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. �

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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]