Awards

The Scottish Seabird Centre has achieved VisitScotland's 5 Stars for excellence and has won 25 awards for sustainable tourism, customer service, wildlife, innovation and design, including the Green Tourism Gold Award and the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise. A selection is listed below:

Winner of the Chamber of Commerce Environmental Award 2009 - see the short film on the Centre's environmental practices
Queen's Award for Enterprise 2004 and 2009 - HRH The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Seabird Centre in 2009 to personally present the award and tour the Centre
Gold Level, Green Business Tourism Award (VisitScotland)
Investor in People
Five Star Visitor Attraction VisitScotland
Winner, Environmental Regeneration of Scotland Award (Scottish Enterprise & Scottish Natural Heritage)
Finalist, British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Winner, Scottish Thistle Awards - Tourism and the Environment category (VisitScotland and Scottish Natural Heritage)
Winner, Civic Trust Award for contribution to quality and appearance of environment
Finalist, Best Millennium Attraction (British Heritage magazine)
Highly Commended, British Tourism Award (British Guild of Travel Writers)
Overall Winner, Best Promotional Leaflet (Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions)
Highly Commended Business of the Year Awards

Green Credentials

The Scottish Seabird Centre is very proud to have won a Green Tourism Gold Award. This award recognises the importance of businesses being environmentally friendly and encourage the development of sustainable tourism industry.

Green Business Network Accredited

Three ticks demonstrates we have an environmental policy, we are committed to complying with applicable legislation, we review our suppliers, we regularly review our environmental action plan, we engage staff on environmental issues andwe have an environmental management system in place. Full details on the Green Business Partnership.

Queen's Award for Enterprise (Sustainable Development)

Pictured opposite are the Seabird Centre's staff and volunteers celebrating winning the prestigious accolade of the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2004 and was won again in 2009.

The Scottish Seabird Centre gratefully acknowledges support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Scottish Natural Heritage and Tyne Esk Leader Funding in delivery of its conservation and education projects and events and exhibitions.