CRT27 – 8th & 9th September 2027 at The Hayes
Early Bird bookings now being taken – £30pp off delegate bookings before 31st March 2027
Christian Resources Together is a two-day event for UK Christian retailers, authors and suppliers at The Hayes in Derbyshire held in September each year.
There is an Exhibition Hall with 50+ Christian suppliers available to chat to you about your needs and show you their new and key products over the course of the event. There is a QuickFire session where 20 suppliers have a timed 3 min slot to tell you about their upcoming product in a bitesize presentation up on the main stage! We also run seminars on subjects of interest to suppliers, authors and retailers – watch this space for announcements later in the year . . .
The CRT Awards ceremony takes place on the first night with a celebration of the best books, bibles, music, gift, media, shops, authors and suppliers in the UK Christian trade!
The 2027 event will start around 10.00am on the 8th September and finish around 3pm on the 9th with all meals and refreshments included. Many delegates like to arrive the day before either to simplify their travel arrangements or just to spend more time together before the main event begins. If you want to do this you can book in and arrive from 4pm on the 7th September for an extra night including evening meal and breakfast. If you can only make it for one day you can book as a day-visitor on either the 8th or 9th which includes lunch and daytime refreshments.
If you would like to come but have financial issues please let us know as we do have a bursary fund available for those that need it. We would love to bless you by helping you to attend – crteventsltd@gmail.com
View our YouTube channel with footage from previous events or visit our facebook page to get a flavour of what goes on. You can find a more detailed description of the event at Never been to CRT before?!
About us
Jon Adams
Jon has been working in the UK Christian trade since 1996 – originally as a retailer with Wesley Owen before becoming a sales representative for Word Music UK. He then joined STL as an Area Sales Manager for five years before moving on to Teal Press as National Sales Manager/Sales Director. For a number of years he was also Chair of the Christian Suppliers Group. Jon loves outdoor activities including walking, camping, kayaking and nature photography. He enjoys drifting around Scotland in a self-converted Campervan with his better half as a way to combine several of these interests all at once. He is self-taught on a variety of musical (or not so musical!) instruments including guitar, piano, bass, drums and piano accordion. He also collects a series of vintage books written between 1914 – 1950 by an increasingly obscure author called Dornford Yates.
Jon and Alexandra first worked together as part of the Christian Suppliers Group committee while representing Teal Press and SPCK respectively. They have both since moved on to pastures new but continue to work together as co-directors of CRT Events Limited, organising the annual UK Christian Retail Trade conference.
Alexandra McDonald
Alexandra McDonald has worked on the sales and marketing side of publishing for almost three decades having started her career at SPCK when the Net Book Agreement was still a thing and Waterstones wasn’t even yet born. She’ll be known to most through her second stint at SPCK which she left in the summer of 2021. Now running Synergy Book Sales and representing Baker Publishing in the UK as well as a lot of behind the scenes admin for CRT Events, she is on her church Parish Pastoral Council, is a Parish Safeguarding representative and on the Eucharistic Minister and Reader rotas. Other than that, its walking, pilates and yoga for exercise, then reading and cross-stitching all the way.
News
CRT26 Final Programme – 30th July
Delegates and suppliers planning to arrive on Tuesday 8th September can arrive anytime after 4pm with the evening meal at 6.30pm. The exhibition setup will continue in the morning from 8.30am on the 9th.
Will van der Hart to speak at CRT26!
Alexandra & Jon are pleased to announce that pastor, author, leadership coach & wellbeing chaplain Will van der Hart will be joining us to speak at the opening session at CRT26! Will has been an Ordained Anglican Priest in London since 2004 and is a Wellbeing...
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin to speak at CRT26!
We are thrilled to announce that Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin will be joining us at CRT26 in September! Rose was born and raised in Jamaica. She was educated at Montego Bay High School for Girls and later at Birmingham University. She trained with the Church Army...
Graham Kendrick at CRT26
We are pleased to announce that songwriter extraordinaire Graham Kendrick (plus friends!) will lead us in worship at CRT26 in September! Graham Kendrick has been described as a ‘father of modern worship music’ whose songs are ‘crammed full of poetic,...
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