GREAT Gateway Innovation Fund (Year 4) 2026/2027
GREAT Gateway Innovation Fund is a grant from £100,000 for accredited visitor economy partnerships and destination management organisations in England, Scotland and Wales to market destinations in the United States. This scheme has closed.
Run by VisitBritain · funded by GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign
Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 5 Oct 2026.
This scheme has closed
It closed on 7 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.
Financial assistance to nationally-accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (England) or regional Destination Management Organisations (Scotland and Wales) to deliver marketing activity in the United States.
Status and deadline
Status
Confirmed on the official page
Deadline
As stated: Opening date: 21 September 2026, 11:00am ... Closing date: 7 October 2026, 12:00pm (Midday)
Confirmed on the official page
How much
Whole fund: £200,000, shared between applicants
You put in: For every £1 in grant funds, a minimum of £2 made up of a minimum 50 pence in cash co-financing contributions and an additional 150 pence in monetised in-kind contributions from campaign partners.
This may be the whole fund rather than what one business can get
Who can apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Business size
How to apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: England, Scotland and Wales
Confirmed on the official page
Open across England and Scotland and Wales, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.
- Confirmed on the official page
- Uncertain, or sources disagree
- Important, but we could not find it
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with VisitBritain before you apply.
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- find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/great-gateway-innovation-fund-2026-27-1via Find a grant (GOV.UK), read 5 Oct 2026