Welcome to cresse UK – offering fast growing start-ups for social enterprise!
We Offer
We offer a range of unique Environmentally Friendly products ideal for Social Enterprise, together with all the knowledge and know how and equipment needed for your group to make these products.
- The ability to create fantastic unique recycled products
- Experienced hands-on 1 to 1 training and support
- Simple work flow broken down into manageable tasks
- A variety of tasks to suit all levels of ability
- Exciting ways of involving the wider community
- Plenty of scope for creativity
You Get
A strong community network of diverse people, committed to recycling, who through working together can make the enterprise sustainable and mutually beneficial
- To reduce the amount of resources being discarded and put into landfill
- To reuse resources to create beautiful and unique products
- To partake in meaningful activities
- To take part in relevant skills training
- To make the skills and gifts of the people in your group more visible and valued by your local community
Upbound Products
Journals, Notebooks, Diaries, Sketchbooks and more.
All converted from books and packaging rescued from landfill to make truly unique high quality products.
Upbound Products
Journals, Notebooks, Diaries, Sketchbooks and more.
All converted from books and packaging rescued from landfill to make truly unique high quality products.
Upweave Products
Bags, Baskets and more, transformed from reclaimed Juice and Milk Cartons.
We have developed a range of fun and practical items which reuse an otherwise hard to recycle material.
Upweave Products
Bags, Baskets and more, transformed from reclaimed Juice and Milk Cartons.
We have developed a range of fun and practical items which reuse an otherwise hard to recycle material.
Fast-track your Social Enterprise
PHASE 1 - Product Design & Development - Complete!
Ideas & Design work are already done! ✓
cresse offer a range of Creative Recycled Products which are ready for your group to get making. We have carried out extensive design development to ensure these products have a WOW factor. Manufacturing has been broken down into easy to learn, manageable tasks:
- Product design & development ✓
- Tried and tested ✓
- Fit for purpose ✓
- Market research ✓
- Production ready ✓
- Simplified Step by Step Manufacturing ✓
PHASE 2 - Set-up & Training
We provide Training & Equipment:
cresse set-up includes:
- Experienced hands-on 1 to 1 training and support
- Full set of Machinery, Equipment, Tools, Jigs & Guides
- Workspace / workflow planning
- Extensive training in the use of all equipment
- All materials and resources needed for training
- Software
- E-commerce website
PHASE 3 - Foundation Building
We will help you get your business off the ground
Phase 3 includes:
- E-commerce website 1 to 1 training
- Helping you to understand your products & the Marketplace
- Pricing discussion
- Identifying local outlets
- Securing sources of materials (local where possible)
- Refining workflow
- Community involvement
- Local awareness raising
PHASE 4 - Sustainability
Helping your Enterprise become Sustainable
cresse ongoing support includes:
- 1 to 1 support via our live chat and video conferencing
- Online access to all our tutorials and training videos (under development)
- Local environmental awareness raising ideas
- Access to new products as they become available
As your enterprise grows and changes, members may leave and new ones may join. Our flexible model ensures that ongoing training is available alongside a choice of products and techniques to allow you the best of all worlds.
L’Arche Brecon took on the Upbound concept in 2010 and have really made it their own. Find out all about their highly successful Social Enterprise.