NEWQUAY ZOO AWARDS
Education Awards and commendations
2005 BIAZA Commendation for the Formal Education Project for Map Mania.
2003 Devon and Cornwall Education Business Partnerships Platinum Provider
Award for work placements.
2003 Zoo Federation education Project Meritorious award for "Further and higher
Education Partnerships"
2002 Zoo Federation Education Project Meritorious award commendation for
"Family Event Trails"
1999 Zoo Federation Education Project Meritorious award commendation for
Encouraging Modern Foreign Language Skills"
Business / Tourism Awards and commendations
2007-2008 SILVER award for Visitor Attraction of the Year South West Tourism
Excellence Awards
2007 Cornwall Tourism Awards Bronze Award for Visitor attraction of the Year 2007
2006 Cornwall Tourism Awards Bronze Award for Sustainable Tourism
2006 Winner of ‘Visitor Attraction of the Year' at the Cornwall Tourism Awards
2005 Cornwall Tourist Awards Silver Award for Visitor Attraction of the Year.
2005 Cornwall Tourist Awards Bronze Award for Sustainable Tourism
2004 Cornwall Tourist Awards Sustainable Tourism Award winner
2004 South West Tourism Excellence Awards Finalist 2004 - 2005 Larger Visitor
Attraction of the year
2003 Cornwall Tourist Board Award highly commended Visitor attraction category
2002 Cornwall Tourist Board Award Finalist Visitor attraction category
2000 HSBC Small Business of the Year Finalist
1999 HSBC Small Business of the Year 2nd place winner
Animal Welfare and enclosure awards
1998 Zoo Federation award for Asian Otter enclosure enrichment
1997 Zoo Federation award for African Plains mixed species enclosure
1996 Zoo Federation award for Black Ape enclosure enrichment
1996 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare award for Black Ape enclosure
1996 Zoo Federation award for Kinkajou enrichment
EAZA Fundraising Awards
2005 Shellshock Campaign BRONZE Award for raising over 2,000 euros in support
of the EAZA Shellshock Campaign 2004/2005.
2007 Madagascar Campaign SILVER Award doe raising over 4,000 euros in support
of the EAZA Madagascar campaign 2006/2007.
Other certificates of achievement awarded
2008 First prize for 'Best Exhibit' in the Countryside Area at the 2008 Royal Cornwall
Show.
2007 GOLD Award from the Green Business Tourism Scheme (The first attraction in
Cornwall to get a GOLD Award.
2005 CoaST "Champion of Good Practice" In regonition of outstanding,
unprecedented contribution to Sustainable Tourism development in Cornwall
and for taking to their ambassadorial role with passion and enthusiam!
2005 Investors in People Award
2004 Participation in National Science Week
2003 Participation in National Science Week
2002 Millennium Volunteer host organisation
2002 Investors in Education Business Partnership
