50 mile challenge

Posted 22nd July '10

Work is about more than earning money. It is about inspiration, purpose, value and belonging. Inspired by their experience of working together the team from CREATE Potential in Leeds have embarked on a 50 mile canoe challenge at Pugneys Lake, Wakefield on July 28^th.

National Award wininer

Posted 11th June '10

The Create Foundation last night scooped a national prize as the ‘Trailblazing Newcomer’ at the SE 100 Awards in London. The RBS SE100 – similar to the FTSE100 - is an essential new tool that charts the growth and impact of organisations that deliver social, economic or environmental change.

CREATING better futures - again!

Posted 7th July '10

CREATE has scooped yet another top award at this weeks CREATING Better Futures Award in Leeds.

Wonderful Wednesday in Wakefield

Posted 1st July '10

Three weeks into the very first Create Potential Academy and we find there really is no end to the students’ talents as they took to canoeing at Pugneys – well, like ducks to water actually!

Cabinet Minister visits award-winning social enterprise

Posted 30th June '10

Cabinet Minister visits award-winning social enterprise to see Big Society in action in Yorkshire.

Top Marks for business

Posted 18th June '10

The CREATE Foundation has today been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, which identifies them as trading for social and environmental purposes.

The Nation's Top 100

Posted 22nd May '10

The countdown has begun for releasing the names of the UK’s top 100 highest growth social businesses.

Marketing success

Posted 13th May '10

Charity boutique, FOUND by Create has scooped the Oscar of the shopping centres, bringing national success to The St Johns Centre in Leeds with the city’s first purple apple.

Award for Excellence

Posted 1st April '10

After nearly a year of blood, sweat and tears CREATE and FareShare West Yorkshire have been nominated for the prestigious Award for Excellence in community re-cycling.

Sharing the Success

Posted 26th March '10

CREATE were honoured today as an inspirational social enterprise as key note speakers at the Sharing the Success Awards in Leeds.

The awards, presented by the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, were hosted by Leeds Local Enterprise Growth Initiative and UnLtd. The awards, Sharing the Success, celebrated the work of local social enterprises in delivering transformative businesses in some of the most deprived and challenging areas of the city.