Friends of the Zoo
Friends of the Zoo was formed in 1997 by a group of community volunteers with a shared love for the zoo. Belfast Zoo friends can volunteer in different ways including:
- animal habitat improvement works
- animal craft workshops
- animal artefacts displays
- special zoo events
- fundraising projects
- committee meetings
- animal talks
Friends of the Zoo regularly donate their fundraising efforts to Belfast Zoo. In recent years this has led to the development of our Scottish wildcats habitat and animal artefacts for our education programmes. Your donations to Friends of the Zoo will contribute directly to Belfast Zoo.
Friends of the Zoo is a registered charity, number NIC107494.
For more information, to volunteer or donate, contact Friends of the Zoo (link opens in new window) or email fo_bz@hotmail.com
Corporate volunteering day
Our corporate volunteering day gives organisations the opportunity to lend a helping hand at the zoo while providing a unique way to fulfil your social responsibility goals. The activities for the corporate volunteering day will vary to fit the needs of the zoo during your visit. Some examples of work completed by corporate volunteers include:
- planting flowers
- painting around zoo site
- making animal enrichment
- creating a hedgehog garden
- putting bark in a sun bear paddock
- barking and removing trees
- fixing giraffe enclosure scenery
- weeding enclosures
- cutting leaves, twigs, or other high-growing vegetation for elephants, giraffes, monkeys, chimps or gorillas
- trimming greenery around the zoo
- staining wooden picnic benches
Working in enclosures is guaranteed as all volunteers will wear steel toe cap boots. We cannot guarantee that you will have direct contact with an animal. The corporate volunteering package will provide your employees with a unique hands-on out of office volunteering experience.
This package is available for a minimum donation of £150. This donation will go towards one of the zoo’s 11 conservation projects. Corporate volunteering is limited to five to 15 volunteers per session.
For more information or to book this package, contact info@belfastzoo.co.uk.