Community engagement

Stronger communities have a greater capacity to care for wildlife – and through our zoos and our global reach we can help people realise the mental and physical health and wellbeing benefits of being close to nature.  

By 2030, working in Scotland and across the world, we want to enable more than 100 communities to better protect nature by:

• improving the wellbeing of communities, groups and individuals through access to nature

• enabling communities, groups and individuals to enhance life skills, opportunities and wellbeing through volunteering

• using our zoos as a resource to support local initiatives and strengthen communities, harnessing the unique convening power of nature

Find out more about our community engagement work at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park below.