The
John Hewitt, an award-winning bar in Belfast city centre, is
owned by and financially supports the operations of the Belfast Unemployed
Resource Centre.
The resource centre had always relied on an unsteady
series of grants and 15 years ago decided to generate their own funds by going
into business.
A manager runs the bar on behalf of the Resource
Centre and the idea has proved a winner.
John Hewitt, the
late Belfast poet and socialist opened the Resource Centre in 1983 and the bar
is named in his honour. The two premises are located side-by-side on Donegall
Street.
Saturday 16th June, had a very convivial pint in the John Hewitt - the occasion market the setup of the Workers Cooperative Network - promoting workers cooperatives across Ireland. We currently have worker coops from Belfast to Kenmare. Presenting to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs shortly. Next public meeting in Dublin in September. Bill Kelly Meitheal Mid West
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