Directors
Three or more people prepared to be legally responsible for it, if it becomes an organisation.
A real board, not three names on a form. People who will turn up, argue, and take responsibility for a small business that feeds people.
The bigger thingIf this works
If this works, what should it become?
The dinners are the test. This is the question behind them. If enough people want a community food project at 11 Mansel Street, the next step is working out who runs it and how, and that decision should not be made by one person in a room.
No names here yet, and that is not a bug. Twenty-two people have already put their names down, but they did that privately and we are not going to publish anybody without asking first. The pledge form now has a tick box for it. As people say yes, they will appear along here.
A pledge here is a promise of interest, not a payment. No money is collected, no card details are taken, and nothing is owed. If a community organisation is ever formed, we come back and ask you properly, and you are free to say no.
It exists because the honest answer to “is there enough support for this?” is currently nobody knows. A number on a page is what turns that into a conversation worth having with people who might take it on.
This is not an investment. It offers no ownership, no shares, no financial return and no membership of anything. It is an indication that you would like to help, so we can count.
Where it stands today
- 22 people have already put their name down
- 14 offered to help actually run it
- 13 want a hand in the long-term future
- 9 put themselves forward for front of house
- 3 put themselves forward for the kitchen
From the form on Deri’s journal post, January and February 2026. Real people, already asked and already answered, which is why this is not a page starting from nothing. Counts only: nobody’s name or details appear here or anywhere public.
The form opens when the announcement does. A few people are being told in person first, and this would be a poor way to hear it.
Add my name Name, email, and what you would like to do. Takes a minute.
The harder askPeople, not pounds
We need people willing to take it on.
Money is the easy part of this. The hard part is a handful of people prepared to put their name to it and share the responsibility, so it never again rests on one person the way it did for nine years.
A treasurer, or someone who likes a spreadsheet
Someone to hold the money to account and say so out loud when it does not add up.
The single most useful person in any community organisation, and almost always the last one found.
People who know Carmarthen
Who to talk to, which doors open, and what has already been tried here.
Local knowledge saves more money than fundraising does.
People who have done this before
Anyone who has run a co-op, a CIC, a community pub or a food project.
Especially if it went wrong. Knowing where it breaks is worth more than enthusiasm.
None of these exist yet, because the organisation does not. That is precisely why now is the interesting time to say yes: the people who arrive at this stage shape what it becomes, rather than inheriting somebody else's version of it.
The Warren 11 Mansel Street Carmarthen