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Crest Cooperative – How we started
Crest Cooperative Ltd was established in 1998. The company evolved from a project run by Scope. The project was established with one of the very first Lottery grants and the aim of the project was to establish a community cooperative to help disabled and unemployed people increase their skills and gain employment – either within the Cooperative or to move on to sustainable employment within the community.
The project ran for 3 years and at the end of the project the Cooperative became a Not For Profit Limited Company. A further Lottery application was granted for the Cooperative to develop vocational training courses to help disadvantaged people who had become socially excluded to gain life skills as well as real work experience in a supportative environment. The Cooperative established two community businesses within which the training could be delivered.
Over the following five years the Company has evolved and saw the potential for the social sector to deliver recycling services – as this was likely to be a growth area for businesses within the UK. Taking into consideration legislation that was being introduced in Wales to make recycling mandatory, Crest Cooperative developed three new enterprises all with recycling themes with the ultimate aim of becoming a self-sustaining social enterprise, but at the same time taking care not to lose its original ethos of working with and supporting disadvantaged individuals.
Crest Cooperatives Mission and Values
Mission
To develop sustainable social enterprises, providing training and work opportunities throughout the communities of Conwy and Denbighshire – incorporating social inclusion and environmental sustainability.
Values
- Working as part of the local community
- Providing friendly and accessible services
- Aiming for sustainability
- Commited to quality/best practice delivery
Legal Status
Company Name: Crest Co-Operative Ltd
Company Number: 3588496
Registered in England & Wales
VAT Number: GB 869 7084 64
Registered Office: Brierley House, Ferry Farm Road, Llandudno Junction, Conwy, LL31 9SF
Contract language is English
Crest Co-Operative is a limited company with non-profit making status.
The membership of the Co-Operative is made up of key stakeholders and individuals who receive services from the organisation. Voluntary Directors are elected from its membership at the Annual General Meeting. There are currently 7 Voluntary Directors with one place reserved for a staff representative. The Executive Committee meet on a bi-monthly basis throughout the year.
