GIVE THE GIFT OF OVER

80 CARDIFF BUSINESSES

For Shoppers: Give the gift of cardiff

BUY A GIFT CARD

The Cardiff Gift Card is the perfect way to shop local and support the city you love. Accepted at over 80 businesses across the city centre, it can be used everywhere from big names like John Lewis, Lush, and Marks & Spencer to local favourites such as Bar 44, Wally’s Deli, and Hobo’s Vintage. To view the full list of businesses, click here.

We’re now introducing digital gift cards, so you can send and spend your Cardiff Gift Card straight from your phone. Whether you prefer a physical card or a digital one, both work in exactly the same way — simply use it at the till as you would any Mastercard.

Perfect for birthdays, Christmas, or just because, the Cardiff Gift Card is a thoughtful gift that keeps money flowing within our local economy.

  • The most common reason for cards being declined is insufficient funds. Unlike many store specific cards our gift cards only work on transactions up to the balance on the card – they will not automatically deduct their value from a more expensive transaction. For example if you want to buy a £50 item but you only have £30 on your gift card you will need to ask the cashier to put though the transaction in separate stages. It is possible that the business you are trying to spend your card in has had updated software and needs to be reconnected to our network.

    If you have an issue redeeming your card in any business please contact us by emailing giftcard@forcardiff.com and we will investigate.

  • Every business that we list in our where to spend section has formally signed up to be a part of the Cardiff Gift Card however with over 80 businesses involved and each of those businesses employing multiple staff mistakes do sometimes happen. If you’ve had an issue spending your card in one of the businesses on our list then please let us know so that we can prevent this from happening again.

  • The aim of the Cardiff Gift Card is to keep money in Cardiff – to make sure that our cards do that we operate what’s called a ‘closed loop’ system. To accept our gift cards a business has to be connected to that closed loop. Any business in the city centre is welcome to accept the card but they need to formally sign up. If there is somewhere that you’d like to spend your card but can’t then why not mention it in store and encourage them to get in touch with us.

  • FOR Cardiff is the business improvement district for Cardiff city centre. We are funded by city centre businesses and we deliver a range of campaigns to improve the trading environment of the city. You can find out more about us and the wide range of work we deliver over on our main website www.forcardiff.com

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