October 2014
A TEAM of adults with disabilities will be running a community shop.
Crest Co-operative’s work opportunities team, a group of more than 30 adults with learning and physical disabilities, have transformed a furniture storage area into a retail store.
Crest Community Store on Ferry Farm Road, Llandudno Junction, has been closed since 2012 and used as a storage area and offices, after Crest Co-operative opened large community stores in Llandudno and Colwyn Bay. The retail store will open on November 4 from 11am until 3pm, with a Furniture for a Fiver sale and will stock small items of furniture, clothing and household goods.
The Work Opportunities team, who have been assisting in Crest Co-operative’s reuse enterprises over the last two years, have been working hard to get the new store ready for its opening.
Pat Chapman, Work Opportunities Manager, said the team are excited about running their own retail store. She said: “The Work Opportunities team have designed the shop. They are really proud of it and are looking forward to the opening.
“They have been cleaning furniture, ironing and hanging clothes, selecting books and checking board games to see if they have all the parts.
“When people buy from the store it helps us to run our reuse enterprises, which create work opportunities for local people,” she added.
Support workers, volunteers and a health and social care student from Coleg Llandrillo, have been assisting the Work Opportunities team.
Crest Co-operative is a social enterprise. Crest Community Store, Ferry Farm Road, Llandudno Junction will be open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11am – 3pm.
