ReCreate Ireland
Reusing unwanted materials as Art & Educational Supplies
ABOUT US
Our mission
ReCreate’s Mission is to be an inclusive and successful social enterprise inspiring curiosity, creativity and care for the environment.
We do this by:
- Providing accessible and affordable art materials and educational supplies to all sectors of the community across Ireland
- Championing awareness around reuse and diverting materials from landfill
- Encouraging social inclusion through extensive work placement programmes for those with additional needs and those distant from the labour force
ReCreate is a social enterprise making art materials and educational supplies affordable and accessible to every sector of the community for all kinds of creative purposes, achieved by salvaging clean, reusable materials from business and distributing to members for free in unlimited quantities. The project is based around the concept known as Creative Reuse which encourages the public to reuse materials that would normally be thrown away in all kinds of creative and inventive ways.
Members pay an annual subscription fee and in turn have unlimited access to the materials stored in ReCreate’s Warehouse Of Wonders (WOW).
Recreate is registered as a charity with the Revenue Commissioners (CHY 20853) in Ireland.
CONTACT US
Unit 5
Block J, Ballymount Drive
Ballymount Industrial Estate
Dublin 12
Tel 014 568 798
Email info [at] recreate.ie
Web www.recreate.ie/
BUSINESS HOURS
Monday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Sunday
Closed
OUR WORK
We source clean, end of line, surplus and unwanted materials and items from business all over Ireland. We then collect, sort and supply these fantastic materials as Arts and Crafts materials and Educational Play resources for Early years, Primary/Secondary Schools, Individual artists and students, families, community and special needs groups. Membership is open to anyone and gives unlimited access to our “Warehouse of Wonders”. We also have a creative workshop in house should you be overwhelmed by a desire to create on the spot or you can hire it out for any kind of inventive and imaginative events, Community or individual projects, children’s parties or corporate outings with a creative twist.
Our ReCreate artists also work with hundreds of groups each year all over Ireland, facilitating workshops and large events. We also have an extensive Team Building & Corporate training programme.
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Our funders
EPA National Waste Prevention Programme
CRNI supports its members and works to mainstream reuse thanks to core funding provided by the EPA under the National Waste Prevention Programme.
For more information about the programme see here.
Project Funding
Pilot Northern Ireland Reuse and Repair Network
CRNI received funding from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and rural Affairs in 2020 to carry out a pilot establishing a reuse and repair network in Northern Ireland.
For more information about the project see here.
Qualification and Quantification of Reuse
CRNI is part of a research consortium working on the Q2Reuse project, which aims to develop a methodology for the qualification and quantification of reuse. This project will be concluded in 2021.
For more information about the project see here.
CRNI is the all island representative body for community based reuse, recycling and waste prevention organisations. We are funded by the EPA under the National Waste Prevention Programme and through membership contributions. CRNI is a proud member of the European RREUSE network.
Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in Ireland No. 493039
Registered Charity No. 20077259
CHY No.19637
Latest Posts
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- Urgent call to improve WEEE treatment, collection, logistics and preparation for re-use in Europe February 28, 2021
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Contact Us
Community Resources Network CLG
Registered office:Basement
10 North Great George’s St
Dublin D01 V3K5
Phone: +353 87 173 5184
Email: [email protected]
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