Mission Statement
Empowering Small Zoos. Uniting For Impact
The Small Zoo Network (SZN) exists to unite and empower small licensed zoological facilities across Britain and Ireland through collaboration, partnership, and shared expertise. We are committed to driving excellence in animal welfare, conservation, education and research by promoting high standards, facilitating resource and data sharing, and supporting our members in achieving their full potential. Through collective action, we represent and advocate for the vital role small zoos play within their communities and in protecting the natural world.
​Membership for small licensed zoos is free of charge and the network is committed to providing free and low-cost CPD opportunities, enhancing skills, fostering collaboration, and championing positive change within our community.
"No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced."
David Attenborough
Key Performance Indicators
​Measurable, Specific, Relevant, Time-bound and Actionable.
KPI's can help us all to measure our progress, assess our performance, identify areas for improvement, support decision making and drive our focus.
Member Engagement
•Active user rate in members WhatsApp group to advice sought of 100% with answers to questions or with signposting
•Member satisfaction rate score 80% positive responses
•Member attendance to meetings and Free or low cost CPD - target 60% attendance
•100% of members contributing to the membership annually at least once in the form of replies to membership on WhatsApp community, document sharing, project engagement and attending or hosting members for CPD events​
Resource Sharing
•Number of resources shared/uploaded in the websites resource section to reach a minimum of 20 new resources or updates per year
•Resource downloaded or utilised from the drive - target 80% of members
•100% of members contributing at least one resource annually, this can be through documents, attending or hosting workshops, or participation in a collaborative project
Collaborative Projects
•Minimum of 2 collaborative projects per year
•50% of members actively involved in at least one of the collaborative projects
•A number of case studies published - member collections PR and social media pieces highlighting projects - target 10 individual cases per year​
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CPD
•Minimum of 4 FreePD or low cost CPD events held annually
•All CPD events will promote member collections in reaching their full potential with an ethos of collaborative
working and streamlining process for high standards of welfare, conservation, education and research.
The first and only Network dedicated to advocating for and empowering the UK’s small zoological collections.