Ward Chandler Electrical Supports Social Enterprise 'Drink My Coffee'

McKay’s subsidiary company, Ward Chandler Electrical recently sponsored and completed works for a social enterprise called “Drink My Coffee” to help them get established. Drink My Coffee is doing some amazing things in the diversity space by creating jobs for people with disabilities to manufacture coffee, distribute coffee and be self-employed by selling coffee.

Ward Chandler Electrical ran a power supply from the Café Switchboard to the loading dock, at the loading dock they fitted and terminate a PDL56 series socket outlet. The loading dock is equipped with a hydraulic lifter to aid the lifting of heavy fresh sacks of coffee beans and other products from the loading bay ground level to the service floor. Drink My Coffee have partnered with Eightthirty to roast their coffee at their premises in the Auckland CBD which is where the loading dock was installed. These works will take a lot of stress away from the Drink My Coffee Team as quite often they suffer difficulty with lifting heavy products from the loading bay to ground level.

Adrian Coysh, the founder of Drink My Coffee has three children who were born with congenital sight degeneration. Adrian was driven by his children’s experiences to make a change to how people with disabilities can enter into the workforce. Adrian saw an opportunity to help people with disabilities get jobs in the workforce with the support that they need. Adrian stated, “I have put myself under pressure to try and find a solution for those who I could see were going to be severely challenged in today’s market.” Adrian hopes that Drink My Coffee will provide people with disabilities with the confidence and support to enter the workforce. You can find out more information at drinkmycoffee.co.nz

McKay’s Chief Operations Officer, Andrew Edwards States “Social enterprise and community projects are critical to the overall well-being of a healthy community. The McKay Group will only successful if we have a healthy community therefore, we are really happy that we have the opportunity to support Drink My Coffee in their journey. The work they are doing are giving people the support they need to enter the workforce with confidence is a real benefit to the whole community and we hope McKay and its associate company Ward Chandler can help with more initiatives like this in the future. He waka eke noa”

To find out more about Ward Chandler Electrical and the services they provide, visit www.wardchandler.co.nz