Category: News
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Opening Hours 2024
May 27th-31st May – School Half Term – Cone Exchange Closed July 25th July onwards – School Summer Holidays – Cone Exchange Closed August Throughout – School Summer Holidays – Cone Exchange Closed September 10th September – End of Summer break – Cone Exchange re-opens October 25th Oct-1st Nov – School Half Term – Cone…
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20 years of the Cone Exchange
The idea for the Cone Exchange was born when Chris Powell, who at the time worked in the Taylors tea production hall, was showing a group of children around the tea and coffee factory and one of the children saw a cardboard cone being put into the recycling bin and asking if they could take…
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A year at the Cone Exchange
We look back at the highlights from a busy year at the Cone Exchange in 2023. Our best year ever for fundraising The Cone Exchange scrap store is open three days a week, selling a wide range of items for crafters, gardeners and bakers. Over the course of the year, thanks in large to shop…
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Cone Exchange Summer Holidays
Hi EveryoneFinal opening day – Thursday 27th July 10am-8pm.Re-open – Tuesday 12th September at 10amSomehow we are already 3/4 of the way through July and the schools are breaking up. Here at the Cone Exchange, we’ve been so busy keeping the shop stocked with all of your amazing…
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Opening Hours this week and Summer Closure
Exciting time as it’s the Great Yorkshire Show this week in Harrogate. We have an amazing stand with a backdrop designed by one of our students and Chris and the gang will be in the Discovery Zone for the week. Please stop by and say Hello and you can take part in the fun acitivities.…
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Cone Exchange opening hours for the next few weeks
Hi EveryoneIt’s that time again , and the Cone Exchange will be taking a break during the upcoming school half-term. To help us process the amazing number of recent donations, we will be closed for 2 weeks from Monday 29th May to Friday 9th June inclusive. However, we will use our time wisely to also…
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Changes to our Donations
We love your donations and could not operate without them. However, there are now certain items that sadly we are no longer able to accept. We appreciate this is a change to how we have worked in the past and may feel disappointing however there are some items that we cannot pass onto other charities…
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Easter Holidays
Don’t forget that the Cone Exchange will be closed from 3rd -17th April for the Easter break. So make sure you top up your stash on Thursday 30th March when we are open from 10am until 8pm.If you’re looking for a fun activity this weekend, we will be attending the Springtime Live event at the…
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Help to finish a loved one’s craft project
Good Morning Crafty Creatives. We have just become aware of a fantastic enterprise which matches unfinished projects from crafty friends and family who have left us or are no longer able to complete them, with all of you talented people who have the skills to finish the item. You can sign up as a volunteer…
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Opening Hours Thursday 9th March 2023
Morning everyone We hope you are all keeping safe and warm. Please note that we will open as normal at 10am today (Thursday 9th March), however if the weather deteriorates we may take the decision to close earlier than normal. This is to ensure the safety of our customers, volunteers and staff and we hope…
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Opening hours for the next 2 weeks
Hi everyone. A quick update on the next couple of weeks at the Cone Exchange. We will be open as normal between 10am and 4pm on Tuesday 7th February. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Cone Exchange will close at 2pm on Thursday 9th February. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. We will then…
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Christmas at The Cone Exchange
The Cone Exchange team would like to wish our all of our friends and customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you so much for your continued support – you have made 2022 very special for us. We are taking a break to re-charge our batteries and re-stock ready with some…
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Cone Exchange Opening Hours over the Festive Season
Goodness – we are on official countdown to Christmas now with less than 2 weeks to go until the big day! The Cone Exchange is open as normal this week and will be closing for the Christmas holidays after Thursday 15th December. We still have lots of Christmas goodies for you to stock up on,…
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Parking at The Cone Exchange
Parking outside of the Cone Exchange will be limited throughout the remainder of November due to essential electrical works. Where possible, we would be grateful if you could car-share to ensure as many customers as possible can safely make use of the facilities. You might also find it possible to visit during our quieter times…
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Come and join us at the Knitting and Stitching Show this November
The Cone Exchange is delighted to confirm that we will be attending the Knitting and Stitching Show in the Harrogate Convention Centre this year between 17th and 20th November. We have lots of wonderful fabrics and crafting items to tempt and inspire you and we can’t wait to see you there. Make sure you come…
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Half-Term Holiday
The Cone Exchange is having a quick holiday during the school half-term week commencing 24th October. We will return on Tuesday 1st November and look forward to seeing you then. Don’t forget our current opening hours: Tuesday 10:00-16:00 Thursday 10:00-20:00
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Who We Work With… Resurrected Bites
At the Cone Exchange, we work with a number of different charities and groups in our local communities. We’ve been working in partnership with some of these charities for years, and some much more recently, thanks Covid-19. This ‘Who We Work With’ mini-series is to help you learn a little bit about who we help…
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Check out our Annual Review
Click here to read our latest Annual Review – please do have a read to see what we do, who we work with and how, in the future, you can get involved.
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When you go down to the woods today…
…you will meet a lovely bunch of volunteers from the Cone Exchange exploring their new woodland project! Keen to learn more about the new tree planting relationship with the Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust and see firsthand the difference their trees will make to the environment, a group of hardy volunteers ventured out on an unseasonably…
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Turning Over A New Leaf
We are thrilled to have launched a new partnership with the Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust to plant new trees in the Yorkshire Dales through the sales of paper, card and other papercrafting materials in our craft recycling shop. The launch sees the planting of 300 new trees this year, with a further 400 planned over…