I Lars’ virksomhed har 90 pct. af medarbejderne diagnoser: ‘Det er ikke bare noget, vi leger’
19-årige Sylvester sidder alene i et mørkt lokale og tegner. Han vil ikke forstyrres. Koncentreret sætter han streger på papiret og former et ansigt.
Sylvester Holm Kappel er infantil autist. Men på bryggerivirksomheden People Like Us er han art designer.
Hos People Like Us har 90 pct. af de i alt 60 medarbejdere en eller flere diagnoser – alt fra autisme, spastisk lammelse, ADHD, depression, angst til PTSD.
Sylvester has autism and are succesfull as a painter: Now he is forced to peel carrots !!!
Sylvester Holm Kappel stortrives hos People Like US. Men snart skal han videre i systemet. Han har fået tilbudt en plads i en kantine og på en institution.
I tre år har Sylvester Holm Kappel, der har diagnosen infantil autisme, været i et succesfuldt uddannelsesforløb hos bryggeriet People Like Us. Nu er forløbet ved at være slut, og han har fået tilbudt at komme i en kantine. ‘Det kommer slet ikke til at gå’, siger hans mor Tina Holm Kappel.
For nyligt prydede Sylvester Holm Kappels tegning forsiden på det engelske ølmagasin Ferment Magazine, der har 65.000 abonnenter.
Det lå bestemt ikke i kortene, at den 20-årige københavner ville gøre sig bemærket for sit talent for at tegne, da han for tre år siden startede et STU-forløb, der er et treårigt uddannelsesforløb for mennesker med særlige behov, hos det danske bryggeri People Like Us.
Af Katrine Vigilius – Foto: Sophie Voisin – Børsen: 01. maj 2020 KL.16:00
Lars Carlsen stiftede People Like Us i 2016. Hans ledelsesfilosofi er at være nysgerrig på den enkelte medarbejder og bruge god tid på at lære dem at kende. På den måde kan han justere kravene på arbejdspladsen, så de matcher medarbejderens ressourcer.
Bryggeri med atypisk medarbejderstab:
“Det handler om at kigge på det enkelte menneske og finde ud af, hvad de kan og så skabe nogle rammer ud fra det potentiale, det menneske har”
KNAP OP: Bryggeriet People Like Us lancerer fredag en alkoholfri øl til støtte for bevægelsen #enmillionstemmer. Øl kan være et redskab til at starte samtaler om vilkårene for handicappede og deres pårørende, mener bryggeriet, hvis ansatte selv har diagnoser.
For et halvt år siden fik Monica Lylloff en uventet opringning.
Medstifteren af bevægelsen #enmillionstemmer havde aldrig hørt om People Like Us. Og nu havde hun pludselig bryggeriet i røret med et tilbud om at støtte hendes kamp for handicappede og psykisk sårbare mennesker og deres pårørende.
“De havde fået den tanke, om ikke det kunne være en idé at lave en øl, der kunne hjælpe med at udbrede vores budskab. Det var jeg ret hurtig til at sige ja til,”
siger Monica Lylloff.
Øllen bliver lanceret i Sparta Hallen denne weekend på det, People Like Us kalder verdens formentlig første socialt bæredygtige internationale ølfestival. Festivalen adskiller sig fra andre symposier ved ikke blot at være en portal til en verden af mikrobryg, men også en fysisk opslagstavle proppet med events, oplæg og happenings, der centrerer sig om budskabet ‘diversitet’.
On the 6. of march Astrid Krag spoke at the perhaps første Socially sustainable beerfestival in the world.
Den fandt sted på Østerbro i København på initiativ af mikrobryggeriet People Like Us. Det social-økonomiske bryggeri skaber jobs til folk på kanten af arbejdsmarkedet. Det kan fx være mennesker med autisme, ADHD eller andre psykiske eller fysiske handicaps. Hos People Like Us er de ansatte selv med til at bestemme, hvordan arbejdet skal tilrettelægges og med hvor højt et timetal. På billedet er ministeren fotograferet sammen med madskoleinspektør Timm Vladimir, der er en af bryggeriets samarbejdspartnere, og med Cath, der arbejder som personlig assistent i mikrobryggeriet.
“Lars makes a great effort to focus on the individuals he’s working with, instead of focusing on solid principles and himself; to find out what the individual can and will do, and what is good for the individual, instead of following some rigid norms and rules.
It affects me in the way that I get to work as a dancer instead of being a groundsman, as the municipality administration elseways would want me to be”
The words are Bjarke Østergaard’s. Bjarke is our brewery dancer. He’s also autistic, has ADHD, and has earlier on been given up on by the system.
You can put many fancy terms on business strategies. But often the best way to understand the way a company works is to ask the people who work there.
– That’s what film photographer Jeppe Kjær thought as well.
We’ve had the amazing honor of knowing Jeppe for some years, and he has followed us and the many development processes – both personal and businesswise. He’s the man behind Bjarkes Cha Cha cherry video, and the documentary “vejen hjem” about our war veteran project.
Last year Jeppe decided to follow us a day to share what it’s like to be part of it all. The result is this 5 min video.
Thank you so much Jeppe for capturing some very honest moments
People Like Us has been nominated in the Category the “best Danish microbrewery of the year” by Danske Ølentusiaster
Their reason for the nomination is:
” We’re nominating People Like Us, both for their good beer, but also because of their social consciousness. The work they do by hiring people with special needs in their brewery is priceless for the society. For a long period of time, they’ve done a lot of great thing to this group of citizens who don’t always fit in and do well in the Danish everyday life.
At the same time it’s refreshing to see a company putting people with special needs in the center of their focus. Not least at their new beer festival where they honor the breweries and people making a change when it comes to social sustainability, job creation and innovation. The festival is meant as a tribute to the ones who already make a difference, and as inspiration for more to follow. There are already 38 breweries from 12 different countries – who all work with social responsibility – announced for this festival, which takes place in 2020.”
The members of De Danske Ølentusiaster will vote for their favorite throughout November.
People Like Us Has been Nominated in the Category “Best Social Entrepreneur of the Year” 2019. By EY.
We’re very honored, humble, and excited to reveal that People Like Us are amongst the nominated companies in the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Danmark 2019 Awards, in the category Social Entrepreneurship. Thank you very much for the nomination!
We asked our Founder Lars Carlsen to share a few words on his response to the nomination, and his insights on our development throughout the last three years which made it possible.
“Three years ago, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø said yes to a project, which at that time seemed like a completely utopian idea. And PLU became a reality!
From the very beginning, PLU and Mikkeller agreed on some large economical-, beer production wise and -organisational dogmas – or what we in Danish call “benspænd”. This showed to be just the right strategy for PLU to become what it is today. – Something that makes People Like Us unique and out of category.
Mikkeller made their entire organisation available to us, which we will never forget! Mikkeller HQ has without a doubt gotten much more work on their tables because of that. Huge respect to them!
Right now do we solve activation- and jobs for 57 staff members – whereof +90% has one or more diagnoses. Most are in jobs – or are ont their way to get into a job. Most of them are working in our own company, or are through our outsourcing department hired to solve tasks at Mikkeller, True Gum and more.
Besides that have we helped 8 persons into ordinary jobs at other companies through a period in People Like Us – and much more. We’re very proud of our results and would love to inspire even more companies to take on more responsibility to create social impact – for the benefit of many.
That PLU are amongst the nominated companies the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Awards, in the category Social Entrepreneurship shows that we’re on the right path.”
We’re proud and humble – thank you for the nomination
People Like Us are honoured to be nominated for another social impact prize – the CSR People Prize 2019 by Cabi – bedre arbejde til flere.
This prize is given to a company that makes an extraordinary effort to take a social responsibility.
It’s a prize for companies that sees the potential in people on the edge of the labour market, and who contributes to solving the United Nation’s worldgoal 8 about decent jobs and economic growth.
København Nord og Amager indstiller People Like Us
02.11.2019 10:26
Årets danske Bryggeri 2019 skal findes. Danske Ølentusiasters lokalafdelinger indstiller hver ét bryggeri til prisen, der uddeles i december.
People Like Us er lokalafdeling København Nords kandidat til prisen Årets danske Bryggeri 2019. Det københavnske bryggeri har specialiseret sig i at ansætte personer med psykiske diagnoser, og i 2020 åbner bryggeriet dørene for verdens første social bevidste ølfestival; Social Revolution By Beer Festival 2020.
Erhvervslivet har et ansvar for at skabe arbejdspladser til mennesker på kanten af arbejdsmarkedet, mener Mikkeller-stifteren Mikkel Bjergsø, der støtter lille danske bryggeri styret af mennesker med psykiske di
Flere af de udsendte soldater til det tidligere Jugoslavien har mistet livet på grund af selvmord end af selve krigen. Alligevel har samfundet svært ved at hjælpe veteraner ind på arbejdsmarkedet. Bryggeriet People Like Us er undtagelsen, der gør en forskel. Den 3. april viser de film om øl og veteraner i Viften. Whats not to like?
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