Welcome

We are a social enterprise based in Llandudno Junction, North Wales.

Crest Co-operative – How we started

Crest Co-operative 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 co-operative, to help disabled and unemployed people increase their skills and gain employment – either within the co-operative or to move on to sustainable employment within the community.

The project ran for 3 years and at the end of the project the co-operative became a ‘Not For Profit Limited Company'. A further Lottery application was granted for the co-operative 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 co-operative established two community businesses, within which the training could be delivered.

Over the following five years the company 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 Co-operative 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.