• Towns across the UK have less than one month left to enter Let’s Celebrate Towns 2026, delivered by Visa in partnership with Nationwide. Entries close on Sunday 25 October.
• Each category winner receives a £20,000 grant towards community-led projects or initiatives that give small businesses a boost.
• Towns can enter across five categories: High Street Revival, Backing Local Business, Protecting Valued Places, Connected Places and Community Pride.
• Towns are entered by their MPs, councillors and Business Improvement Districts, and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Parliament on 14 December 2026.
Towns across the UK have less than two weeks left to put themselves forward for Let’s Celebrate Towns 2026, the national showcase of the places helping local businesses and communities to thrive, delivered by Visa in partnership with Nationwide.
Now in its fourth year, the competition is looking for examples of brilliant entrepreneurship, fresh initiatives reviving high streets, ideas that protect valued places, innovative ways communities are staying connected, and the displays of local pride that make towns what they are. Each of the five category winners receives £20,000.
A town can be entered by its MP’s office, by any councillor or member of the local authority, or by its Business Improvement District, on behalf of local businesses, community groups and residents. Entry takes minutes and closes at 23:59 on Sunday 25 October.
For further detail, and to enter, visit Let’s Celebrate Towns 2026: www.visaeupromotions.com/lets-celebrate-towns-visa-nationwide/
NOTES TO EDITORS
- Let’s Celebrate Towns 2026 is a competition independently judged and open to residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 or over, who are members of the Local Authority, Town Council or relevant organisations of the Town. Entries must be received between 00:01 on 17 August 2026 and 23:59 on 25 October 2026 inclusive. A maximum of one entry per town per category during the competition period is permitted. A Town is defined as an area with a population between 5,000 and 225,000 based on the ONS built-up areas population distribution. For full terms and conditions, visit https://www.visaeupromotions.com/lets-celebrate-towns-visa-nationwide/
- For further information please contact: letscelebratetowns@stonehaven.co.uk
