£30.9 million for regeneration projects in Wales

The Welsh Government will provide an extra £30.9 million to local authorities to deliver regeneration projects across Wales.

Since it launched in 2020, the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns programme has awarded more than £484 million in grant and loan funding to support regeneration across Wales. This extra funding brings the total investment for 2025/26 to £56.3 million.

Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Jayne Bryant visited two of the projects to receive funding including the Creative Hub at the Old Library on Queens Square in Wrexham. The transformation of the site was made possible by a £2.9 million Transforming Towns grant. The building had been empty for several years and is now a flexible, energy-efficient space for music, arts and creative businesses, housing recording studios, TV production facilities, rehearsal space and pop-up retail.

She also visited several projects in Caerphilly including the new Leisure and Wellbeing Centre, currently under construction. £900,000 is being invested to support the project.

Bryant said: "Seeing the progress in Wrexham and Caerphilly first-hand demonstrates the real, tangible difference this investment is making to people's lives and to the communities they live in.

This is about more than buildings — it is about giving people confidence in the place they call home, attracting jobs to the local area, and making sure that regeneration reaches every corner of Wales.

The breadth of investment across Wales — from Anglesey to the Valleys — shows our determination that no community is left behind, and that every part of Wales can benefit from renewal."