversity to open soon

February 21st, 2012

LIFE+ 2012 Call The 2012 LIFE+ call is expected to be published in March 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm

Confusing a project description required by the external funding process with description required to actually deliver the project

February 12th, 2012

It may sound confusing but… consider the sequence of aims required in securing external funding for a given project.  First you will be tightly focussed on just winning the funds. This will of course in turn involve developing, describing and articulating your concept to the given funder, but only  in those practical areas necessary and [...]

No VAT for Irish Zoos

January 9th, 2012

JRA was delighted to provide a little advice to Irish charitable zoos on our role in assisting their UK equivalent to achieve VAT exemption.  The Irish Government has now granted exemption to Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park under the VAT Consolidation ACT 2010 as a cultural bodies. The threat of VAT imposition had threatened [...]

UPDATED incremental list of funders for conservation projects, zoos, gardens, aquaria: grants for conservation; funding for wildlife; funds for biodiversity education; zoos and capital investment

January 8th, 2012

Frequently updated ‘ragbag’ of potential funders for your projects … for zoos, gardens,conservation organisations, and similar sites or organisations, placing the newest we have come across at the top.   And follow us on Twitter for frequent updates  @Fundsforzoos Of course an undisciplined approach to plural funders in the thought that they just might plump [...]

Official record of parliamentary debate on economic role of zoos and similar sites: vitally useful for funding dialogues

December 22nd, 2011

Record of parliamentary debate on economic output of zoos now available on the downloads section of this website. Here are first few paras… Zoos (Regional Economic Development) Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Bill Wiggin.) 9.30 am Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con): Good morning, Mr Bone. As chairman of the all-party parliamentary [...]

National Zoo, Washington receives $4.5 million donation from David Rubenstein for giant pandas.

December 21st, 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) — The U.S. National Zoo said Monday a $4.5 million donation to its giant panda program will pay for five years of panda reproduction efforts. The gift from philanthropist David M. Rubenstein will maintain one of Washington’s most popular attractions during difficult financial times, zoo officials said. The pandas on loan [...]

Annual report on UK donations over 1 million pounds – 5 gifts to animals/ wildlife

December 11th, 2011

You can find this on the download section of our own website