Create – one of the Lord Mayor’s Charities for 2009

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We’re delighted to introduce you to our Social Enterprise…one of the most exciting companies the city of Leeds has seen emerge for some time. Create is a Community Interest Company that provides the link between homelessness and joblessness, re-integrating ex rough sleepers back into the community and getting them back to work by offering skills training, work experience and employment opportunities.

2008 saw Create launch a number of key projects:

  • Create Food, offering outside catering to both the corporate and private sectors
  • Cafe Create, based in Holy Trinity Church on Boar Lane and in Leeds Parish Church.
  • Create Housekeeping, offering a commercial cleaning service to landlords around the city
  • Create Skills, our in house Training Suite, offers Literacy, numeracy, NVQs and much more, in partnership with Joseph Priestley College

We are also delighted to be working in partnership with the West Yorkshire Probation Service to offer our skills training and work experience opportunities to offenders serving Community Service orders.

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CREATE appointed as Regional Champion

As part of Communities and Local Government’s strategy: “No one left out – communities ending rough sleeping” the Department of Communities and Local Government have appointed 15 community based champions to promote best practice in preventing and tackling rough sleeping through 2009/10.

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Introducing CREATE Capacity

Here at CREATE I Capacity we know what it’s like to stand on the brink of a whole new plan and long to see it to come to fruition. The good news is we also know what it’s like to see that plan grow and flourish.

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Get Involved!

We’re a bit surprised that you clicked on this tab to be honest…but we’re glad you did. Perhaps you’ve tried our catering already, wondered about using our services, read about us in the press or seen one of our leaflets through your door. Perhaps you’ve heard about the transformative work CREATE is already delivering to ex rough-sleepers in Leeds and felt proud that people in your city are changing lives on a daily basis.

We’re delighted that CREATE has had a successful start in life but as a fledgling company we still have a very long way to go. We were lucky enough to obtain some funding from the government to start us up and our supporters at Barclays Bank were incredibly generous when they donated enough money to fit out the kitchen CREATE operates from…but we still need your help and that help can be offered in a number of different ways.

You can help by using our services. Use us to provide catering for your next team meeting, wedding, birthday party or training day.

Tell your family, friends and colleagues at work about how using our catering service means you get beautifully presented, top quality food, along with the feel good factor of knowing that all the profits support the work of CREATE and the Crypt. A bit of a win-win really!

You can visit our shop on Roundhay Road in Oakwood, which is in the process of being re-fitted. Come along to our launch event from Thursday 15th May to Saturday 17th May for fantastic bargains and a chance to meet the team.

Or you can help out financially, by making a donation to support our work. Many of the services and training opportunities we offer our volunteers and employees are very expensive to offer and we really do make every penny count! Click on the donate now button at the top of this page and help us to create the chances that change lives.