Applications for funded education and community visits from April 2025 to March 2026 are now closed. Over 2,000 adults and children are now booked for a fully funded visit to the zoo during this time.
Please note, we are still welcoming new Community Members. So, if you’re a community organisation and charity that meets our eligibility criteria, check out our Community Membership as a way to secure year-round access to Bristol Zoo Project for your members and/or beneficiaries.
Alternatively, if you would like to apply for a funded visit next year, please visit our website again in April 2026.
However, we know that many groups face barriers to accessing green spaces and wildlife.
Access to Nature aims to remove these barriers, ensuring Bristol Zoo Project is truly accessible and inclusive for all.
Through Community Membership, or through our funded education or community visits, we offer year-round access to the wildlife and green spaces here at Bristol Zoo Project. In this way we ensure nature, both locally and globally, is accessible and inspiring for everyone in our community.
Our Access to Nature programme is funded with huge thanks to the generous donations and grants we have received, for which we are extremely grateful. We would like to give a special mention to the Medlock Charitable Trust for their very generous support which provides funded educational visits for school children.
Community Membership is designed for community organisations and charities that meet our eligibility criteria. It gives your members and/or beneficiaries year-round access to Bristol Zoo Project.
Funded community visits to Bristol Zoo Project are available for community groups, charities and youth organisations that meet the programme's eligibility criteria.
Funded education visits to Bristol Zoo Project are available for schools that meet our eligibility criteria.
Your donations to Access to Nature will support people in our community who face barriers accessing nature, ensuring nature is available for everyone.
There are so many ways you can help us in our mission to protect threatened species and habitats, from fundraising and membership to donations and sponsorship.
