Company Drinks is clearly a different type of company. We describe ourselves as a community enterprise. As way of making drinks for and with each other. A company where being in good company comes first. A possible commons. A community economy. Throughout 2020 we want to reflect, refine and possibly reorganise. Our first day and attempt was with guest Iain Chambers at the New Cross based The Field.
Iain Chambers started the day by introducing The Bevy, a community owned and community run in Brighton, to then look at how Company Drinks operates, what we want to achieve, and who is making decisions. Is our current model most suitable or simply most practical. Are we a charity, a company or a community asset? What’s the difference and who cares?
Notes from the day indlude:
WHAT
making drinks
drinking drinks
making a production cycle visible
starting a company
building a business
showcasing alternative business models
company
nature
connect
broad
keep it real
togetherness
social
post capitalist
creating an alternative economy
alternative
a model (but use a synonym, not this word)
useful
looking after
composting
feeding each other
mutually beneficial
connectors
roots/trees/links/microbial/mycelium
circular
a something drinks
friendly production cycle
we are a Drinks Company, Community Space & a Garden
drinks in action
the worlds most local drinks company
drinks for/with community not for commerce
HOW
in good Company
making things together
rich
optimistic
practical
picking
making
hands on nature
making things together
growing
wellbeing
togetherness
heritage
interdependent
trips
safe space
collective
enterprise
art
linking
WHO FOR
learning difficulties
local residents
intergenerational
in Barking & Dagenham
multifaith
networks
the planet
everyone
families
mental health challenges/ill mental health
carers
