The Ceredigion Recycling And Furniture Team or CRAFT is a not for profit company limited by guarantee located in Aberystwyth, Wales and is open to the public.
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CRAFT was established in 1994 by volunteers representing a range of organisations and individuals in Aberystwyth. The principal aims were the provision of affordable household goods, by encouraging people to donate unwanted items for reuse by others. These dual aims, social and environmental, remain at the heart of CRAFT's ethos.
Central to these aims was the involvement of volunteers who would be thereby achieving personal development and helping the community.
Originally called Ceredigion Recycling And Furniture Team, the company is now known by the acronym "CRAFT".
CRAFT is a registered environmental body and an approved project enrolled with Entrust, the Landfill Tax Regulatory Body. It is an Environment Wales registered project, number R230.
CRAFT belongs to the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Cylch (Wales Community Recycling Network), Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations, Community Recycling Network and Furniture Recycling Network.
CRAFT became a not for profit company, limited by guarantee, in June 1998. Its company registration number is 3574692, and its VAT registration number is 771 887 577. There are no shareholders or outside owners, and the business is managed by its own local management board.
CRAFT's core business is to collect donations of reusable furniture, electrical goods, and household items; test and repair as necessary; ensure goods are fit for reuse and sell them in its shop. All prices are affordable, with reductions for people on benefit or low income.
There is a free collection service, with deliveries charged at a flat rate of £10 within a 40 mile distance (outside of this area is concidered for an additional fee). CRAFT has separate workshops for wood, electrical and computer items.
CRAFT operates a referral system with recognised care agencies for financially disadvantaged people needing goods people who've been referred by these agencies receive a 25% reduction on many items.
CRAFT is a successful not-for-profit furniture recycling business that works to alleviate poverty in Ceredigion. In doing so it increases the economic prosperity of the county, encourages social inclusion and benefits the environment.
CRAFT has three aims:
CRAFT comprises seven sections: