A storage company has come to the aid of a youth organisation that has bounced back to pre-Covid levels of activity.
The Urdd, Wales's largest organisation for children and young people, runs 100 clubs for 20,000 members in North Wales and has ramped up its storage capacity for all the equipment and supplies it uses.
The organisers have now turned to Wales's biggest self-storage company, Lock Stock, to keep their belongings safely in storage units at sites in Bangor and Wrexham.
The Urdd, which is 102 years old and has more than 50,000 young people on its books nationwide, has a busy schedule of artistic, social, and sporting activities and events, including stays at Urdd locations.
Simon Thomas, the Urdd's community officer for the Eryri region, said: "We cater for thousands of young people across Wales, and so we need a lot of equipment and supplies, so it makes sense for us to store these items.
"The units are easy to access, and while some things may not be needed often, when we do need them, we need to be able to get our hands on them straight away."
Mr Thomas went on to say that the organisation carries lots of arts and crafts materials and sporting equipment, which would make their offices "impossibly cluttered" if they were kept there.
The storage units across North Wales have proved essential in the smooth running of their numerous events and activities, including discos and events at schools all over Wales.
Mr Thomas added: "In the Eryri region, which covers half of Gwynedd, we have over 20 clubs, and across North Wales, there are over 100 with thousands of members, so we need to store a lot of stuff."
Lock Stock's North West Wales area site manager, Lee Hanson, shared his fond memories of the Urdd, saying: "The Urdd is a great organisation, and I remember going to their outdoor centre at Glan Llyn, near Bala, when I was in school and having a brilliant time."
Lock Stock, founded in Denbigh in 1999, is the UK's largest containerised storage company, with almost 4,500 units providing over four million cubic feet of space at 29 storage parks across North and Mid Wales and the border counties.
Mr Hanson said: "Businesses, especially small businesses, use our sites because they have storage needs, and with three different sizes of units, they’re ideal whether people are looking to grow or to downsize."
The company also specialises in the off-site hire of containers, delivered to a location by a specialist lorry and hired on a month-by-month basis.
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