How a social economy organisation promoting festivals and selling beer contributes to a wider vision of social inclusion and solidarity? The case of the Workers Beer Company in the UK and Germany

The paper uses the Workers Beer Company (WBC) to develop some of these themes and analyse some of the characteristics of success, It has given rise to a sister organisation Workers Beer Company in Germany. The lead author has been involved with the WBC for 13 years, and now sits on the management committee. He has also been a long served politician and public manager.