CREATE UK ARE A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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Re-Use - Repair - Recycle
CREATE is a social enterprise based in Speke Liverpool. CREATE was formed in 1995 and has four broad aims:
- Environmental
- Source and remove used white goods (washers, cookers, refrigeration etc) from the waste stream
- Select appliances suitable for reuse
- Appropriately recycle the appliances that cannot be reused
- Social
- Professionally refurbish reusable appliances
- Sell the refurbished appliances to the local community through our charity shops and other outlets
- Provide delivery or click and collect
- Provide a free 6 month warranty with the appliances backed up by our service teams
- Employment
- Provide work experience, training and employment opportunities for the long term unemployed and those disadvantaged in our communities
- Financial Viability
- Operate a viable Social Enterprise (business operation) to avoid reliance on funding, to protect jobs and the environment
CREATE has a wealth of experience and is successful in meeting its aims through regular contracts and trading activities.
CREATE’s successes include:
- Environmental
- Contracts with:
- Councils
- Waste management companies
- Retailers
- Housing Associations
- Student accommodation providers
- Contracts with:
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- CREATE handles approximately 4000 used appliances per month
- CREATE refurbishes approximately 5-10% of these appliances
- The remaining 90-95% are taken to appropriate recycling facilities where hazardous substances are removed safely and other materials are extracted for reuse
- NO scrapped appliances are sent for export to the third world or elsewhere
- CREATE handles approximately 4000 used appliances per month
- Social
- 2 Charity shops
- The Viscount Centre Speke
- Belle Vale Shopping centre
- Refurbished goods are sold at affordable prices to assist low income households
- All appliances are backed by a 6 month warranty which can be extended
- Appliances can also be bought through our website createuk.com
- 2 Charity shops
- Employment
- CREATE presently employs 14 staff and has 4 volunteers (our senior staff have worked for CREATE since 2005)
- All staff were previously unemployed and joined us via short term paid work contracts and have since become valuable permanent employees
- CREATE works with local employment organisations and funders to provide further paid work opportunities to local unemployed individuals
- Financial Viability
- CREATE is overseen by its trustees who ensure that CREATE:
- Meets its charitable aims
- Is financially viable
- Any surplus from trading activities is reinvested into the charity to help it develop and grow
- CREATE also attracts funding to assist with its core activities and to develop further opportunities in meeting its charitable aims
- CREATE continues to develop, grow and diversify its business across the northwest to ensure continued provision of this excellent service
- CREATE is overseen by its trustees who ensure that CREATE:
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