At Sandown 2009 the Christian Resources Exhibition celebrated the 25th year of the exhibition, marveling at the growth from the first event that was held at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London with 120 exhibitors, to now being the UK’s biggest and most successful exhibition for equipping and resourcing Churches and Christian ministries.

You can imagine the mixed emotions felt by both the organisers and exhibitors when the doors opened on the first day at the Horticultural Halls in 1985.  Excitement mingled with apprehension, would any visitors show up?

To everyone's joy and probably relief, the event was a huge success with over 8,000 people attending during the three days.

Twenty-five years on, CRE continues to be the UK's largest and most successful Christian exhibition with events being held across the United Kingdom.  The largest is the annual event held at Sandown Park, Esher with over 12,400 visitors and 370 exhibitors in 2009.

From leading charities and companies to smaller independent organisations, all have benefitted enormously from the contacts they have established at CRE over the years. CRE enjoys both regular and new visitors to the exhibitions which is one of the reasons it is such a successful event for those who exhibit.

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The visitor numbers at the Sandown Park, Esher exhibition in 2010 were 12,754.

A new annual exhibition at the Telford International Centre has been added to the programme.  After the success in 2008 it has been decided to make the show a regular feature on the exhibition calendar and will be known as the “Heart of England Christian Resources Exhibition".  This exhibition will be in the autumn each year and this year’s dates are 21 - 23 October 2010.

Regional exhibitions will still be a major part of our programme and in 2011 CRE will be going to Peterborough for the first time.  Don’t miss the exhibition in February 2011 from the 24 - 26 2011.

The dates are already set for the International Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown and they are from the 10 - 13th of May  2011.

The Christian Resource Exhibition is looking forward to the next 25 years