Inspired by the important role women brewers played during WWII to maintain this vital industry, the Brewhouse Arts Centre (housed in a former brewery building donated by Bass to support local theatre) will lead on a project exploring what freedom and community means now, 80 years on from the end of the Second World War, especially for the people in Burton.

Working with a range of community groups and the National Brewing Heritage Trust, a series of creative workshops will be developed to share stories and help shape an exhibition and a new commission for the Brewhouse, honouring the contribution these pioneering women made to the town’s social fabric and brewing culture.