29-06-2025
- Business
- South Wales Argus
New fund launched to help improve towns across Wales
The Tidy Towns Fund, announced by First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno on Saturday, June 28, will provide £5 million to support improvements in cities, towns, and villages throughout the country.
Ms Morgan said: "When our surroundings feel cared for, we feel cared for too and our new Tidy Towns Fund is a direct investment this year in the places we call home.
"Tidy Towns is about more than just bricks and mortar.
"It's about belonging and pride of place, because when a town centre feels alive, a street is tidy or a park is looked after, pride in our places means pride in ourselves."
The funding will be distributed to all local authorities in Wales and could be used for a range of projects, including footpath repairs, replacing signage, refurbishing bus shelters, and maintaining street furniture.
Other potential uses include litter removal, clearing fly-tipping, tidying overgrown areas, and painting community murals.
The fund builds on the Welsh Labour Government's ongoing investment in community spaces.
Since 2015, the £63 million Communities Facilities Programme has supported the creation, improvement, or preservation of more than 450 community spaces across Wales.
It also complements the existing £100 million Transforming Towns programme, which focuses on bringing underused or derelict properties back into use as businesses, housing, leisure facilities, commercial space, or community hubs.
