The everyday news from crest and our local community
Did you know Llandudno Junction has its very own community radio station broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week?Crest Community Radio, based at Ferry Farm Road in Llandudno Junction, has been providing a round-the-clock live service since December 2024. While Crest Radio was established in 2020, it has only recently launched its full … Read more
Crest Cooperative, in collaboration with Conwy Youth Service, proudly announces the success of its Happitat learning programme, which recently saw eight young participants complete a comprehensive skills development course. The participants received certificates in CV Writing, Manual Handling, and First Aid, equipping them with valuable qualifications to support their future career aspirations. Participants also had … Read more
Crest Cooperative has announced that they are now operating an electric vehicle, the first in the organisation’s fleet. With support from the National Lottery, Crest has purchased our first electric van and installed fast charging equipment at Crest’s Reuse Hub. This fast-charging station is hooked up to the solar panels already installed at the site … Read more
Last year Crest received a donation from the Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru of pre-loved IT equipment, including laptops, PC towers and printers. With this equipment Crest undertook a large-scale upgrade of its IT equipment, using the new devices to expand its training facilities. Four bespoke training rooms were created across 2 sites using some … Read more
A team, led by Mr Rod Williams, Manging Director, have represented Crest at this year’s annual conference of the Reuse Network. At this event charities and social enterprises from across the UK come together to share knowledge and experience of tackling the growing cost of living crisis and supporting communities’ right across the nation. During … Read more
David Culleton is a long-time member of the SAP Department at Crest, a Llandudno Junction based charity that support adults with learning and physical disabilities find work experience. The Supported Ability Placement scheme has been going for over 20 years and aims to provide vulnerable adults with life enhancing work opportunities. David who is a … Read more
Check out what our staff, volunteers and clients been up to! Here we have Gemma, one of our amazing Work Opps clients who have been busy sorting through your donated DVDs. She’s picked out her favourite – Doctor Who! Crest Radio is now up and running and has so far been quite popular! So much … Read more
Check out what our staff, volunteers and clients been up to! Here’s Dan, our new White Goods Operative, using his newly learnt skills of fixing fridge freezers to the test by posing for us! He’s really concentrating hard! Emlyn and Fran return to Crest in Motion, and they’re working hard checking our first aid kits … Read more
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Check out what our staff, volunteers and clients been up to! [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Here we have Phil, the Retail Supervisor with two of our fantastic volunteers in Angeline and JJ. Both are quite new to Retail and are adapting quickly to their roles. Make sure you say hi if you see … Read more
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Check out what our staff, volunteers and clients been up to! [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Here’s Gwyn and Anthony, Gwyn who volunteers and Anthony who is part of our fantastic Work Opps team. Believe it or not they’re not related, but the resemblance is uncanny! [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Steve P returns to Crest in … Read more