cadmin Crest Community Fund has supported Llandudno’s Victorian Extravaganza!The extravaganza received a grant of £500 from Crest Co-operative’s fund to help with the cost of a community stage. Here we are on the streets of Llandudno, taking a trip back in time to the Victorian era. We are pictured with housing association Cartrefi Conwy, the main … Read more
Crest Co-operative has launched a new short magazine for 2013! To download your copy of The Recycler click here.
A SOCIAL enterprise will be bringing life back to an empty Llandudno shop unit. Recycling company Crest Co-operative will be opening a new retail store on Mostyn Broadway, Llandudno on Saturday, February 16. The unit was previously occupied by HSS Hire for several years and is situated at the back of Parc Llandudno. Shoppers can … Read more
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS! We are opening a new shop on Mostyn Broadway, Llandudno (behind Debenhams) on Saturday, February 16th! The store will have a large furniture and electrical showroom, stocking washing machines, fridge freezers, sofas, furniture and much more! Our Llandudno Junction shop will close on Saturday, February 9th. For further details, download the PDF … Read more
Press notice from 10 Downing Street Crest Co-operative, a Welsh social enterprise whose sustainable recycling business also helps those struggling to find work, is the latest Big Society Award winner. Crest Co-operative operates a number of recycling initiatives diverting functional, household and electrical goods and food away from landfill, selling restored household items at … Read more
A North Wales Housing pilot scheme with the North Wales arm of national charity, FareShare has been a huge success. The FareShare ethos of ‘No good food should be wasted’, sees the non-profit organisation, FareShare North Wales, run by social enterprise Crest Co-operative, reclaim fit for purpose food from businesses, including supermarkets, and redistribute it … Read more
Crest Co-operative has been named in the RBS SE100 index 2012. The recycling company has featured in the top 100 social enterprises for growth, coming in at number 69. Crest Co-operative achieved 24% growth in 2012. To find out more visit http://se100.net/growth/.
CREST Co-operative hopes to tackle rising bills by delivering free food to struggling community groups. Earlier this year Crest Co-operative won the Social Enterprise of the Year 2012 award, in a Wales wide search. A cash prize of £1, 000 was awarded to the business, based in Llandudno Junction. This week Crest Co-operative announced that … Read more
CREST Co-operative has awarded £4924.90 to community groups across Conwy since July 2012. This week six projects were awarded grants. Support 2 Communicate, which is run by Conwy Stroke Group, received a funding boost to purchase a second hand computer. Volunteers aim to use the laptop to aid the recovery of people who have suffered … Read more
The group of adults, who all have learning or physical disabilities, were joined by Crest Co-operative’s mascot Tommy Textile. The team of staff walked along the Llandudno promenade for two miles. Donations are still flooding in, but the team hope to raise more than £500 for the cause.