Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre (CRiC) , a registered charity located in the heart of Crickhowell's busy town provides computer access, training, high tech digital photocopying facilities and office services to the community.   CRiC produces a bi-monthly newsletter and regularly provides support to a number of local groups and charitable organisations.   CRiC also manages the Court Room and the Market Hall in the town under licence from Powys County Council.  

CRiC is a company limited by guarantee with 10 Directors with a wide range of skills and experience and who are trustees of the charity.   CRiC employs 3 members of staff on a part-time basis and volunteers provide the day to day services.   CRiC currently operates from the Market Hall in the High Street and is open mon-fri 10am �4pm

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CRiC's staff:

Project Manager - Jan Morgan

Finance Officer � John Thomas

Administrator � Suzette Pratten

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CRiC's current Directors are:

Mary Thomas � Chairman

Andrew Fryer - Vice Chairman

Vaughan Bennett � Finance Director

Margaret Morris

Cyril Teasdale

Syd Fewster

Ann Chamberlain

Philip McCarthy

Jackie Charlton

Rosemary Harris

John Morris Director appointed by Powys County Council

Jan Morgan � Company Secretary

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Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre Project (CRiC) 

• Construction of a community resource & information centre comprising 2 floors (386.1m 2 ) to be situated in Beaufort Street:

•  Telecentre

•  Tourist Information

•  Conference/Meeting Rooms

•  Hot desk services

•  Art Gallery

•  All weather tourist attraction

•  Local information point

•  Crickhowell Volunteer Bureau

•  Crickhowell Archive Centre

•  Public toilets

• A coordinated and integrated approach to rural regeneration

•  Working to promote economic diversification and support community efforts to become more vibrant and enterprising

• Accessible to all, 7 days/week

• An exemplar

• ICT, a common thread throughout

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•  Total project Costs £1,003,059

Sources of funding:

•  European Regional Development Fund (Objective 2, Transitional, Sustainable Rural Development, Building Rural Networks)

•  Powys Regeneration Partnership Local Regeneration Fund

•  Welsh Development Agency

•  Tourism Partnership Mid Wales

•  CRiC's own sources

for further information contact: Jan Morgan,

Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre, Market Hall,

High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1BD

Tel/fax:01873 811970 email: [email protected]