Visit Wales is running a small-scale capital grants fund in 2025-2026 to support tourism attractions to invest in weather-proofing measures.
Purpose of fund
Periods of poor weather negatively affect the operation of tourism attraction businesses in two main ways:
- by preventing the business from operating as normal (for example, if a facility becomes water-logged)Â
- by impacting negatively on the visitor experience and/or discouraging visits.Â
Weather-proofing measures supported by this Fund will be aimed at:
- mitigating these impacts by helping to support the business’s economic resilience and adaptability,
- strengthen the climate resilience of the business,Â
- help enable the business to offer its best possible welcome to visitors during the 2025 Year of Croeso.
What will it fund?
The Fund is offering capital grants of between £5,000 and £20,000, which must be used before 31 March 2026. No revenue costs will be considered. The grant can support up to 75% of the costs of the weather-proofing measures (or up to £20,000 if this is less than 75% of the costs).
The remainder of the costs must be financed by the business from its own funds or private sources of finance. Applicants cannot use any other form of grant or funding from any public sector organisation as match funding.
Projects must be completed, full spend incurred and claimed by 31 March 2026.
If you are interested, please read the Guidance Notes and complete the Application Form, submitting the required documentation to WeatherProofingFund@gov.wales no later than 1pm on 22 May 2025.
If you have any questions please email WeatherProofingFund@gov.wales or call 03000 622418.
